getting a bank card (virtual, prepaid or debit) in Argentinian Pesos, from abroad, for foreign citizens

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No it isn't possible. You will have to provide a national identity document (DNI) with a minimum validity of 12 months and also have to provide a tax id (CUIL).

Even with all of that mentioned above, most banks still won't accept you as customer because of internal policies.

Source: trust me dude, I made it after lots of blood, sweat and tears.

Update January 2021

Banco Credicoop accepted a friend of mine as customer and opened them an account (Caja de ahorro) just with a valid CUIL, even without a DNI. However, ANSES won't give you a CUIL without starting the immigration process at DirecciΓ³n Nacional de Migraciones. They will you provide with a RadicaciΓ³n Precaria thats a requirement to get a CUIL.

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Ask someone you know well from Argentina to buy the ticket for you, bring USD with you and reimburse them with cash. Everybody wins.

Unfortunately Argentinean monetary regulation (if it's possible to name it so) calls for such manual transactions.

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