Moving to Argentina from New Zealand

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 New Zealand 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. For people living in New Zealand the application goes through the Argentine embassy in Wellington, which publishes no fee for this stay; the Dublin consulate 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.

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 embassy directs you to the electronic entry process (TIE 24H) instead, 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; we could not confirm how border or airline checks apply, 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 NZ$2,600 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. If you are 35 or younger, a separate Work and Holiday Programme exists for New Zealand citizens who live in New Zealand: up to 12 months, not renewable, once only, with an annual quota of 1,000, a set minimum in your own bank statements (to be safe, hold more than US$2,600), insurance of at least US$30,000, a US$150 consular fee and a letter saying the main purpose is a holiday with work incidental. It lets you work provided you do not take permanent employment; we found nothing on remote work under it, so it is not a route for keeping a remote job, and the embassy and ministry pages word the age limit differently. 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 Wellington embassy reviews TIE 24H applications for people living in New Zealand: once you have started the TIE on DNM's platform you contact the embassy, which confirms receipt, then you pay the consular fee and send the documents for the visa type, and it signs its approval on the DNM platform so that DNM issues the certificate. The Toronto consulate asks for the passport to be valid for six months from entry with a blank page, and for the application note, CV and proof of activity in the original language with a Spanish translation. 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; 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, and anything in English needs translating into Spanish by a public translator and legalising with the translators' college. All documents must be originals. From New Zealand, Argentina is listed as an apostille country: the Department of Internal Affairs charges NZ$37 per apostille (urgent service NZ$120 extra, 5 working days), using form BDM460, and a New Zealand notary public where a copy must be notarised. New Zealand Police send vetting results straight to the visa authority and give you no copy; if you must supply a criminal record yourself, the Ministry of Justice check aims to answer within 20 working days, and about 90% come back in under a week. Whether those certificates can be apostilled is not stated by either page, so ask the Authentication Unit. 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, which includes New Zealand; a preferential appointment for a residence filing costs 50 more units. The table lists the electronic entry processing itself at 120 consular units. A consular unit was set at US$1 in 2000 and the foreign ministry may update it. The Wellington embassy's own fee table is dated January 2018 and lists temporary residence at US$150, paid in New Zealand dollars at the embassy's rate, but not the nomad stay; the Dublin consulate states EUR 200 for the whole procedure. So the amount you pay in Wellington is unknown: ask the embassy. 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.

A nomad stay can run to 360 days, which is longer than 325, but it does not end residence by itself if you keep a home or other strong ties in New Zealand. Until you stop, New Zealand taxes your worldwide income, including income not brought into New Zealand; you file an IR3 with the IR1261 overseas income summary (due 7 July unless you have a tax agent), and can claim a credit for foreign tax you paid. If you leave permanently, file an IR3 or ask for an assessment, and tell your New Zealand bank or other payers so the right non-resident withholding tax is deducted.

Argentina is not among the eleven countries on Work and Income's list of social security agreements, and New Zealand is not on Argentina's list of agreements in force, so no agreement links the two pension and contribution systems. 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, so that cost is unknown. This describes the mechanism, not your bill.

If you already get NZ Super, you may be able to keep it overseas, at a rate based on the months you lived in New Zealand between ages 20 and 65 out of 540, if you apply at least six weeks before leaving.

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. Before you leave New Zealand, update Inland Revenue and your New Zealand bank if you become non-resident, and if you get NZ Super, call Work and Income at least six weeks ahead.