VERY IMPORTANT - Reciprocity Fee to enter Argentina
 

If you hold a Passport of one of the following Nations:

- USA
- Canada
- Australia

You must pay a Reciprocity Fee before you enter Argentina. This fee is valid for 10 Years from the date of payment (for US Passports). Please note that failure to have this Fee prepaid, and if you are "lucky" enough to have your airline allow you to board your flight, you will be deported.

For more information, please see the following links:

http://embassyofargentina.us/embassy...ction/news.htm

http://argentina.travisa.com/

http://www.migraciones.gov.ar/accesi...r_novedad=1632

1 out of 3 - not bad

Australia

The Reciprocity Fee for Australian citizens is a multiple entry fee, valid for 1 year, year beginning on the date the payment is made

Canada

In accordance to Decree 1654/08 the Government established a Reciprocity Fee to Canadian nationals, who holding ordinary passports to enter Argentina for tourism purposes.


In accordance to Disposition "DNM" 2379/2010, the amount of the reciprocity fee is 75.00 U.S. dollars for one entry and 150 U.S. dollars for multiple entries valid for 5 years.

The payment of the reciprocity fee by the Canadian nationals for a single entry to Argentina of 75 U.S. dollars will allowed them to visit any of our neighboring countries (Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay) and re-entry to Argentina, without having to pay the reciprocity fee again, during the period of authorized stay in Argentina of 90 days.

This seems to be the web page to start the payment process. Please correct me if I am mistaken.

https://virtual.provinciapagos.com.ar/ArgentineTaxes/

Getting to this page was confusing on the government website. Surprising?

Also note that use of anything other than Internet Explorer may end up with an error somewhere along the process.

So I paid the fee but it's in my old passport - bring the old one with me = sufficient?

Yes

Does someone have confirmation on transiting through EZE, staying airside, and not paying the Fee...? I wonder if you will be allowed to board without the fee just because you can prove you are in transit...? I havent read the fine print on this.

Thanks.

No first hand confirmation, but I'd expect that there is no fine print, and that you will be able to board.

(My last trip, which contained GRU transit and EZE final destination consisted of the SFO check-in agent verifying that I was onward to EZE and didn't need a Brazil visa, and then asking for my Argentina payment proof.)

The big caveats here are
(1) Interline baggage issues are in flux and if baggage claim/recheck is necessary, the only way one can get his baggage and re-check it @ EZE is to pass through immigration.
(2) Who knows what will happen in the case of IRROPS if you need to leave the airport.

Very good point about IRROPS... ^

Gotta love Flyertalk- I just came here to ask the same question!

I am a citizen of the US and travel with a US passport. However, I am also a legal RESIDENT of Uruguay and have my cedula. Can I enter Argentina from the US with my passport and cedula, without paying the reciprocity fee?

I assume the fee would still be due as you'll still be a US citizen entering Argentina on a US passport. Legal residency in Uruguay isn't really relevant in this situation. If you were entering Argentina directly from Uruguay you could just use your cedula and avoid the fee that way

From the first year that the reciprocity fee was in place, it was certainly collected on arrival from Brazil, from a friend of mine who holds a US Passport and Brazilian residency (together with whatever the appropriate card from Brazil is).

He was a little surprised, since he had the impression that his document from Brazil would have been sufficient by itself to travel between Mercosur countries. The problem might have been that his US passport was already used to leave Brazil, or his Brazilian document might have shown a birthplace that made them decide the fee applied. Either way, probably no way around it, but at least it's a once in ten years problem.

I don't think so.... but Im not sure. Please do come back and tell us how things go if you try to get through EZE with your Resident papers. Thanks.

I don't think so either. Non-citizen residents of Argentina can't (except when it's overlooked ...) use their DNIs for local boarder crossings - specifically their DNIs are marked as being for foreigners, so their passport is required.