Argentina visa requirements · checked 13 October 2026

Visa & Entry Requirements for Argentina

Q: What documents do I need to enter Argentina?

Passport validity: The UK Foreign Office says your passport must be valid for the proposed duration of your stay in Argentina. Travel insurance: Decree 366/2025 (29 May 2025) amended the Migration Law so that foreigners seeking admission must present a sworn declaration of the purpose of their entry and that they hold health insurance for their medical needs; the law says this declaration becomes enforceable once its implementation is regulated, and no official source we could read states that it is being enforced. Return or onward ticket: Argentina's Foreign Ministry lists a round-trip ticket reservation among the documents required for a consular tourist visa application. Proof of funds: Argentina's Foreign Ministry lists proof of economic solvency (for example recent pay slips, a credit card statement or a bank statement) among the documents required for a consular tourist visa application.

Q: How long can I stay in Argentina without a visa?

Usually 90 days (88 passports); visa-free stays range from 30 to 90 days depending on your passport.

Most travellers need a visa for Argentina: 108 of 198 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate, while 90 passports enter visa-free.

Argentina's National Directorate of Migrations publishes a visa-regime table showing, nationality by nationality, who needs a visa, and says tourists are admitted for up to three months, extendable for another similar period. Some nationals who need a tourist visa can instead apply for an electronic travel authorisation (AVE) if they hold a valid US visa in a listed category or — for nationals of countries exempt from US visas — a current ESTA or an entry into the US in the previous two years.

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Visa for Argentina — requirements summary

Visa-free: 90 (45%)
Visa required: 108 (55%)

All travellers must meet the entry rules set by Argentina, and they depend on your nationality. Find your passport below — you may be able to enter visa-free, or need an eVisa, a visa on arrival or a visa from an embassy.

