Renewing Temporary Residence in Argentina: A UK Citizen's Guide

Your Argentine temporary residence is approaching its expiry date. The renewal, called a *prórroga de residencia temporaria*, goes through RaDEX in the 60 calendar days before expiry and requires fresh evidence that you still qualify under your existing category. The standard Migraciones fee is 100 UMSM, or ARS 100,000 in September 2026 (about US$65 at ARS 1,545 per US$). A saved draft is not a filed application.

Is a prórroga the right route?

Read the expiry date on your Migraciones resolution alongside the date on your DNI (national identity card); investigate a mismatch before relying on either one. The prórroga continues temporary residence as a pensionado, rentista, worker, student or family member. If the basis has ended, a category change or fresh application is the relevant route. The Argentina visa guide for UK citizens sets out the other routes; a British passport's 90-day visa-free admission is tourist permission, not temporary residence.

Start with the deadline, then the documents

Count back 60 calendar days from the expiry on the resolution. UK paperwork can take longer than the application itself, so begin gathering it a month earlier if needed. UK public documents generally need an FCDO apostille followed by a Spanish translation from an Argentine *traductor público* (sworn translator); the UK document apostille process explains that sequence.

The normal Migraciones charge is 100 UMSM, with one UMSM equal to ARS 1,000. That makes ARS 100,000, about US$65 in September 2026. Filing within 30 days after expiry adds a 50% surcharge, bringing the fee to ARS 150,000 (about US$97). A preferential appointment, where offered, adds 50 UMSM, or ARS 50,000 (about US$32). Apostilles, translations and replacement documents cost extra.

What RaDEX asks you to show

RaDEX is the online residence system of the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones (DNM). It generates an upload checklist for your category. Your passport, DNI, CUIL (work and social-security number), names and dates should agree; a change of passport or name needs an explanation and supporting record. DNM also checks identity, your Argentine address and criminal-record requirements, so the documents that secured last year's approval may no longer be current enough.

For a pensionado or rentista, the income floor is five times the *Salario Mínimo, Vital y Móvil* (minimum wage): ARS 1,956,000 a month in October 2026 (5 × ARS 391,200). Pensionado evidence may include a DWP, workplace-pension or provider letter with bank statements showing regular receipts. Rentista income must come from your own assets, such as rent, dividends or interest, rather than salary; rentista residence does not authorise local work. Exchange-rate movements make some headroom above the floor useful.

A worker needs current employment evidence or a new contract with DNM's required signature formalities. DNM may check the employer's CUIT (tax number), your CUIL and RENURE registration for a new sponsoring employer. A student needs confirmation of regular enrolment and any requested academic-progress record. Completion or abandonment of the course calls for a change of category.

Family residents need up-to-date evidence of the relationship and of the identity and status of the *dador de criterio*, the Argentine citizen or resident who supports the application. DNM may ask for a fresh certified UK marriage or birth record, apostille and sworn translation. Under DNU 366/2025, spouses and parents of Argentines first receive temporary family residence rather than immediate permanent residence.

Filing and living on a precaria

Once the evidence is ready, select the prórroga for your existing category in RaDEX, complete the form with an email address you monitor and pay the generated charge. The later appointment location depends on your registered Argentine address. Keep the payment confirmation and submission receipt: the filing happens when you submit, rather than when you begin filling in the form.

DNM issues a *residencia precaria*, provisional proof of lawful residence while it considers the case. Download it and respond through the case if DNM requests clearer scans, updated evidence or an appointment. Bring your passport, DNI, original documents and receipts if called. Migraciones does not publish a fixed decision time, so a case can outlast a single precaria's usual 90-day validity. Its extension becomes available 15 days before expiry, and each subsequent precaria needs the same attention until a decision arrives.

A valid precaria normally supports departure and re-entry while the case is pending. Carry a downloaded or printed copy with a valid passport when travelling, and keep the certificate current. On approval, follow the resolution's instructions for updating your DNI through RENAPER, the national civil registry. Retain the resolution and precarias while the card is being updated.

Consider a one-year pensionado residence expiring on 30 November 2026. Its 60-day window begins on 1 October, with September available for gathering UK pension records. The full 2026/27 UK new State Pension of £241.30 a week is about £1,046 a calendar month; a further £700 monthly workplace pension would make £1,746 in total. Award letters and recent bank statements would show both payment streams, leaving more room above the September 2026 threshold than the State Pension alone after currency conversion. A submission on 3 October with the ARS 100,000 fee would produce a precaria; a request for a clearer workplace-pension letter would be answered in that case, rather than by opening another application.

Renewal or permanent residence after three years?

A UK citizen with three qualifying years of temporary residence may be able to apply for permanent residence, subject to physical-presence, absence and sufficient-means conditions. Keep the present status current while considering the permanent residence route, rather than allowing a renewal deadline to pass. Citizenship has its own test: after DNU 366/2025 it requires two years of continuous legal residence, with applications made to Migraciones. The Argentine citizenship guide explains that choice. For someone still in the same qualifying temporary category, the immediate question remains whether their evidence and precaria will stay current through the decision.