DNI Processing in Argentina

Let me share the in formation as to how and where to register a DNI application and submit it for the temporary or permanent residency in Argentina.

Well, here is the official link to the RENAPER, which is the immigration department in Argentina: https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/dni

In this particular blog, we will share the information in the DNI processing in the Capital City of Buenos Aires. All the extranjeros, the foreigners, should process their DNI in the Central Immigration Office located in Av. Antártida Argentina 1355, C1104 CABA. Other immigration offices will not accept your application if you are a foreigner; foreigner residency is processed in the central headoffice of the Migration Department. So, at the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones located in the Av. Antártida, there is a department named Edificio 6, which is a special building that specifically processes DNI for Foreigners.

In order to get there, you need to take a turno, shift, or appointment, which is given by the Immigration Officers after you register/submit your application online via the platform: https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/dni

They will send you an invitation to show up in person, with all the documents you need to submit in original, and take your photo and finger prints. Actually, they will take another photo and fingerprints again after your permanent/temporary residency is approved.

By the way, even if you have a turno to show up in person, let say at 10 am, you need to go there at very early time, such as at 7 am or 8 am, because there is a big line waiting to enter the Immigration Department too.

So, here are the documents you will be asked to provide in original:

 

Documents required:

  • Photocopy of your International Passport
  • Marriage Certificate Apostile/Legalized if married also translated in Argentina in a same way.
  • Proof of residence in Argentina. This is a certificate issued by the local Comissaria/Police department. To get this certificate, you need to provide your passport and rental contract/billing in your name, such as electricity/gas/water bills
  • Children’s birth certificates if you are applying residency via your child, or letter from your university if you are applying for the Student Temporary Residency, or Employment contract if you are applying for Temporary Work Permit.
  • Non-Criminal Certificate issued by your last residential country where you stayed for more than 6 months. This must be apostiled or legalized by the Consulate of Argentina located in the country you stay in.
  • On top of this, you need to provide Certificado de Antecedentes Penales/Non-Criminal Certificate issued by Argentinian Authorities too. This is issued by Registro Nacional de Residencia: https://www.dnrec.jus.gov.ar/InicioTramite/default.aspx They have an office located in the Central Immigration Department located in Av.Antartida. Or, you just show up with this document prepared before you invited to the turno for fingerprints.

Let me go ahead and provide all possible reasons/bases for you to request a temporary or permanent residency in Argentina. You can easily request permanent residency if you are the father/mother/ husband/wife/ son/daughter of an Argentinian. For this, you would be asked to provide an original document that proves your relation to an Argentinian citizen, which is in Spanish language.

If you are the father/mother/brother/sister/ husband/wife/ son/daughter of Argentinian Resident (not citizen), then you can apply for Temporary Residence by family reunification.

Otherwise, you need to apply the following categories:

WORK Permit
RENTIST Residency
PENSIONER Residency
STUDENTS Permit

All the documents and application process must be in Spanish language. All the translations must be done in Argentina and this translation must be Legalized by the local translation authorities. Here is the link to the translation organization: https://www.traductores.org.ar/

You can process your DNI/Permanent or Temporary Residency by yourself using this guide. Or we can help you with it. 

After you stay two years in Argentina in legal Status, you apply for Argentinian Residency. Or, you can apply for Argentinian Citizenship immediately if you are a direct and close relative or Argentinian.

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