Passport	Requirement	Max stay	Details
Afghanistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Albania	Visa required	—	Details →
Algeria	Visa required	—	Details →
Andorra	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Angola	Visa required	—	Details →
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa required	—	Details →
Armenia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Australia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Austria	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Azerbaijan	Visa required	—	Details →
Bahamas	Visa required	—	Details →
Bahrain	Visa required	—	Details →
Bangladesh	Visa required	—	Details →
Barbados	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Belarus	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Belgium	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Belize	Visa required	—	Details →
Benin	Visa required	—	Details →
Bhutan	Visa required	—	Details →
Bolivia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Botswana	Visa required	—	Details →
Brazil	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Brunei	Visa required	—	Details →
Bulgaria	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Burkina Faso	Visa required	—	Details →
Burundi	Visa required	—	Details →
Cambodia	Visa required	—	Details →
Cameroon	Visa required	—	Details →
Canada	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Cape Verde	Visa required	—	Details →
Central African Republic	Visa required	—	Details →
Chad	Visa required	—	Details →
Chile	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
China	Visa required	—	Details →
Colombia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Comoros	Visa required	—	Details →
Costa Rica	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Côte d'Ivoire	Visa required	—	Details →
Croatia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Cuba	Visa required	—	Details →
Cyprus	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Czechia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Denmark	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Djibouti	Visa required	—	Details →
Dominica	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Dominican Republic	Visa required	—	Details →
DR Congo	Visa required	—	Details →
Ecuador	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Egypt	Visa required	—	Details →
El Salvador	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required	—	Details →
Eritrea	Visa required	—	Details →
Estonia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Eswatini	Visa required	—	Details →
Ethiopia	Visa required	—	Details →
Fiji	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Finland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
France	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Gabon	Visa required	—	Details →
Gambia	Visa required	—	Details →
Georgia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Germany	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Ghana	Visa required	—	Details →
Greece	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Grenada	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Guatemala	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Guinea	Visa required	—	Details →
Guinea-Bissau	Visa required	—	Details →
Guyana	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Haiti	Visa required	—	Details →
Honduras	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Hong Kong	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Hungary	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Iceland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
India	Visa required	—	Details →
Indonesia	Visa required	—	Details →
Iran	Visa required	—	Details →
Iraq	Visa required	—	Details →
Ireland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Israel	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Italy	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Jamaica	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Japan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Jordan	Visa required	—	Details →
Kazakhstan	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Kenya	Visa required	—	Details →
Kiribati	Visa required	—	Details →
Kosovo	Visa required	—	Details →
Kuwait	Visa required	—	Details →
Kyrgyzstan	Visa required	—	Details →
Laos	Visa required	—	Details →
Latvia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Lebanon	Visa required	—	Details →
Lesotho	Visa required	—	Details →
Liberia	Visa required	—	Details →
Libya	Visa required	—	Details →
Liechtenstein	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Lithuania	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Luxembourg	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Macau	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Madagascar	Visa required	—	Details →
Malawi	Visa required	—	Details →
Malaysia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Maldives	Visa required	—	Details →
Mali	Visa required	—	Details →
Malta	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Marshall Islands	Visa required	—	Details →
Mauritania	Visa required	—	Details →
Mauritius	Visa required	—	Details →
Mexico	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Micronesia	Visa required	—	Details →
Moldova	Visa required	—	Details →
Monaco	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Mongolia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Montenegro	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Morocco	Visa required	—	Details →
Mozambique	Visa required	—	Details →
Myanmar	Visa required	—	Details →
Namibia	Visa required	—	Details →
Nauru	Visa required	—	Details →
Nepal	Visa required	—	Details →
Netherlands	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
New Zealand	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Nicaragua	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Niger	Visa required	—	Details →
Nigeria	Visa required	—	Details →
North Korea	Visa required	—	Details →
North Macedonia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Norway	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Oman	Visa required	—	Details →
Pakistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Palau	Visa required	—	Details →
Palestine	Visa required	—	Details →
Panama	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Papua New Guinea	Visa required	—	Details →
Paraguay	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Peru	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Philippines	Visa required	—	Details →
Poland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Portugal	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Qatar	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Republic of the Congo	Visa required	—	Details →
Romania	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Russia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Rwanda	Visa required	—	Details →
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Saint Lucia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Samoa	Visa required	—	Details →
San Marino	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Sao Tome and Principe	Visa required	—	Details →
Saudi Arabia	Visa required	—	Details →
Senegal	Visa required	—	Details →
Serbia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Seychelles	Visa required	—	Details →
Sierra Leone	Visa required	—	Details →
Singapore	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Slovakia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Slovenia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Solomon Islands	Visa required	—	Details →
Somalia	Visa required	—	Details →
South Africa	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
South Korea	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
South Sudan	Visa required	—	Details →
Spain	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Sri Lanka	Visa required	—	Details →
Sudan	Visa required	—	Details →
Suriname	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Sweden	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Switzerland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Syria	Visa required	—	Details →
Taiwan	Visa required	—	Details →
Tajikistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Tanzania	Visa required	—	Details →
Thailand	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Timor-Leste	Visa required	—	Details →
Togo	Visa required	—	Details →
Tonga	Visa required	—	Details →
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Tunisia	Visa required	—	Details →
Türkiye	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Turkmenistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Tuvalu	Visa required	—	Details →
Uganda	Visa required	—	Details →
Ukraine	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
United Arab Emirates	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
United Kingdom	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
United States	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uruguay	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uzbekistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Vanuatu	Visa required	—	Details →
Vatican City	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Venezuela	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Vietnam	Visa required	—	Details →
Yemen	Visa required	—	Details →
Zambia	Visa required	—	Details →
Zimbabwe	Visa required	—	Details →

Argentina visa types, fees and processing times

AVE — Electronic Travel Authorization / Autorización de Viaje Electrónica

eTA

Fee: 400 USD
Max stay: 90 days
Valid for: 90 days
Entries: Multiple
Extension: +90 days

The payment receipt does not authorise entry into Argentina; only the AVE itself is accepted for entry. The AVE is for holders of valid ordinary passports travelling for tourism who hold a valid US visa in one of the listed categories, or, if their country's citizens do not need a US visa, a current ESTA or an entry into the United States within the last two years.

