Moving to Argentina from Canada

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 Canadian 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 Montreal consulate's guide to the online process (TIE 24H) gives a fee of US$120, paid to the immigration authority by card, plus US$80 at the consulate: US$200 in all, about CA$285 at the Bank of Canada rate of 14 October 2026. The Toronto consulate says to expect a decision in 10 to 15 business days once the file is complete.

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 consulates direct you to the electronic entry process (TIE 24H) or, in Toronto, a visa filed with the consulate, and DNM says not to enter the country before the TIE 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. The Montreal consulate also says every foreign citizen needs insurance that covers hospitalisation and medical assistance, in any language, and the Government of Canada says customs may ask for an onward ticket and proof of funds and that everyone is fingerprinted and photographed on entry and exit. 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 CA$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. Whether a Canadian pension such as CPP or OAS would count as a pension for the pensionado category is not stated on the DNM page. These sources do not settle whether any category suits income from abroad beyond the nomad stay, so ask DNM or a migration lawyer before relying on one.

The Montreal consulate's guide asks for a passport image and a passport-sized photo, and says documents not in Spanish need an official translation by a certified translator in Canada. 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 Canada means a certified, fingerprint-based RCMP criminal record check taken through a local police service or an accredited fingerprinting company; 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. The Apostille Convention has applied in Canada since 11 January 2024; Global Affairs Canada does not charge for authentication and was processing requests received 25 business days earlier, plus mailing, on 15 October 2026, and some provinces issue apostilles for their own documents. 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 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 the electronic entry processing for the nomad category at 120 consular units, with a further 80 units for the consular act, and a consular unit was set at US$1 in 2000, so the entry process costs US$200 in all, which matches the Montreal consulate's guide. The Toronto consulate's own fee table is an image we could not open, and Vancouver's pages send you to the DNM site, so what those two charge is unknown. The Montreal consulate says to email it for fees. Your consulate depends on where you live: Toronto for Ontario outside Ottawa, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Nunavut; Montreal for the city of Ottawa, Québec and the Atlantic provinces; Vancouver for Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon. 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.

If you keep significant ties you are usually still a factual resident, unless a tax treaty makes you a deemed non-resident, in which case the emigrant rules apply. You usually become a non-resident on the latest of leaving, your spouse or dependants leaving, or becoming resident in your new country. If you emigrate, you are treated as having sold most property at fair market value on the day you leave; Canadian real property and registered plans such as RRSPs, RRIFs and TFSAs are among the exceptions. Form T1161 applies if your property is worth more than CA$25,000, and Form T1244 lets you defer the tax until you sell, with security needed if the federal tax owing is more than CA$16,500. If you stay a Canadian tax resident, Form T1135 is due when foreign property, including funds held outside Canada, cost more than CA$100,000 at any time in the year. This describes the mechanism, not your bill.

Employment pay for work done in Argentina can be taxed there, but only in your home country if you are in Argentina no more than 183 days in any 12-month period, your employer is not an Argentine resident and no Argentine permanent establishment bears the pay (Article 15). Fees for independent work done in Argentina may be taxed there, up to 10% of the gross amount unless you have a fixed base in Argentina (Article 14). Canada then deducts the Argentine tax paid on income arising in Argentina from the Canadian tax on it (Article 23). We read the original 1993 text; Argentina's list links a version with multilateral-instrument changes that we did not read, and the convention names two assets taxes without saying how today's personal assets tax fits, so ask an adviser how it applies to you.

CPP is payable abroad; OAS abroad needs 20 years in Canada after age 18. We found no confirmation of how CPP applies to freelancers abroad, and we did not find which Argentine contributions apply to a person on a nomad stay or temporary residence who works for clients or an employer abroad, 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. If you stay a Canadian tax resident, Argentine bank funds count towards the Form T1135 threshold of CA$100,000 in foreign property. If you emigrate, tell the CRA your departure date and tell Canadian banks and payers that you are no longer resident.