I used to live in Chile and make the visa run over the Andes into Mendoza by bus, and taking the ferry from BA to Uruguay sounds like more fun, plus there's the not standing in line for 3 hours at the border! Thanks for the info.
@@nomadicfire It's a very long and winding road, and at some places you can see where trucks and at least one other bus didn't make the turn! No problems with motion except the rare sudden drop...
Never used it but I've known about the existence of Buquebus for a long, long time and never seen anything to compare to this tutorial. I'd read that the cheapest ticket now cost much more than the 29 bucks shown here. Keep up the deep dive. Kudos.
Well... You know how it goes when we quote prices for Argentina... It always comes with the caveat that the prices WILL change :) However, I just just peeked and I can still find round-trip tickets for under $33 USD
Thanks for the video. As usual you have left no stone unturned! I have read in some old posts online that Argentina is wise to the visa runs now and were starting to not let people back in to discourage it. This was before the government changed over so maybe it's all good now? How many times have you done the visa run so far?
I hadn't heard this, but was wondering about possible future changes as well .... In fairness, it's hard to know what any country will do in the near or distant future. Loved the video however. PRACTICAL details that many don't cover. Thanks
I haven't heard of any issues and I would be surprised if there were. For one, Argentina keeps their visa policy very lax, most expats I know just overstay and pay the fine. I wasn't comfortable with that. I've done one visa run and my girlfriend has done two.
Hi Tracy, you are correct. Things can always change. However, I feel like the government is focused on so many other things that visas fall pretty low on their priority list. BTW, can you please clarify the last part of your comment? Are there PRACTICAL details you feel are missing?
@@nomadicfire Oh, just the opposite. I thought you gave far more (usable) details than most do. You covered many things that one typically finds out only once on a trip. I have viewed hundreds, possibly thousands, of travel and expat videos by now. I really noticed and appreciated that attention to detail by you that most don't fully give. Having traveled so much in past years, I know how stressful and tiring it is to encounter unexpected surprises or have to cross reference to get to the bottom line of something.
I did the ferry ride to Sacramento. It was great! QUESTION: Does the same visa run work for other countries bordering Argentina? (Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil) Thank you
Yes it does! We covered the Uruguay one, as it was the fastest/easiest from Buenos Aires, but it works at other borders as well. My girlfriend did a visa run at the Paraguay and Brazil border near Foz de Iguazu
I haven't heard of anyone getting stopped for doing a visa run or even getting the stink eye from immigration officers. Your other option is to extend or something like 40% of expats just overstay and pay the fine (I don't recommend this). But if you do, here is what the government says to do if you overstay. www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/migraciones/habilitacion-de-salida
Perhaps I should tell you a bit about my adventure…. I took the Buquebus earlier this month from Montevideo to Buenos Aires, but had NO clue that immigration clearance for BOTH places are meant to be completed at the point of origin (Montevideo in this case). So here I was…..already in Buenos Aires but the Argentine system had NO record of my arrival!! I went to the Migraciones office at the Buquebus terminal and explained my situation. Then one of the officers took my passport, showed it to (seemingly) his boss and they were entering my details into a certain computer. Then he came back to me and said that they tried entering the details into the system but couldn’t do so at this moment, but were planning to in the near future. This didn’t sound good, but he advised me to preserve my Buquebus boarding document for reference and assured me “todo tranqui” if I have the documents. So I kept them, and while exiting the country through Aeroparque 6 days later, I explained to the officer at the counter that no stamp was given to me during entry. She initially responded back saying that Argentina stopped giving stamps two years ago, but offered to check for me in the system. She did, and sure enough it turns out that there was STILL NO record of my entry in the country!! She looked surprised and then took my passport and Buquebus document to her boss. She came back after a couple of minutes and then said to me that she would manually enter notes in the system for me. And I saw her enter some comments indicating that I entered on such-and-such date through Buquebus Ferry Francisco 67 with XXXX document (Buquebus boarding document). Then she smiled at me and assured me that it was all good now. I also asked explicitly if it’s “todo tranqui” in future when I return to the country and she assured me in the affirmative. So it appears to have completed on a positive note, but I do wish to ask if other people have had similar experiences. So any feedback here will be helpful. Thanks for your time!
😱 I'm shocked, but not that surprised. The ferry immigration is confusing. I don't know of any other time I've went through immigration before arriving in the country. The good thing is I've heard nothing but good things about Argentina immigration. They even see nonchalant about overstays (not that I recommend those).
@@nomadicfire Yeah haha sorry, snarky comment. Just made me laugh a bit. The tips are really good actually though especially about Colonia (hard to find first hand info out there).
I used to live in Chile and make the visa run over the Andes into Mendoza by bus, and taking the ferry from BA to Uruguay sounds like more fun, plus there's the not standing in line for 3 hours at the border! Thanks for the info.
How's that trip over the Andes by bus? If someone is prone to motion sicknesses, would you recommend it?
