Which visa routes you can actually qualify for, what to file first, and whether you need a lawyer at all.
The short answer is here. The longer answer (specific to your situation) is what the call and written plan is for.
Unless you hold a Mercosur passport (the South American trade bloc, whose nationals get a lighter track), you qualify through a reason: family, a registered job, passive income, a pension, studies, or an investment. There is also a digital-nomad permit, which is a stay permit, not a path to settling.
Every file needs your passport, proof you entered legally, a criminal-record certificate from each country you lived in recently, proof of an Argentine address, and the document that proves your reason (a marriage certificate, a contract, a pension letter, an enrollment). Foreign documents need an apostille (the international certification that makes them valid here), then a sworn translation by a traductor público, then the translators' association stamp — in that order.
You file from inside Argentina through RADEX (Radicación a Distancia de Extranjeros — the online system of Migraciones, the national migration office): create an account, complete a form that can't be edited once confirmed, pay the fees, upload your documents, answer any requests, then attend one in-person appointment for fingerprints and originals. Then you hold a precaria (residencia precaria — the provisional permit) while Migraciones decides, and the DNI (Documento Nacional de Identidad — the national ID card) arrives by mail if it's approved.
For a standard, uncontested case, you can file yourself — Migraciones says so on every page, and one of us did exactly this without a lawyer. A sworn translator isn't optional: any document not in Spanish legally needs one. A gestor (a paperwork fixer) is unlicensed and sells time in queues, not expertise.
Yes, a lot. Spouses, registered partners and parents of Argentines have their own route through Migraciones — the route one of us used. Children of Argentines born abroad still qualify for permanent residency directly.
For visa-free passports a tourist entry is normally around three months, extendable once at Migraciones shortly before it expires. Overstaying costs a fee on the way out and a worse footing for anything you file later.
qué hacemos — y qué no
We map the realistic options for your situation, put the documents in the right order, flag the traps, and say plainly when your case needs an immigration lawyer. One of us filed the family route without one.
We don't represent you, file in your name, or promise anything Migraciones decides. When a case needs a lawyer, we say so and point you to one — without taking a fee from them.
HabitaAR helps with framing, sequencing, and practical coordination. When regulated legal, tax, immigration, healthcare, real-estate, or financial advice is needed, we may recommend an independent lawyer, accountant, doctor or licensed broker. Referrals do not guarantee availability, approvals, outcomes, or timelines. Read the terms.
Add-ons to the Plan, priced separately: in-person accompaniment to appointments, one of us on a call, and the coordination we take off your hands.
We come to your appointment at Migraciones (the national migration office) and translate in the room. You still sign; we make sure you understand what you're signing.
Translations, legalizations and the order they have to happen in. We coordinate the chain; each piece is billed at a price stated in writing before anyone starts.
Quoted per case, on the call — some by the hour. Anything we coordinate for you is billed at a price we state in writing beforehand.
primero charlamos, después el plan
Meet us. Ask anything. You tell us where you're stuck; we tell you honestly whether we can help and how we'd approach it. No prep, no pressure.
A long working session to get your full story. Where you are, what you've got, what's due when, what you live on — and the questions you didn't know to ask.
What to do, in what order, what depends on what, and who to actually call. Built for your case. Yours to keep.
Follow-up calls to talk through your case and customized plan, and WhatsApp in working hours, Buenos Aires time. A local ally on your side until you're moving.
Dejá de leer. Empezá a moverte.
Thirty minutes, free, in English or castellano. Meet us, hear how we work, decide nothing.