Moving to Argentina from Australia

180 days, renewable once: The digital nomad stay is a transitory residence of up to 180 days for people from countries whose citizens need no tourist visa, which includes Australian citizens, who provide services remotely to people or companies based abroad (Disposición DNM 758/2022). It can be extended once, for the same length, so the most it gives is 360 days. The disposition sets no income minimum. Instead you show the work: a signed application with your personal details and the independent work you will do, a short CV, a valid passport, a photo, and evidence of the activity (a contract, a company endorsement or proof of a request for work, certifications, or receipts of income or fees) with at least one reference linked to your occupation. The Argentine Consulate General in Sydney says people in your position can apply at the consulate or online through TIE 24H, but publishes no fee or document list for the nomad stay. The Argentine consulate in Dublin states a cost of EUR 200 for the procedure and the Toronto consulate says to expect a decision in 10 to 15 business days once the file is complete.

An Australian embassy notice from 2017 says Argentina suspended the entry fee for Australians from 1 July 2017, and we found no current fee. The tourist category is for rest and leisure: DNM's 2022 disposition says it does not cover the reasons a remote worker stays, which is why the digital nomad category exists. If you plan to work remotely during the stay, the Sydney consulate directs you to apply for the visa at the consulate or online through the electronic entry process (TIE 24H), and DNM says not to enter the country before it is resolved. The TIE certificate is valid for three months for its first use, and the permitted stay is counted from the day you enter. Since Decree 366/2025, the migration law asks every foreigner seeking admission for a sworn statement of the purpose of the trip and that they hold health insurance, on conditions the regulations set; the Sydney consulate recommends medical insurance for your stay. We could not confirm how border or airline checks apply the insurance rule, so ask your airline.

Beyond that we found no second nomad stay. The temporary residence categories last one year and can be extended. Two are built around money: rentista, for people who live on income from assets they own abroad (financial instruments, property or company shares), and pensionado, for a regular, permanent pension from a government, an international body or a private company. Both ask for at least five times the monthly minimum wage for each applicant. The wage is set month by month through April 2027, so the test is about ARS 2,000,000 to ARS 2,200,000 a month across that schedule. To be safe, have more than ARS 2,200,000 a month (about A$2,100 at the Banco Central rate of 14 October 2026). Pay for personal work does not count for the rentista test, so a salary or freelance fees do not qualify. Savings held abroad are accepted only if their lawful origin is shown beyond doubt, and the funds have to be brought into Argentina through banks authorised by the central bank before residence is granted. A third category, migrant worker, needs a pre-contract with an Argentine employer. Rentista and pensionado are filed inside Argentina through DNM's RaDEX platform. Australians aged 18 to 30 with a completed tertiary qualification or at least two years of university study can also apply at the Sydney consulate for a Work and Holiday visa: up to 12 months, not renewable, with work for up to 6 months with each employer and study for up to 4 months. The Argentine foreign ministry lists an annual quota of 1,500 for Australia. The consulate describes it as a holiday with work incidental rather than the main purpose, and does not say whether remote work for a foreign employer fits. These sources do not settle whether any category suits income from abroad beyond the nomad stay, so ask DNM, the consulate or a migration lawyer before relying on one.

The Dublin consulate asks for a passport image and a formal photo with a white background taken at the time of uploading. Rentista and pensionado: a valid passport; an Argentine criminal record certificate, which RaDEX issues; a certificate of no convictions or pending criminal proceedings from every country where you lived for more than a year in the last three, which for Australia is a National Police Certificate (A$57, or A$114 with fingerprints, which take at least 15 working days); proof of address; proof of regular entry; and proof of income, which for a pensionado is a statement from the payer of a regular, permanent pension and for a rentista is proof that income comes from assets. Documents issued abroad need consular legalisation or, where the issuing country is party to the Hague convention, an apostille (A$105 per document from DFAT in Australia), and anything in English needs translating into Spanish by a public translator and legalising with the translators' college. All documents must be originals. DNM says a TIE 24H is resolved in 10 business days, and the Toronto consulate says 10 to 15 and recommends filing at least 45 days before you travel; the Sydney consulate also asks for consular visa applications at least 45 days ahead and for the process to start three months before arrival. The consulate review starts only once the documents are in and the fee is paid. DNM's fee table, at ARS 1,000 per unit, lists the nomad extension at 40 units (ARS 40,000) and a temporary residence, or its extension, at 100 units (ARS 100,000) for people who are not from the Mercosur bloc; a preferential appointment for a residence filing costs 50 more units. The table lists electronic entry processing at 120 consular units for the business, trade fair and professional categories and 80 for the remaining categories, and says a fee-bearing consular action is added; it does not say which row covers the nomad stay. A consular unit was set at US$1 in 2000 and the foreign ministry may update it; the Dublin consulate states EUR 200 for the whole procedure, but we could not find an Australian consulate's own fee, so the amount you pay is unknown. After you file a rentista or pensionado application in RaDEX, you receive an email with an appointment date; we found no processing time for residence, so it is unknown.

Residents must declare income from overseas on their Australian return, so a salary or fees from your work in Argentina still go on it while you stay resident. If you stop being resident, you are taken to have sold your capital gains tax assets at market value at that moment, except taxable Australian property such as Australian real estate, and the full 50% discount is not available for the part of ownership after you leave. Foreign residents are taxed on capital gains only for taxable Australian property. This describes the mechanism, not your bill.

Australian citizens are not eligible for the departing Australia superannuation payment, which is for temporary residents, so super stays in your fund. We did not find which Argentine social security contributions apply to a person on a nomad stay or temporary residence who works for clients or an employer abroad, nor whether an Australian employer must keep paying super while you work from Argentina, so those costs are unknown. This describes the mechanism, not your bill.

Without a tax key you apply in person after booking a web appointment. We did not open an official page on the DNI itself, so its requirements and cost are unknown.

Argentina's foreign exchange rules have changed repeatedly and we did not read the current ones, so how easily you can move money is unknown; the official rate used in this pack is the central bank's. Smartraveller says cards are widely accepted, advises asking your Australian bank whether your ATM card will work in Argentina, and warns against changing money on the street. While you stay an Australian resident, interest from an Argentine account is foreign income for your Australian return.