Documents (1)

Passport and U.S. visa, in one PDF

Official application site →

Tourist visa

Embassy

Fee: 150 USD
Max stay: 90 days

Consular fee of 150 US dollars or euros, depending on the consulate, payable in local currency.

Official application site →

Entry requirements for Argentina

Passport validity

6 months

The UK Foreign Office says your passport must be valid for the proposed duration of your stay in Argentina. Argentina's Foreign Ministry asks consular tourist-visa applicants for a passport valid for at least 6 months from the date of entry.

UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Argentina entry requirements✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026

Vaccinations: Yellow fever

WHO's list of countries requiring proof of yellow fever vaccination shows no such requirement for Argentina. Argentina's Ministry of Health lists Formosa, Misiones, Corrientes and parts of Jujuy, Salta and Chaco as areas with risk of yellow fever circulation, recommends vaccination for people travelling to areas with proven transmission, and says the vaccine must be given at least ten days before arrival.

Ministerio de Salud de la Nación — La vacuna contra la fiebre amarilla✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026

Travel insurance

Decree 366/2025 (29 May 2025) amended the Migration Law so that foreigners seeking admission must present a sworn declaration of the purpose of their entry and that they hold health insurance for their medical needs; the law says this declaration becomes enforceable once its implementation is regulated, and no official source we could read states that it is being enforced. In emergencies, access to health care cannot be refused to any foreigner; outside those cases, health establishments run by the national state provide routine treatment only on presentation of health insurance or prior payment. No official source we could read states a minimum cover.

Ley 25.871 de Migraciones (texto actualizado), arts. 8 and 34 as replaced by Decreto 366/2025✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026

Return or onward ticket

Argentina's Foreign Ministry lists a round-trip ticket reservation among the documents required for a consular tourist visa application. No official Argentine source we could read states an onward-ticket requirement for other travellers; Canada's travel advice says customs officials may ask you to show a return or onward ticket and proof of sufficient funds to cover your stay.

Cancillería Argentina — Visa para turismo✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026

Proof of funds

Argentina's Foreign Ministry lists proof of economic solvency (for example recent pay slips, a credit card statement or a bank statement) among the documents required for a consular tourist visa application. No official source we could read states an amount. Canada's travel advice says customs officials may ask for proof of sufficient funds to cover your stay.

Cancillería Argentina — Visa para turismo✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026

Overstay penalties

3 months

A tourist is allowed a stay of up to 3 months, extendable for another similar period. Foreigners who have exceeded their authorised stay must pay an exit authorisation fee (Habilitación de Salida): 20 UMSM for nationals of MERCOSUR and associated states, 40 UMSM for others. The fee can no longer be paid at border crossings; the passenger is left with a debt and the transport company is fined. If the fee is not paid before leaving, a debt is generated, and the foreigner cannot re-enter Argentina until it is paid. Under Ley 25.871, a foreigner who stays after the authorised period is staying irregularly, and the National Migration Directorate may order them to regularise within a deadline it sets, under warning of expulsion.

Dirección Nacional de Migraciones (argentina.gob.ar) — Exit authorisation (Habilitación de Salida)✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026

Customs allowances

USD 10,000

Argentina's tax and customs agency (AFIP) says sums below USD 10,000 (or the equivalent in another currency) may be brought in and taken out; bringing in a larger amount requires a special declaration at customs on form OM 2249A, and taking out more than the permitted amount must be done by bank transfer. For travellers under 16 the limit is USD 5,000.

ARCA — Viajeros: ingreso y egreso de valores✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026

Argentina visa requirements statistics

198

Passports covered

108

Most common: Visa required

Least common: Visa-free

45%

Visa-free access

Visa-free stays by length

90 days · 88 passports
30 days · 2 passports

Understanding Argentina visa requirements

We track the entry rules of Argentina for 198 passports. The most common situation is visa required, which applies to 108 passports (55%). 45% of passports can enter without a visa. The least common is visa-free (90 passports).

Entry categories for Argentina

Visa-free entry: 90 passports can enter without a visa, for stays from 30 to 90 days.
Visa required: 108 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate.

