Company Formation Timeline

How Long It Takes to Incorporate a SAS in Argentina

The 13 real steps to incorporate your SAS in Argentina and start selling on MercadoLibre — with the timeframe for each step and how long it actually takes. Baseline: an Argentine shareholder and administrator (no apostille or power of attorney from abroad), registered in Mendoza.

Part 1 · Incorporating the SAS

From filing to a fully operational company

The company itself moves fast in Mendoza. What sets the real timeline is the operating account and the paperwork that depends on it.

8 days

Best case — agile filing, fintech account.

2–4 weeks

Realistic range — until the first invoice is enabled.

IMPORTANT: In Mendoza, registration is rarely the bottleneck — the company is incorporated in a matter of hours. The real bottleneck is the operating account: a traditional bank quotes 5–30 business days, but a fintech accepts SAS entities and can be ready in hours or a few days.

Prerequisite
Level–3 Clave Fiscal for every shareholder and the administrator
Each person needs their own CUIT and a valid Level–3 Clave Fiscal with ARCA. Most economically active adults already have one.
Half a day to 1 day
Filing the incorporation request
Company name, shareholder and administrator data, business activity, registered address and capital. The model bylaws in force unlock a reduced 50% fee and the faster track.
Same day
Minimum capital deposit
At least 25% of two SMVM (Salario Mínimo, Vital y Móvil, Argentina’s minimum wage index), deposited into an account under the name of the company in formation.
Same day
Signing the incorporation instrument and paying the filing fee
Signature from the shareholders and administrator, and payment of the corresponding filing fee.
From here, it’s in the hands of the DPJ Mendoza and ARCA.
Hours
Review and registration with the Dirección de Personas Jurídicas
Registration is fast: the DPJ incorporates companies in a matter of hours, with publication in the Official Gazette the day after filing.
24–48 business hours
Company CUIT
ARCA assigns the CUIT once the SAS is registered, with no additional filing.
Separate process
Rubric of corporate and accounting books
In Mendoza this process is handled separately, still on paper.
In parallel, as soon as there is a CUIT.
5–30 days (bank) · hours–72h (fintech)
Operating account: traditional bank or fintech
Different from the account used to deposit the capital: it requires the already–registered bylaws, the CUIT, and the designated signatories. A traditional bank usually asks for more paperwork than a newly formed SAS has yet, hence the wide range; a fintech accepts SAS entities with 100% digital onboarding and can be ready in hours or a few days.
10 min to register · +72h wait
Enabling electronic invoicing
The point of sale is enabled in minutes, but can only issue invoices starting 72 business hours after registration.

Part 2 · Registering with Mercado Pago & MercadoLibre

Once the SAS is registered: becoming a seller

Once the SAS has a CUIT, it still needs to be enabled as a seller: creating the collection account, entering the company’s data, and validating the identity of whoever represents it.

Same day

Best case — account creation and express validation.

Up to 3 business days

Realistic range — identity validation of the legal representative.

Same day
Creating the company’s Mercado Pago account
Registered with the SAS’s CUIT and linked to its own CVU.
Same day
Entering the seller account data on MercadoLibre
Registered as a business account (not an individual): legal name, CUIT, industry and the information MercadoLibre requires before publishing.
From here, it’s in MercadoLibre’s hands.
Up to 3 business days
Identity validation for the legal representative
Completed by whoever is listed as the company account’s legal representative. Until it clears, the account stays blocked from publishing and collecting payments.
Automatic once approved
Account enabled to publish and collect payments
Once validation is approved, the account can publish, sell and receive funds in the company’s Mercado Pago CVU, with no further steps.

After incorporation

Every document you need, nothing you shouldn’t have to share.

Once your SAS is registered, you get the complete paper trail — not just a CUIT number. Everything is uploaded to your own secure area on our site, available for as long as we work together, and yours to download or share at any time.

What you receive

  • Signed Social Contract, legalized by the DPJ
  • DPJ resolution approving the company
  • CUIT certificate
  • Minimum capital deposit receipt
  • Filing fee payment receipt
  • Corporate book rubric (or proof of request)
  • Ingresos Brutos (provincial tax) registration
  • Electronic invoicing enablement
  • Multilateral Agreement registration
  • Company Mercado Pago CVU
  • Power of attorney or registered-address agreement, when applicable

How we handle access

We never ask for your passwords. For ARCA, we register as an authorized relationship on your Clave Fiscal, not your login. For MercadoLibre, we use secondary-user access with only the permissions each task needs. For your bank, we work from your CBU and statements. Your credentials stay yours, always.

Illustration of a document handed off to a secure padlock, representing delegated, password-free access

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