@@nomadicfire It's a very long and winding road, and at some places you can see where trucks and at least one other bus didn't make the turn! No problems with motion except the rare sudden drop...
Never used it but I've known about the existence of Buquebus for a long, long time and never seen anything to compare to this tutorial. I'd read that the cheapest ticket now cost much more than the 29 bucks shown here. Keep up the deep dive. Kudos.
Well... You know how it goes when we quote prices for Argentina... It always comes with the caveat that the prices WILL change :)
However, I just just peeked and I can still find round-trip tickets for under $33 USD
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This was just the video I was looking for, great work guys
Thanks Morgan. I guess the notification worked :)
thanks man
Welcome!
Thanks for the video. As usual you have left no stone unturned! I have read in some old posts online that Argentina is wise to the visa runs now and were starting to not let people back in to discourage it. This was before the government changed over so maybe it's all good now? How many times have you done the visa run so far?
I hadn't heard this, but was wondering about possible future changes as well .... In fairness, it's hard to know what any country will do in the near or distant future. Loved the video however. PRACTICAL details that many don't cover. Thanks
I haven't heard of any issues and I would be surprised if there were. For one, Argentina keeps their visa policy very lax, most expats I know just overstay and pay the fine. I wasn't comfortable with that. I've done one visa run and my girlfriend has done two.
Hi Tracy, you are correct. Things can always change. However, I feel like the government is focused on so many other things that visas fall pretty low on their priority list.
BTW, can you please clarify the last part of your comment? Are there PRACTICAL details you feel are missing?
@@nomadicfire Oh, just the opposite. I thought you gave far more (usable) details than most do. You covered many things that one typically finds out only once on a trip. I have viewed hundreds, possibly thousands, of travel and expat videos by now. I really noticed and appreciated that attention to detail by you that most don't fully give. Having traveled so much in past years, I know how stressful and tiring it is to encounter unexpected surprises or have to cross reference to get to the bottom line of something.
Perfect! That's exactly what we try to do. I'm glad to hear it! Thanks Tracy, that made our day.
I did the ferry ride to Sacramento. It was great! QUESTION: Does the same visa run work for other countries bordering Argentina? (Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil) Thank you
Yes it does! We covered the Uruguay one, as it was the fastest/easiest from Buenos Aires, but it works at other borders as well. My girlfriend did a visa run at the Paraguay and Brazil border near Foz de Iguazu
Is there a maximum amount of times you can do this visa run? Or can you literally do it as many times as you like?
I haven't heard of anyone getting stopped for doing a visa run or even getting the stink eye from immigration officers.
Your other option is to extend or something like 40% of expats just overstay and pay the fine (I don't recommend this). But if you do, here is what the government says to do if you overstay.
www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/migraciones/habilitacion-de-salida
Perhaps I should tell you a bit about my adventure….
I took the Buquebus earlier this month from Montevideo to Buenos Aires, but had NO clue that immigration clearance for BOTH places are meant to be completed at the point of origin (Montevideo in this case).
So here I was…..already in Buenos Aires but the Argentine system had NO record of my arrival!! I went to the Migraciones office at the Buquebus terminal and explained my situation. Then one of the officers took my passport, showed it to (seemingly) his boss and they were entering my details into a certain computer. Then he came back to me and said that they tried entering the details into the system but couldn’t do so at this moment, but were planning to in the near future. This didn’t sound good, but he advised me to preserve my Buquebus boarding document for reference and assured me “todo tranqui” if I have the documents.
So I kept them, and while exiting the country through Aeroparque 6 days later, I explained to the officer at the counter that no stamp was given to me during entry. She initially responded back saying that Argentina stopped giving stamps two years ago, but offered to check for me in the system.
She did, and sure enough it turns out that there was STILL NO record of my entry in the country!! She looked surprised and then took my passport and Buquebus document to her boss. She came back after a couple of minutes and then said to me that she would manually enter notes in the system for me. And I saw her enter some comments indicating that I entered on such-and-such date through Buquebus Ferry Francisco 67 with XXXX document (Buquebus boarding document).
Then she smiled at me and assured me that it was all good now. I also asked explicitly if it’s “todo tranqui” in future when I return to the country and she assured me in the affirmative.
So it appears to have completed on a positive note, but I do wish to ask if other people have had similar experiences.
So any feedback here will be helpful.
Thanks for your time!
😱 I'm shocked, but not that surprised. The ferry immigration is confusing. I don't know of any other time I've went through immigration before arriving in the country.
The good thing is I've heard nothing but good things about Argentina immigration. They even see nonchalant about overstays (not that I recommend those).
Booqui Bus
You're talking about the pronunciation, not the spelling, correct?
@@nomadicfire Yeah haha sorry, snarky comment. Just made me laugh a bit. The tips are really good actually though especially about Colonia (hard to find first hand info out there).
Gave a thumbs up to the vid. Hope your travels continue well! 🙏
@@matiasgrioni292no worries. My Spanish pronunciation is terrible, but I swear I'm working on it. 😂