Re: Argentina reciprocity fee

[Robert Withers <[e-mail]>]

If you pay a fee, your a customer and not a guest, it seems to me, yet 
the question remains to me: whether I could receive health and human 
services while I am there since I spent my money elsewhere? Could I be a 
bum in Buenas Aires or the Falls over that way back ...?  ;-)

On 12/16/2015 11:13 PM, Fernando Gont wrote:
> On 12/16/2015 05:31 PM, John Levine wrote:
>>> There is the issue of the Argentina “fee” which is like a visa, but
>>> mostly just a tax.  This is common in various countries in the americas,
>>> and is sometimes a nominal amount to be paid in only $cash USD.
>>>
>>> My understanding is if you’ve got a passport (Eg: USA) that requires
>>> it, you pay your money and print the page to show the customs agent
>>> and you’re set.
>>
>> If you are traveling on a passport from the United States, Canada, or
>> Australia you MUST pay the fee and get a receipt before you leave.
>> You cannot pay it when you arrive in Argentina.  Unless your airline
>> is unusually inept, they will not let you on the plane without it.
>>
>> You register and pay the fee with a credit card on their web site.
>> Click the "SIGN UP" link under the login box here:
>>
>> https://reciprocidad.provincianet.com.ar/
>>
>> Once you get the receipt, print it out and put it in your passport.
>> For Americans and Canadians, it's good for a decade so hold on to it
>> in case you go back to Argentina.
>>
>> R's,
>> John
>>
>> PS: Brazil also charges a similar fee, Chile used to but doesn't any
>> more.
>
> IIRC, brazil requires actual visas at least for US citizens.
>

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. .. .. ^,^ best, robert