Rentista (Passive-Income) Temporary Residency
Answer
The general rule applies to you
No exception is recorded for citizens of Paraguay on this topic. That is the answer, not a gap - everything below is the rule you get, unchanged.
81 exceptions recorded across 33 countries · none match Paraguay to Argentina · Residency on passive income
Argentina grants one year of renewable temporary residency to a foreigner who can show a recurring income of at least five monthly minimum wages, produced by assets rather than by working. The wage figure is indexed, so the threshold moves with it several times a year; the requirement that the money be passive, and that it arrive through the Argentine banking system, is what actually decides most applications.
At a glance
- Income threshold
- 5 x monthly minimum wage (SMVM)
Expressed as a multiple, so it moves whenever the wage is revised
- Income must originate
- Abroad
'provenientes del exterior' - foreign-sourced returns on capital
- Government fee
- 100 UMSM extra-Mercosur, 50 UMSM MercosurCALC (calculated by us, not published)as of 2026-09-20
Decreto 584/2024 sets fees in UMSM units; the fee table notes 1 UMSM = ARS 1,000, so ARS 100,000 and ARS 50,000
- Filed at a consulate instead
- 600 consular units extra-Mercosur, 300 Mercosur
The fee table charges the consular route in unidades consulares - a different unit from the UMSM used for a filing made inside Argentina.
- Initial grant
- 1 year, renewable
- Legal basis
- Ley 25.871 art. 23(b), Decreto 616/2010, Disposicion DNM 1.732/2023 as amended by 3446/2023
Article 23(b) of the law creates the category; Decreto 616/2010 and the DNM dispositions named set what the file has to contain. The wording quoted here is the directorate's own restatement of them.
- Where filed
- RaDEX, online, from inside Argentina
Figures marked CALC are our arithmetic, not a figure in any instrument. Where the law states a threshold as a multiple of something else, the amount shown is that multiple applied - and it moves when the underlying figure does.
Requirements
- Income of at least five Salarios Minimo Vital y Movil per month
- The income must come from assets in your estate AND from abroad - the rule is about foreign-sourced returns on capital, not merely non-salary income
- Qualifying assets are financial instruments, real property and shareholdings, plus anything else the Direccion General de Inmigracion accepts at its own judgement
- Compensation for personal work is explicitly excluded, whatever its size
- The funds must enter Argentina through banks or financial institutions authorised by the Banco Central
- Valid passport, or a Mercosur travel document listed in Annex I of DC-46-2015-CMC for Mercosur nationals
- Argentine criminal record certificate - built into RaDEX, you do not apply for it separately, except when using a preferential appointment, where you must obtain it outside RaDEX and bring it on the day
- Criminal record certificates from every country you lived in for more than a year in the last three years, for applicants 16 and over
- Proof of address, and proof that you entered the country legally
- Foreign documents apostilled, or legalised by the Argentine consulate where the Hague Convention does not apply
- Documents in another language translated by a traductor publico nacional and legalised by the Colegio de Traductores
- All documents must be originals, and DNM may ask for more than the published list
How the process runs
- Step 1
Pay the migration fee
pagos.dnm.gov.ar
Through the DNM payment module. Card payments confirm immediately; cash takes five business days.
- Step 2
File the application online
radex.dnm.gov.ar
Upload the full document set through RaDEX. The system checks that you entered the country legally and that you are inside Argentina.
- Step 3
Wait for the appointment
email
DNM emails the status of the application and the date of the in-person appointment to the address you registered.
- Step 4
Attend in person
a DNM office
The application is only closed once every fee has been paid.
- Step 5
Get the DNI
RENAPER
The identity document is issued by RENAPER after residency is approved, not before.
In detail
Who this route is actually for
The rentista permit is built around a distinction Argentine law draws sharply and most guides blur: between income your money earns and income your time earns. Dividends, rent from property, royalties and returns on financial instruments qualify. A salary does not, even a foreign one, even a large one - the official wording excludes 'retribuciones obtenidas por el trabajo personal', compensation obtained from personal work. A remote employee earning five times the threshold from an overseas employer is not a rentista in the sense this permit means, and the amount does not cure that. If your income comes from working, the pathways to read instead are the migrant-worker permit or, if you can get one, the digital-nomad category.
The threshold is a moving number
The requirement is expressed as five Salarios Minimo Vital y Movil, not as a sum of money, so any peso or dollar figure is a snapshot that ages the moment the wage is revised - and Argentina has been revising it several times a year. We are deliberately not printing a converted figure here: we have not read the current wage off an official instrument, only off news reporting, and a number sourced to a newspaper is not what this page is for. Take the multiple from here and the current wage from the Consejo del Salario, and do the arithmetic against the exchange rate on the day you need it.
