Argentina entry requirements, by passport
Argentina visa requirements at a glance: 90 of the 198 passports VisaRadar tracks can enter Argentina without arranging a visa beforehand: visa-free, with a visa on arrival, or with an electronic travel authorisation. The other 108 must obtain a visa before they travel.
Which passport do you hold?
We'll take you straight to the entry requirements for Argentina for your nationality.
What we've verified for Argentina
Beyond the yes/no matrix, we've checked these against an official primary source (last checked 18 August 2026). The specifics depend on your nationality: open your passport's row in the table for the detail that applies to you.
- Typical processing time
- Required documents (3)
- Required vaccinations
- Customs limits (cash, alcohol, tobacco)
- Overstay penalties
- Stay and transit rules
Sources: migraciones.gob.ar (National Immigration Directorate); cancilleria.gob.ar (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, refers to Migraciones for requirement details); boletinoficial.gob.ar/detalleAviso/primera/326096/20250529 (Decree 366/2025, full text: the decree makes health insurance depend on a later regulation that has not been located, so it is not given as mandatory); consulate.cancilleria.gob.ar (cash declaration, form OM 2249-A, USD 10,000 threshold) (checked 18/08/2026).
Argentina isn't part of any Schengen-style free-movement bloc: each passport has its own entry regime, ranging from visa-free tourist stays of up to 90 days to a visa or electronic authorization requirement depending on nationality. Citizens of Mercosur member and associate states (including Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay) can enter Argentina with just their national ID card, without needing a passport.
This table summarises the exact entry mechanism for every passport we track. The difference between entering visa-free, with an electronic authorisation, with an e-Visa, or with a traditional visa is explained in visa, e-Visa, and electronic authorisation: what's the difference. How we verify every row before publishing it is on methodology.
Base entry rules refreshed 2 November 2026. Published: 18 August 2026.
| Passport | Requirement | Max. stay |
|---|---|---|
| Visa-free | ||
| Andorra | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Armenia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Australia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Austria | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Barbados | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Belarus | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Belgium | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Bolivia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Brazil | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Bulgaria | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Canada | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Chile | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Colombia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Costa Rica | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Croatia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Cyprus | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Czech Republic | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Denmark | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Dominica | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Ecuador | Visa-free | 90 days |
| El Salvador | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Estonia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Fiji | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Finland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| France | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Georgia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Germany | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Greece | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Grenada | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Guatemala | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Guyana | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Honduras | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Hong Kong | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Hungary | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Iceland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Ireland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Israel | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Italy | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Jamaica | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Japan | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Kazakhstan | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Latvia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Liechtenstein | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Lithuania | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Luxembourg | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Macao | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Malaysia | Visa-free | 30 days |
| Malta | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Mexico | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Monaco | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Mongolia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Montenegro | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Netherlands | Visa-free | 90 days |
| New Zealand | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Nicaragua | Visa-free | 90 days |
| North Macedonia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Norway | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Panama | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Paraguay | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Peru | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Poland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Portugal | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Qatar | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Romania | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Russia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Saint Lucia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Visa-free | 90 days |
| San Marino | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Serbia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Singapore | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Slovakia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Slovenia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| South Africa | Visa-free | 90 days |
| South Korea | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Spain | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Suriname | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Sweden | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Switzerland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Thailand | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Turkey | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Ukraine | Visa-free | 90 days |
| United Arab Emirates | Visa-free | 90 days |
| United Kingdom | Visa-free | 90 days |
| United States | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Uruguay | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Vatican | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Venezuela | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Visa required | ||
| Afghanistan | Visa required | — |
| Albania | Visa required | — |
| Algeria | Visa required | — |
| Angola | Visa required | — |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Visa required | — |
| Azerbaijan | Visa required | — |
| Bahamas | Visa required | — |
| Bahrain | Visa required | — |
| Bangladesh | Visa required | — |
| Belize | Visa required | — |
| Benin | Visa required | — |
| Bhutan | Visa required | — |
| Botswana | Visa required | — |
| Brunei | Visa required | — |
| Burkina Faso | Visa required | — |
| Burundi | Visa required | — |
| Cambodia | Visa required | — |
| Cameroon | Visa required | — |
| Cape Verde | Visa required | — |
| Central African Republic | Visa required | — |
| Chad | Visa required | — |
| China | Visa required | — |
| Comoros | Visa required | — |
| Cuba | Visa required | — |
| Djibouti | Visa required | — |
| Dominican Republic | Visa required | — |
| DR Congo | Visa required | — |
| Egypt | Visa required | — |
| Equatorial Guinea | Visa required | — |
| Eritrea | Visa required | — |
| Eswatini | Visa required | — |
| Ethiopia | Visa required | — |
| Gabon | Visa required | — |
| Gambia | Visa required | — |
| Ghana | Visa required | — |
| Guinea | Visa required | — |
| Guinea-Bissau | Visa required | — |
| Haiti | Visa required | — |
| India | Visa required | — |
| Indonesia | Visa required | — |
| Iran | Visa required | — |
| Iraq | Visa required | — |
| Ivory Coast | Visa required | — |
| Jordan | Visa required | — |
| Kenya | Visa required | — |
| Kiribati | Visa required | — |
| Kosovo | Visa required | — |
| Kuwait | Visa required | — |
| Kyrgyzstan | Visa required | — |
| Laos | Visa required | — |
| Lebanon | Visa required | — |
| Lesotho | Visa required | — |
| Liberia | Visa required | — |
| Libya | Visa required | — |
| Madagascar | Visa required | — |
| Malawi | Visa required | — |
| Maldives | Visa required | — |
| Mali | Visa required | — |
| Marshall Islands | Visa required | — |
| Mauritania | Visa required | — |
| Mauritius | Visa required | — |
| