Document checklist
U.S. Virgin Islands → Argentina: Residencia Temporaria: Trabajador Migrante (Temporary Residence for Migrant Workers)
What you need before you submit, checked against official requirements, not guesswork.
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Required documents
11 itemsIdentity
Valid passport or Mercosur travel document
RequiredYour valid passport. If you're a Mercosur-country national, you can instead use the travel document allowed under agreement DC-46-2015-CMC.
Financial
Migration fee payment
RequiredThe applicable migration fee, paid only through the official authorized platform. The page doesn't state the amount here, check the current fee schedule.
Purpose of travel
Proof your employer is registered as a foreign-worker requester
RequiredProof your employer is registered in the Unique Registry of Employers Requesting Foreign Workers.
Proof your employer is registered with AFIP
RequiredA certificate showing your employer is registered with Argentina's Federal Administration of Public Income (AFIP).
Signed employment pre-contract
RequiredA pre-contract signed by you and your employer, stating your personal details, your job tasks, your work hours, how long the job will last, where you'll work, and your salary (which must match the applicable collective labour agreement). It must include your employer's CUIT (tax ID) number, with both signatures certified by a notary public or by a National Migration Directorate official when you file your application.
Accommodation
Proof of your address in Argentina
RequiredDocumentation verifying where you live in Argentina.
Travel
Proof you entered Argentina legally
RequiredEvidence of your regular (legal) entry into Argentina.
Other
AFIP early-registration certificate
RequiredA certificate of early registration with AFIP, obtained within 30 days of starting your application.
Argentine criminal record certificate
RequiredA criminal record certificate from Argentina's National Recidivism Registry (Registro Nacional de Reincidencia), required if you're 16 or older.
Criminal record certificate from countries you've lived in
RequiredA certificate proving you have no prior convictions or pending criminal proceedings, from any country where you lived for more than a year during the last 3 years, if you're 16 or older.
Legalized or apostilled and translated foreign documents
RequiredAny document issued outside Argentina needs consular legalization or a Hague Apostille, and if it isn't in Spanish, a certified translation. Submit originals.
Why applications on this route get refused
Employer not properly registered
Your employer must be registered with AFIP and in the Unique Registry of Employers Requesting Foreign Workers, without this, the application doesn't meet the requirement.
How to avoid it: Confirm with your employer that both registrations are in place before you apply.
Employment pre-contract not properly certified
The pre-contract's signatures must be certified by a notary public or by a National Migration Directorate official, an uncertified pre-contract doesn't meet the requirement.
How to avoid it: Have both signatures certified before you submit your application, or certify them in person when you file.
Foreign documents without legalization or translation
Documents issued outside Argentina need consular legalization or a Hague Apostille, and a certified Spanish translation if not already in Spanish.
How to avoid it: Get every foreign-issued document legalized (or apostilled) and translated before you submit your application.
Sources
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