Where the official text and reported practice diverge
The official requirement is the five-wage multiple above, and that is what the published text says. Secondary reporting - immigration practitioners and expatriate accounts - consistently describes officials expecting more in practice, with figures around USD 2,000 a month and savings around USD 24,000 frequently cited. We have not confirmed that against any official instrument and do not present it as a rule. What the text does give the directorate is explicit discretion: qualifying assets include 'u otros extremos a juicio de la Direccion General de Inmigracion', so there is a documented margin of judgement, which is the likeliest thing the reported practice is describing.
What Decree 366/2025 adds on top
Since May 2025 this permit sits under the decree that rewrote the migration law. Three consequences matter to a rentista. Entry now requires a sworn declaration of purpose and proof of health insurance. Ordinary public healthcare is no longer free as of right for temporary residents - emergency care still is, for everyone. And a continuous absence of six months or more is a ground for cancelling the permit, which is not the same as a requirement to be present for half the year.
Country-level policy
A decree of necessity and urgency published on 29 May 2025 that rewrote parts of four laws at once - the Migration Law 25.871, the Citizenship Law 346, the Higher Education Law 24.521 and the National Education Law 26.206. It is modelled here as a country-level policy rather than inside any one topic because a single instrument changed entry conditions, healthcare access, university fees, permanent-residency requirements and the grounds for cancelling a residence permit simultaneously. If you hold or are applying for any Argentine residence permit, this is the instrument most likely to affect you.
What applies to you
Nothing changes for a citizen of Paraguay
We have no rule recorded that treats your citizenship differently here, so the general rule above is the one that applies to you. That is an answer, not a gap.
What the law says
«Residencia Temporaria para personas extranjeras que solventen su estadía con beneficios provenientes de activos incorporados a su patrimonio y provenientes del exterior (instrumentos financieros, inmuebles, participaciones en empresas, u otros extremos a juicio de la DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE INMIGRACIÓN) no incluyéndose en esta categoría retribuciones obtenidas por el trabajo personal.»Our translation - not official
Temporary residency for foreigners who support their stay with benefits arising from assets forming part of their estate and originating abroad (financial instruments, real property, shareholdings in companies, or other matters at the judgement of the DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF IMMIGRATION), not including in this category compensation obtained from personal work.
Two conditions are usually dropped in retellings: the assets must produce income from abroad, and what counts as a qualifying asset is open-ended at the immigration directorate's discretion.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
Argentina's migration directorate. It runs RaDEX, the online residency system, decides applications, and publishes the requirements for each residency category along with the fee schedule.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Its service pages are the agency's own summary of the law it applies, not the law. They cite the underlying instruments - Ley 25.871, Decreto 616/2010, the relevant DNM Disposición - but paraphrase their content, and the agency can change what it asks for without any statute moving. Where the requirement matters, the instrument itself is the better source.
We re-read it every 60 days. More about this source
«Acreditar que el monto de la renta percibida sea equivalente o superior a la suma de CINCO (5) Salarios Mínimo Vital y Móvil.»Our translation - not official
Prove that the amount of income received is equal to or greater than the sum of FIVE (5) Minimum Vital and Mobile Salaries.
About this source
Argentina's migration directorate. It runs RaDEX, the online residency system, decides applications, and publishes the requirements for each residency category along with the fee schedule.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Its service pages are the agency's own summary of the law it applies, not the law. They cite the underlying instruments - Ley 25.871, Decreto 616/2010, the relevant DNM Disposición - but paraphrase their content, and the agency can change what it asks for without any statute moving. Where the requirement matters, the instrument itself is the better source.
We re-read it every 60 days. More about this source
«Demostrar que el ingreso al país de los fondos se realiza por intermedio de instituciones bancarias o financieras autorizadas por el Banco Central de la República Argentina.»Our translation - not official
Demonstrate that the funds enter the country through banking or financial institutions authorised by the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic.
About this source
Argentina's migration directorate. It runs RaDEX, the online residency system, decides applications, and publishes the requirements for each residency category along with the fee schedule.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Its service pages are the agency's own summary of the law it applies, not the law. They cite the underlying instruments - Ley 25.871, Decreto 616/2010, the relevant DNM Disposición - but paraphrase their content, and the agency can change what it asks for without any statute moving. Where the requirement matters, the instrument itself is the better source.
We re-read it every 60 days. More about this source
«Las tramitaciones ante la Dirección Nacional de Migraciones son personales y sencillas, no se necesita la asistencia de un gestor.»Our translation - not official
Applications to the National Directorate of Migration are personal and straightforward; the assistance of an agent is not needed.
DNM says this itself. Worth weighing against any quote for handling the process on your behalf.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
Argentina's migration directorate. It runs RaDEX, the online residency system, decides applications, and publishes the requirements for each residency category along with the fee schedule.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Its service pages are the agency's own summary of the law it applies, not the law. They cite the underlying instruments - Ley 25.871, Decreto 616/2010, the relevant DNM Disposición - but paraphrase their content, and the agency can change what it asks for without any statute moving. Where the requirement matters, the instrument itself is the better source.
