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Argentina begun enforcing “reciprocity tax” in Ezeiza airport
All foreign visitors arriving in Argentina’s international airport of Ezeiza and who live in countries that charge the Argentines before they enter, will have to pay a reciprocity tax. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesPfft, sure, tax everybody and everything huh..
Dec 29th, 2009 - 01:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It is a good thing. If I have to pay a tax for entering in x country, then we have charge the x's citizen when they come here. It is not a big deal.
Dec 30th, 2009 - 02:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0Is there still an airport tax on departure?
Dec 30th, 2009 - 03:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0GARRET those citizens from the named countrys in this report, will pay the tax when they arrive to the ezeiza airport, there is an special box for them to do it.
Dec 30th, 2009 - 05:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0The reciprocity fees in Chile and Argentina will ultimately end up hurting the tourism industries in these respective countries. There is a growing interest in travel to South America from Australia but that might be affected when people start finding out that on top of the US$65 Chilean reciprocity fee you will now have to pay US$100 to enter Argentina. Given that airfares to South America from Australia are quite expensive at the best of times, the reciprocity fees will make people think twice about visiting South America - with tourist dollars lost to cheaper South East Asian destinations (Chile and Argentina's loss!)...Conversely, I don't think that the US, Australian or Canadian tourist industries will suffer too much if a few chilenos or argentinos decide not to holiday in these countries because of the visa fees imposed by these countries.
Dec 30th, 2009 - 07:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0Proves again, what kind of che idiots Argies are..Oh oh oh. Oh well, Happy new year everybody.
Dec 30th, 2009 - 10:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0EZE had a departure tax (not reciprocity fee) that all passengers had to pay on departing international and regional flights. After checking in, one had to go over to a booth, pay the tax, and continue on to security where they would check if one paid or not. I believe the tax was US$18 for international flights and US$8 for domestic flights and flights to Uruguay.
Dec 31st, 2009 - 01:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0The “reciprocity fee” is not unfair, but it is foolishly counterproductive.
Dec 31st, 2009 - 06:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0Happy new year Nicholas. By the way, I hope you celebrate this new year without paying for argentine female waitress conpanion ROFL!
Jan 01st, 2010 - 01:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0Should have had this tax when all the Nazis were visiting...
Jan 08th, 2010 - 03:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Garret, the scareport tax is still there, now it is collected in the ticket prices and paid by the Scareline company..
Jan 08th, 2010 - 03:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The fee charged by the USA for Argentines, Brazillians, etc, is to investigate their visit visa application to insure they plan to go home on time...
Jan 08th, 2010 - 03:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“The fee charged by the USA for Argentines, Brazillians, etc, is to investigate their visit visa application to insure they plan to go home on time”
Jan 10th, 2010 - 12:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Nonsense, they can't even find one illegal alien who overstayed it's visa.
The money they charge is pure to maintain the whole bureaucratic (government) system, that still doesn't work efficient. pfft.
Nicholas, it is not nonsense, it is what they do to people that apply for a visit visa to the United States, aimed at countries where the propensity to overstay is rife...
Jan 10th, 2010 - 12:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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