Argentina - Reciprocity fee question for Canadian passport holder flying into BA from Cordoba

I'm a dual citizen of Canada and Hong Kong and as such, have two passports. My trip starts in La Paz, Bolivia and ends in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I will be using my Canadian passport to enter Bolivia visa-free (as there is no visa-free entry for HK passport holders for Bolivia). However, I know that I can avoid paying the reciprocity fee for Canadian passport holders by using my Hong Kong passport to enter/exit Argentina. I realize that the reciprocity fees only apply to the airports in Buenos Aires.

My first entry into Argentina is actually Cordoba, from Santiago, Chile. Then I'll be flying from Cordoba to Buenos Aires. Since it's a domestic flight, do I stlil have to pay the reciprocity fee upon arrival in Buenos Aires from Cordoba if I use my Canadian passport?

The reason I ask is that my Toronto-La Paz and Buenos Aires-Toronto flights are booked as one trip on the same airline. When I booked it, I provided my Canadian passport number. I know that I have to enter/exit Argentina on the same passport, so if I enter Argentina on my HK passport to avoid the reciprocity fee, I have to exit Argentina on my HK passport as well. I have read enough about using two passports from other travellers to know that it shouldn't be a problem for me to check into my flight from BA to Toronto with both passports to show them which one I will be exiting with (my HK one, which I entered Argentina with) and which one I will be entering my destination with (Canadian, especially since my flight connects in the US)... but if I can avoid the hassle of showing both passports by entering Argentina on my Canadian one in Cordoba AND not have to pay the reciprocity fee in Buenos Aires when arriving from Coroba, then all the better.

Sorry for the incredibly long-winded explanation, but if anyone could shed some light on this, it would be greatly appreciated!

My first entry into Argentina is actually Cordoba, from Santiago, Chile. Then I'll be flying from Cordoba to Buenos Aires. Since it's a domestic flight, do I stlil have to pay the reciprocity fee upon arrival in Buenos Aires from Cordoba if I use my Canadian passport?

The reciprocity fee is charged for international arrivals into EZE or AEP. You are entering Argentina via Cordoba so no fee is payable there. When you arrive at AEP on your domestic flight from Cordoba you will not pass through immigration so there won't be anyone collecting the fee from you there either

http://milepoint.com/forums/threads/chile-and-argentina-reciprocity-fees-for-dummies.8431/

Thanks! So just to clarify, the reciprocity fee is only imposed on international arrivals at the airports in BA and I won't have to pay it when exiting Argentina through a BA airport?

Thanks! So just to clarify, the reciprocity fee is only imposed on international arrivals at the airports in BA and I won't have to pay it when exiting Argentina through a BA airport?

No reciprocity fee on departure

The reciprocity fee is charged for international arrivals into EZE or AEP

There is a separate departure tax of US$29 but this will be included in the cost of your ticket and is not now paid in cash at the airport

Thanks so much for answering my questions. =)

If you haven't paid the fee, you do not pay the fee on exit.

If you haven't paid the fee, you do not pay the fee on exit.

If you haven't paid the fee, you do not pay the fee on exit.

If you haven't paid the fee, you do not pay the fee on exit.

If you haven't paid the fee, you do not pay the fee on exit.

If you haven't paid the fee, you do not pay the fee on exit.

You are sure about this.... or...?

:p

AND I might add ...

(1) you can get away with a single entry visa and then leave and return from multiple entry points (so long as they are not EZE) -- I entered at EZE, left at Iguazu by car, returned at Iguazu by car, left at BA ferry port, returned at BA ferry port all within a week or so on a single entry visa

(2) the whole tourist card thing can be somewhat lax -- on arrival at EZE the customs agent mistakenly gave me back my customs declaration but no tourist card, I was tired and confused, speaking virtually no Spanish so I didn't catch this error -- when returning to Argentina at Iguazu Apr 6, my taxi driver had to explain things to the customs guy there who simply wrote me up a new tourist card -- then when transiting back from Uruguay Apr 7 I somehow ended up with yet another 'spare' tourist card -- upon leaving EZE for LIM I handed the customs agent the Apr 6 card because it looked like the example they had pictures of ... he looked thru my passport stamps multiple times, then at the card, then at me, finally gives this huge sigh, stamps my exit stamp while shaking his head without asking me a single question. LOL sometimes being a friendly and innocent looking young solo traveller is a good thing!

Of course, your results may vary! :D

Of course, your results may vary! :D

Such is the beauty of coming down to Argentina... :D ^

Such is the beauty of coming down to Argentina... :D ^

Indeed! ;)

I think the common disclaimer, "Results may vary," has been replaced here with a rule, "Results MUST vary."

I find myself getting paranoid now when something goes the same way too many times... :D

To the OP's questions, though, certainly no immigration issue on domestic arrivals at AEP.

On leaving from Ezeiza, you will pass through departing immigrations (if that's what it's called), and there the agent will look for your arrival stamp (which, in your case, would have gone in your passport at Cordoba). As much as it might feel like a moment to be paranoid about not having gotten that reciprocity document affixed in your passport, all they are ever looking for at that point is the arrivals stamp so they can match it up with the departure stamp they place, and make sure you didn't overstay.

Enjoy your visit :)