We re-read it every 60 days. More about this source
«| Residencia Permanente o Temporaria iniciadas ante Representaciones Consulares Argentinas (monto en unidades consulares) | 300 uc | 600 uc |»Our translation - not official
Permanent or Temporary Residence begun before Argentine Consular Representations (amount in consular units) | 300 uc | 600 uc
The table's references define uc as unidades consulares. The consular route is charged in a different unit from the one used inside the country, so the two figures are not comparable without converting both.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
Argentina's migration directorate. It runs RaDEX, the online residency system, decides applications, and publishes the requirements for each residency category along with the fee schedule.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Its service pages are the agency's own summary of the law it applies, not the law. They cite the underlying instruments - Ley 25.871, Decreto 616/2010, the relevant DNM Disposición - but paraphrase their content, and the agency can change what it asks for without any statute moving. Where the requirement matters, the instrument itself is the better source.
We re-read it every 60 days. More about this source
«Se otorga una residencia temporaria por un plazo de 1 año, prorrogable.»Our translation - not official
A temporary residence is granted for a period of 1 year, extendable.
About this source
Argentina's migration directorate. It runs RaDEX, the online residency system, decides applications, and publishes the requirements for each residency category along with the fee schedule.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Its service pages are the agency's own summary of the law it applies, not the law. They cite the underlying instruments - Ley 25.871, Decreto 616/2010, the relevant DNM Disposición - but paraphrase their content, and the agency can change what it asks for without any statute moving. Where the requirement matters, the instrument itself is the better source.
We re-read it every 60 days. More about this source
Practical notes
The Argentine criminal record certificate is generated inside RaDEX; you only chase it separately if you pay for a preferential appointment, in which case you must bring it on the day.
DNM states that no gestor is needed and that the only payments due are the ones its own platform generates.
Translations must be done by a traductor publico nacional and legalised by the Colegio de Traductores - a translation done abroad will generally not do.
Filing from an Argentine consulate rather than inside the country is priced in consular units (600 extra-Mercosur, 300 Mercosur) rather than UMSM.
- administersObtener una residencia temporaria como rentista
Dirección Nacional de Migraciones / Argentina.gob.ar
About this source
Argentina's migration directorate. It runs RaDEX, the online residency system, decides applications, and publishes the requirements for each residency category along with the fee schedule.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Its service pages are the agency's own summary of the law it applies, not the law. They cite the underlying instruments - Ley 25.871, Decreto 616/2010, the relevant DNM Disposición - but paraphrase their content, and the agency can change what it asks for without any statute moving. Where the requirement matters, the instrument itself is the better source.
We re-read it every 60 days. More about this source
- administersCuadro de tasas migratorias
Dirección Nacional de Migraciones / Argentina.gob.ar
About this source
Argentina's migration directorate. It runs RaDEX, the online residency system, decides applications, and publishes the requirements for each residency category along with the fee schedule.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Its service pages are the agency's own summary of the law it applies, not the law. They cite the underlying instruments - Ley 25.871, Decreto 616/2010, the relevant DNM Disposición - but paraphrase their content, and the agency can change what it asks for without any statute moving. Where the requirement matters, the instrument itself is the better source.
We re-read it every 60 days. More about this source
- administersRaDEX - Radicacion a Distancia, how the application is filed
Dirección Nacional de Migraciones
About this source
Argentina's migration directorate. It runs RaDEX, the online residency system, decides applications, and publishes the requirements for each residency category along with the fee schedule.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Its service pages are the agency's own summary of the law it applies, not the law. They cite the underlying instruments - Ley 25.871, Decreto 616/2010, the relevant DNM Disposición - but paraphrase their content, and the agency can change what it asks for without any statute moving. Where the requirement matters, the instrument itself is the better source.
We re-read it every 60 days. More about this source
- issuesDecreto 366/2025 - cross-cutting conditions applying to this permit
Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina
About this source
Argentina's official gazette. An act is not merely announced here, it takes legal effect on publication, which is why a decree carries the gazette's issue number and date as part of its identity. Decree 366/2025 appears here as issue 35.676 of 29 May 2025.
Standing: Issues the instrument
Cannot be cited for: It publishes instruments as enacted and does not consolidate them. What you read here is the amending act, not the amended law, so an article number in a decree is an instruction to amend and does not correspond to the article number in the law that results. An article number cited from a decree therefore needs translating into the article of the law it amends. The consolidated text is a different publisher: see `ar-infoleg`.
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- reportsArgentina Visa Guide 2026: Every Option for Living and Working There
The Rio Times
About this source
English-language regional news covering Argentina and neighbours, including visa and residency changes. Watched because it surfaces changes in readable form sooner than the gazette does.
Standing: Reports, establishes nothing
Cannot be cited for: News retells the law and does not establish it. Nothing here is treated as confirmation: a report is a reason to go and read the official source. A topic resting only on coverage like this does not meet our publication threshold, however good the reporting.
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