Colorful Caminito street in La Boca, Buenos Aires

Latin America

🇦🇷 Argentina

European-feeling architecture, legendary steak and wine culture, and a currency situation that (for better or worse) keeps costs low for foreign earners.

Photo: Unsplash, free-to-use licence

Argentina in short

We cover 2 cities in Argentina. A mid-range solo month runs from about $1,100 in Buenos Aires to about $1,300 in Córdoba (our planning estimates, method). The visa tracker has 1 record for Argentina, read on official pages and last checked 29 Sept 2026.

What the official sources say

Residencia transitoria como Nómada Digital Open

Status note: Official service page live
Income rule: No fixed minimum; proof of remote activity via contract, endorsement or income receipts (translated)
Stay: 180 days, extendable for an equal period (translated)
Government fee: Initial application for non-MERCOSUR nationals 32 UMSM (MERCOSUR 16 UMSM); extension 40 UMSM (MERCOSUR 20 UMSM); fee table states 1 UMSM = $1000 (table under Decree 584/2024, undated on page) (translated)
Processing: Not stated; electronic entry authorisation (TIE 24H) notified by email (translated)
Insurance: Not mentioned
Checked: 29 Sept 2026

Argentina cities compared Planning estimates, see method

Sorted from cheapest. Monthly cost is a mid-range solo scenario in US dollars; housing is the accommodation line of the same scenario. Wifi and safety are planning figures, not measurements.

City	Month, est.	Housing, est.	Wifi, est.	Safety, est.	Best months
Buenos Aires	$1,100	$500 (45%)	90 Mbps	6/10	Mar, Apr, May, Oct, Nov
Córdoba	$1,300	$650 (50%)	120 Mbps	8/10	Mar, Apr, Sep, Oct, Nov

Guides for Argentina

How this page is built: visa rows are read from the audited tracker, which links each figure to an official page and dates the check; city figures are editorial planning estimates (method). Rules change, so confirm with the authority before you apply. Researched from official immigration pages and the site's cost dataset.

Earlier summary of the visa route

Scheme

Digital Nomad Visa

Maximum stay

180 days, renewable once

Income or savings

Proof of remote employment/income

Difficulty

Easy

These summary figures were carried over from the earlier site and are not individually dated. Where they differ from the official-source records above, the records win.