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Argentina Entry Fee: Don't Call It a Visa

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October 9, 2008 at 3:30 PM | by pbb | 3 Comments

Last month, we were worried that the fallout from this Hugo Chavez speech might lead to new fees for American tourists brave enough to travel to Venezuela. But instead it's Argentina that's planning to levy an entry fee on Americans, Australians, Canadians and others, starting January 1.

Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo says charging foreign nationals $134 upon their entry into Argentina is payback for the visa fee his people have to pay when heading to other countries:

We feel that it's an injustice that an Argentine goes to the United States and has to pay $134 for a visa.

For what it's worth, this doesn't mean visitors have to actually apply for a visa; the charge, which covers you for 10 years, is simply a "fee of reciprocity" that will ostensibly go toward "modernizing immigration posts throughout the country."

Related Stories:
· The New Tax on Tourists [La Nacion, in Spanish, via]
· Election Day in Argentina [Jaunted]

[Photo of Buenos Aires' Immigration Museum: Wikimedia]

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  1. Walrus

    Jaunted Member

    Reciprocity is fairness

    US$134 is more to an Argentine that it is to US citizens, so the latter should consider themselves lucky, and still getting a fair deal.
    October 9, 2008 at 4:45 PM
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  1. pbb

    Jaunted Member

    Another fair deal...

    would have both countries asking for much smaller fees that would give both wealthy and non-wealthy people a chance to cross borders freely.
    October 9, 2008 at 5:07 PM
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  1. yowtrip

    Jaunted Member

    Good for them

    Brazil has been doing this for years... But they actually go one step further: they make Americans apply for a visa before coming to Brazil... like all Brazilians have to do before they can come to the US.
    October 9, 2008 at 5:34 PM
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