Originally Posted by
nelsondavidd04
There is some misunderstanding here, that I can clarify due to my own experience. Did the person that was rejected exit, entered Argentina with his US passport, or with his Argentina Passport?. Because you can legally enter Argentina with your US passport even when your an Argentina citizen, they will put you a stamp that says Argentinza citizen 180 days, and you don't even have to pay the foreign citizen fee. Also, you will leave the country with the same passport without a problem, because you have the entry stamp, and you don't even have to show your Argentina passport. I know it because I was born in Argentina, I've been living in the U.S since I'm 10 years old, I was born from an American mom, hence I'm a U.S Citizen, and the only time I needed to show my Argentina passport was when I originally moved to the U.S, since I was living in Argentina, I didn't had an entry stamp on my U.S passport, that's why I needed to show the Argentina one, otherwise, I never ever had to use that passport again, anyway it's already expired.
This is what I was asking. Even if OP's father was born in Argentina, how would passport control in Argentina know he still had an Argentinian passport? What if he already gave it up years ago? Was the Argentinian passport volunteered and presented? or do they look it up in their computers and find out whether folks are still citizens?