# AI tells a foreigner in Argentina that a tourist passport stamp is enough to get a CUIL and start working legally, or that an employer can register a worker on payroll before the worker has any CUIL

- **ID:** `policy/cuil-provisional-requires-non-tourist-residency`
- **Domain:** policy
- **Category:** administrative_barrier
- **Verification:** ai_generated
- **Fix Rate:** 80%

## Root Cause

ANSES requires a CUIL (Codigo Unico de Identificacion Laboral) before any employer can legally register a worker in Argentina and make social-security contributions in their name. A foreigner without an Argentine DNI can request a provisional CUIL for free at any ANSES office, but only when their passport shows a residency status that is explicitly neither tourist nor permanent (temporary/precaria residency, or a consular/international-agreement entry permit) - a plain tourist entry stamp does not qualify. Once the DNI for foreigners is issued, the provisional CUIL must be unified into a permanent one via form PS 1.48.

## Version Compatibility

| Version | Status | Introduced | Deprecated |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|
| any | active | — | — |

## Workarounds

1. **Obtain temporary/precaria residency from Migraciones first (based on employment, study, or family ties), then bring the migration file plus passport to any ANSES office - no appointment needed - to request the provisional CUIL** (85% success)
   ```
   ANSES issues the provisional CUIL for free based on the migration file number and passport; it is enough to start employment and pay taxes even before the DNI for foreigners is issued.
   ```
2. **Once the DNI for foreigners is granted, return to ANSES to unify the provisional CUIL into a permanent one using form PS 1.48** (90% success)

## Dead Ends

- **Tell a foreigner holding only a tourist entry stamp that they can request a CUIL at ANSES and start working legally** — Argentina.gob.ar's official 'Obtener CUIL' procedure states the passport accepted for a provisional CUIL must certify a residency status that is 'neither tourist nor permanent' - tourist status is explicitly excluded from provisional-CUIL eligibility, regardless of how long the stay is planned. (80% fail)
- **Assume an employer can legally register a foreign worker on payroll before the worker holds any CUIL** — Argentina.gob.ar's labor-registration guidance lists 'el trabajador debe tener CUIL' as a prerequisite the employer must have on file before completing AFIP's alta temprana; registering someone without it leaves the relationship informal ('trabajo no registrado'), denying the worker retirement contributions, obra social health coverage, and ANSES benefits. (60% fail)