I have been going to BA for 7 years now. When i went through two weeks ago i needed to get my visa. I was going to use a CC but the machines were down. I forked over two 100U$D bills and received change in dollars. It was 131 then.

I have to say the visa is the lamest thing i have ever seen . Its a black and white sticker that i could have made on my printer at home. Good thing is they burned a visa page instead of a stamp page, unlike Paraguay.

I think the fee may go up to USD140 now, as the US Visa Fee has been increased from $131 to $140.... I just paid my fee and need to get an appointment at the Embassy.

Bueno. Time to call my amigotes at Immigrassi and have a welcoming committee to met you! :D

Yes please.... I could use a VIP pickup from JFK in one of those black Econoline vans.... straight to the Waldorf Astoria please.... ^

It's just been published in the Official Bulletin that the fee is now US$140.

http://infoleg.mecon.gov.ar/infolegI...8092/norma.htm

John

Yep... this was to be expected.....

Does the visa take up an entire page in the passport? Are entry/exit stamps stamps just placed on top of the full page sticker?

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I understand that it does use up one page.... but Im sure others will confirm...

I haven't done Buenos Aires itself ... but in every other country that I have visited, the visa takes up a full page (there is a section in the back of your passport w/ pages for this) and then the stamps are in the front of the passport on one of the pages with squares on it.

In the past, the visa page has also been stamped the first time you get it (just to mark it as authentic), but each entry/exit stamp is placed in a location up to the stamping official ... my wife is a little OCD about having entry/exit stamps line up and be near each other for each of the countries we visit ... sometimes she is able to convince the stamping official to play along ... but most of the time they just ignore her ...

Drek

The visa i got 4 weeks ago for Argentina was placed in the back page of my passport.

I have visited Argentina many times before getting a visa. The first three pages of my passport are nothing but argentina.

When i got my visa it went into the back page, the stamp went on a crowded stamped page in the front.

I go to Paraguay and come back. At Aeroparque the customs guy started a new page of argentina stamps. I realize i am short on pages and go to the embassy and get more added.

When i leave out of EZE i put my customs form on the page where i wanted the lady to stamp. She ignores me and stamps on a page all by itself in the back of the passport. UNGH!!!

I am a little OCD about the way it ends up. Paraguay used the first available set of double pages, visa took up one page and the entry and exit stamps were right next to it on the other page. Nice and neat.

The visa reciprocity fee sticker Argentina is putting in US (and other) passports takes up a whole passport page. In some cases -- like my passport -- that Argentine visa reciprocity fee sticker takes even a bit more than one page as it takes a wee sliver of a second page too.

EZE reciprocating entrance fee increased to $140
 

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No fee collected at AEP. No questions asked outbound at EZE about no visa. Huge savings for a family of six. AEP is a breeze - well worth the connection at SCL and the incredible scenery coming over the Andes. Then a short, cheap cab ride (we squeezed into a "combi") to the Hilton.

Thanks for reporting back on this.... this is a question that gets asked a lot and I didnt have a real life situation to back up my assessment.

Charged $140 today as per the previous posts. The visa was put at the back of my passport. The only thing to note is that they'll refuse a $100 bill if it's marked or has writing on it.