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Canadian citizens need to pay a US$92 reciprocity fee as well. Can be paid on the same website as US citizens.
=== [[Chile ]] ===
To exit to Chile there is a first stop where they give the driver a piece of paper saying how many people are in the vehicule. If you are not going to go all the way with the same driver don't forget to ask for a specific piece that say you are crossing on foot or something. Also drivers can be reluctant to pick you up all the way through the border so a sign sayin' ''Frontera'' or ''Aduana'' might help (then you can speak with them in the car).
In the north, most of the trucks will not pick you up because are afraid that Gendarmes can complains, [[User:Eazy|eazy]] took a lift from a local truck and asked the driver to stop a Paraguayan truck for him.
''' Chilean Border Crossings North to South '''
The following is a list of all the major border crossings between Argentina and Chile, sorted out by [[User:MOAH|Mind of a Hitchhiker]] and ordered from north to south. Not all of these have been hitchhiked by HitchWiki contributors. As most of them cross the Andes mountain range, not all of them stay open year round. Some might be hitchable in summer during the tourist season, but not outside that. Do your research before you cross! This was the disclaimer.
'''''Paso Laurita Casas Viejas''''' on the Ruta 293. Crosses from Santa Cruz province into Region XII de Magallanes. The Argentinian customs office is 100m from the actual border, the Chilean one is 4km away. This is the main direct border crossing from Argentina to [[Puerto Natales]]. Let us know if you hitched this border.
'''''Paso de Integracion Austral''''' on the Ruta Nacional 3. Crosses from Santa Cruz province into Region XII de Magallanes. There's two buildings, but both Chilean and Argentinian customs are present in both buildings. From whichever direction you come, you always drive by the first building and get out at the second. '''''Don't panic!'''''
At this border you can possibly expect a needlessly complicated and long process once you arrive to Argentine customs if their X-Ray machine is broken (which it often is).They must do a manual search of your bags and tend to find silly, irrelevant things like tin foil that are apparently a matter of National Security. [[User:Themodernnomad|themodernnomad]] was once delayed leaving Argentina at the Paso Austral to Chile for several hours because of a 'suspicion' that turned out to be baseless. Fortunately, the ''Gendarmeria'' have poorly trained attack dogs who care more about playing with towels than sniffing for contraband.
The Argentinian drivers of [[User:MOAH|Mind of a Hitchhiker]] who came driving all the way from Cordoba province to visit [[Ushuaia]] had all their apples stolen by Chilean customs, even though they crossed back into Argentina a few hours after! This was really tragic. Warn your Argentinian drivers!
'''''Paso San Sebastián''''' on the Ruta Nacional 3 (which casually continues on '''''Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego''''' regardless of the fact that it's broken up!). Crosses from Tierra del Fuego province into Region XII de Magallanes. The Argentinian customs office is at the roundabout of the town San Sebastián, some 11km from the actual border. The Chilean customs office is 3.5km from the actual border. Use the border crossings to find direct rides to where you want to go. Argentinian plates driving into Chile will most likely drive all the way to [[Rio Gallegos]], while Chilean plates going into Chile will likely go to [[Punta Arenas]] via the [[Punta Delgada]] ferry crossing (hitchable).
To find a ride to [[Porvenir]] in Chile, [[User:MOAH|Mind of a Hitchhiker]] asked at the Chilean customs office if anyone was going there, and got offered a ride from a guy named "El Gordo" (''TheFat One'') by his colleagues. His real name is Sergio, as vaguely remembered, and he drives a red Toyota Hilux. This hitchhiker gave up on trying to find an earlier ride and did crossword puzzles instead until Sergio appeared and drove her the 140km to [[Porvenir]] in no time. With excellent suspension, the ride was smooth and glorious, while driving past the Bahía Inutil (''Useless Bay'') chasing the imminent sunset.
'''''Other Border Crossings on Tierra del Fuego'''''
One example may be the ferry from [[Ushuaia]] to [[Puerto Navarino]] or [[Puerto Williams]] in Chile. This little boat may only need to cross less than 10km of water in the Beagle Channel, yet costs a magical US$200 ''or more''. There's a cruise between Puerto Williams and [[Punta Arenas]], if you really want to visit '''''The World's Southernmost Village''''', but it will probably cost you a kidney, too.
Other land borders may exist between Estancia San José (Argentina) and Camerón (Chile), but as if hitchhiking isn't hard enough on the main roads of Tierra del Fuego. Kudos if you did hitch another border crossing, and again, please add information here if you did!
Some of you might need to apply for a visa or pay a reciprocity fee when entering Bolivia. It's surprisingly strict to get in. The immigration officers are not very good at making you feel welcome into their country. After filling in a form at the border, [[User:MOAH|Mind of a Hitchhiker]] got shouted at and her form destroyed and tossed by the Bolivian immigration officer because he deemed her handwriting unreadable.
''' Bolivian Border Crossings West to East '''
Here's a list of all major border crossings between Argentina and Bolivia. One can enter Bolivia from Argentina from either the province of Salta or Jujuy. This border region has a lot of poverty, so most of them don't have fancy border complexes and paved roads, and one may have to find their entry/exit stamp very far away. Most of these border crossings are also at high altitude and some of them are not open year round. Be careful with bringing coca leafs into or from the countries. The list is not comprehensive and you are welcome to add more information.
Paraguay is a really nice country, but immigration checkpoints are usually very far away from the border in the nearest town of size. This doesn't follow any particular logic, and sometimes one has to hitchhike more than 100km between borders on crappy roads to get the next stamp. This might result in having your exit and entry stamps not done on the same day, which might lead to nasty questions by immigration officials.
''' Paraguayan Border Crossings Roughly West to East '''
'''''Paso Internacional Mision La Paz''''' on a Ruta 54 in Salta province leading to Boqueron department. The nearest town of size is Santa Victoria Este/Oeste (really, they're the same town) in Argentina. On the Paraguayan side there's Pozo Hondo, but the nearest town of size is Mariscal Estigarribia some 200km away, which might be your stamp in/out point. Let us know if you hitched this border crossing.
All border crossings from Argentina to Brazil
''' Brazilian Border Crossings Roughly West to East '''
'''''Triple Frontera/Tríplice Fronteira''''' at the end of the Ruta Nacional 12 in [[Puerto Iguazu]], Misiones province, Argentina.
