Originally Posted by
David Beach
Well, it is unlikely they would board the plane, as airline check-in clerks are required to check. Could slip by on occasion, I suppose.
Check this recent page of the Argentine embassy in the US for some interesting FAQ's on the working of the reciprocity fee:
http://embassyofargentina.us/embassy...rsection/trami
Slip by?
Originally Posted by Embassy of Argentina in Washington DC
If you were born in Argentina, your American passport mentions Argentina as your place of birth in the data page. Therefore, you do not need to pay the fee.
That sentence is from the Argentine embassy website you linked above.
It seems interesting if Argentina is claiming that a US citizen without dual nationality can enter Argentina at EZE without paying the reciprocity fee if the US passport lists Argentina as the place of birth. Keep in mind Argentina is internationally contracted to not recognize as Argentine citizens (at/by birth) those Argentina-born children of foreign diplomats assigned to Argentina at the time of birth.
And IATA's TIMATIC -- which is what airlines commonly use to figure out travel doc requirements -- says US passport holders born in Argentina are exempt from this reciprocity payment/printed proof of payment.
So it seems like the airline should let such Argentina-born persons who are only citizens of the US to board flights for trips to Argentina even if there is no reciprocity fee payment (nor proof of such).