Originally Posted by
nytango
If this is technically "not a visa" what is it. For example if like some of us we have the resident visa but are U.S. citizens do we pay an entry fee each time we enter or continue with the visa we have... TO make it more complicated what if you are dual citizen of U.S. and european country but your Argentina visa is in your U.S. passport. THe easy answer is that you can enter with euro passport but will not have stamp or entry on Argentine visa so you will have hard time renewing it and proving that you were there for renewal and other reasons
Assuming that Argentina implements the fee as Chile has done, then this is a reciprocity fee, pure and simple: the Argentine authorities charge citizens of countries that require Argentines to obtain visas to visit, the same amount that Argentines are charged for those visas. This is NOT a visa; that is granted on entry, independently of the reciprocity fee. End of story.
If you have two passports one of which is from a country whose citizens are not charged the reciprocity fee and who are granted a visa on entry to Argentina, then use that passport to avoid paying the reciprocity fee.