What else you need to enter Argentina

Passport validity: The UK Foreign Office says your passport must be valid for the proposed duration of your stay in Argentina.
Travel insurance: Decree 366/2025 (29 May 2025) amended the Migration Law so that foreigners seeking admission must present a sworn declaration of the purpose of their entry and that they hold health insurance for their medical needs; the law says this declaration becomes enforceable once its implementation is regulated, and no official source we could read states that it is being enforced.
Return or onward ticket: Argentina's Foreign Ministry lists a round-trip ticket reservation among the documents required for a consular tourist visa application.
Proof of funds: Argentina's Foreign Ministry lists proof of economic solvency (for example recent pay slips, a credit card statement or a bank statement) among the documents required for a consular tourist visa application.

Open your passport in the table for the exact rules — maximum stay, fees, how to apply and the official source. Entry rules change at short notice: confirm with the embassy of Argentina or its official immigration website before you travel.

Frequently asked questions about Argentina visas

Do I need a visa for Argentina?

Most travellers need a visa for Argentina: 108 of 198 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate, while 90 passports enter visa-free. It depends on your passport — check yours.

Do US citizens need a visa for Argentina?

No, not on an ordinary passport: the Migraciones visa-regime table marks “REQUIERE VISA” for the United States only in its column for diplomatic and service passports. Migraciones says tourists are admitted for up to three months, extendable for another similar period.

Can I extend my 90-day stay in Argentina?

Yes. Migraciones says a tourist's authorised stay of up to three months can be extended for another similar period. The extension (prórroga) can be requested at the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones or at its delegations and immigration offices around the country, within the 10 days before the transitory residence expires.

Do Chinese citizens need a visa for Argentina?

Argentina's Embassy in Singapore says citizens of the People's Republic of China may enter Argentina without an AVE or a consular visa when they meet the conditions of Resolution 316/2025; for business travel it lists a valid US visa in a category equivalent to tourism or business and a stay of up to 30 days.

Do I need a yellow fever vaccine for Iguazú Falls?

WHO's list of countries requiring proof of yellow fever vaccination shows no such requirement for Argentina, while marking Misiones and Corrientes as at risk of transmission. Argentina's Ministry of Health lists Formosa, Misiones, Corrientes and parts of Jujuy, Salta and Chaco as areas with risk of yellow fever circulation, recommends vaccination for people travelling to areas with proven transmission, and says the vaccine must be given at least ten days before arrival.

Should I bring cash or use cards in Argentina?

Canada's travel advice says foreign credit and debit cards are accepted in main cities, but cash withdrawals from foreign bank accounts at ATMs are subject to low limits per withdrawal and per day, and substantial service charges may apply. You may be required to produce photo identification, such as a photocopy of your passport, when paying with a credit card.

Do UK citizens need a visa for Argentina?

UK citizens can visit Argentina visa-free for 90 days. Full rules for United Kingdom passport holders.

Do German citizens need a visa for Argentina?

German citizens can visit Argentina visa-free for 90 days. Full rules for Germany passport holders.

What documents do I need to enter Argentina?

Passport validity: The UK Foreign Office says your passport must be valid for the proposed duration of your stay in Argentina. Travel insurance: Decree 366/2025 (29 May 2025) amended the Migration Law so that foreigners seeking admission must present a sworn declaration of the purpose of their entry and that they hold health insurance for their medical needs; the law says this declaration becomes enforceable once its implementation is regulated, and no official source we could read states that it is being enforced. Return or onward ticket: Argentina's Foreign Ministry lists a round-trip ticket reservation among the documents required for a consular tourist visa application. Proof of funds: Argentina's Foreign Ministry lists proof of economic solvency (for example recent pay slips, a credit card statement or a bank statement) among the documents required for a consular tourist visa application.

How long can I stay in Argentina without a visa?

Usually 90 days (88 passports); visa-free stays range from 30 to 90 days depending on your passport.

How many countries can visit Argentina without a visa?

90 of 198 passports can enter Argentina visa-free (45%). and 108 need a visa from an embassy.

Data: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0) — official sources are linked on each passport page. Gaps filled from the Passport Index dataset (MIT).

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