Entering Argentina requires Americans and Canadians to pay a "reciprocity" fee (which I expect means that the US charges a high Visa fee for Argentinians and this is their way of reciprocating without requiring a Visa. We realized this in the Dallas airport on our way to the country and had to take care of it before being allowed to board the plane. The reciprocity is good for 10 years however. When we came through passport control in the airport, they took our photo and thumbprint. They did this again when we left for Uruguay on the ferry. Immigration officials everywhere seem to be pretty stamp happy, they stamped our passports, our boarding passes and our reciprocity papers, and then did it all again on our return.
My exit stamp from Uruguay.
It was organized in an effective way. The immigration officials sat in pairs, one Argentinian, one Uruguayan. On the way to Uruguay, you passed the Argentine, then the Uruguayn, then vice versa on the way back. Stamp-stamp!
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