And how does this affect the minimum required income for the Argentina Rentista and Pensionado visas?
As of late 2025, the Argentine government publishes routine updates on the monthly minimum wage.
The government of Argentina regularly updates minimum wage date here.
As of August 2025, the minimum monthly salary is 322,000 ARS monthly.
– This makes the minimum income requirement for the Rentista Visa and Pensionado Visa 1,610,000 ARS, or approximately $1,095.61 USD at the official exchange rate.
– Note that the May, June, July, and August minimum wage announcements were delivered in this official bulletin.
What is the monthly minimum for the Argentine Rentista and Pensionado visas?
Officially, the minimum monthly remittance required to qualify for the Rentista and Pensionado visas is 5x the monthly minimum wage in Argentina. This is also referred to as the “Salario Mínimo, Vital y Móvil” (Minimum, Vital and Mobile Salary), also referred to as “SMVM” or “MVMW” for short. Though this requirement is clear and strictly abided by, the confusion comes in tracking how much exactly the monthly minimum wage is in Argentina, given the inflation situation with the Argentine Peso, and that the minimum wage is pegged in pesos, but most applicants’ proof of income is denominated in dollars.
As of late 2025, the Argentine government publishes routine updates on the monthly minimum wage.
The government of Argentina regularly updates minimum wage date here.
As of August 2025, the minimum monthly salary is 322,000 ARS monthly.
– This makes the minimum income requirement for the Rentista Visa and Pensionado Visa 1,610,000 ARS, or approximately $1,095.61 USD at the official exchange rate.
– Note that the May, June, July, and August minimum wage announcements were delivered in this official bulletin.
Where the “5× SMVM” comes from: Published in RADEX by DNM, and subject to change
The requirement for the 5 x monthly minimum salary as a requirement for the pensionado and rentista visas causes a lot of confusion because people expect to find it in Ley 25.871 or Decreto 616/2010. However, though these “annuitant visa” categories are in those laws, the monthly income requirement is not, because it is actually set by the DNM, with RADEX being the closest thing to a published requirement.
The Dirección Nacional de Migraciones (DNM) sets thresholds via internal Disposiciones (resolutions) and through RADEX system criteria. Note that this requirement isn’t in the published law — it’s an administrative practice that officers apply when reviewing files, and is potentially subject to change in the future.
For example:
- In 2022–2023 the threshold was published in internal Disposiciones at the DNM that eventually circulated to Argentine immigration attorneys (via personal and professional connections), but the information was not publicly published or widely accessible online.
- In 2024–2025, the RADEX portal began listing the “5 × SMVM” requirement in the explanatory notes for the Pensionado and Rentista categories.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Carlos Grider launched A Brother Abroad in 2017 after a “one-year abroad” experiment turned into a long-term life strategy. After 65+ countries and a decade abroad, he now writes about FIRE, personal finance, geo-arbitrage, and the real-world logistics of living abroad—visas, costs, and tradeoffs—so readers can make smarter global moves with fewer surprises. Carlos is a former Big 4 management consultant and DoD cultural advisor with an MBA (UT Austin) and Boston University’s Certificate in Financial Planning. He’s the author of Digital Nomad Nation: Rise of the Borderless Generation and is currently writing The Sovereign Expat.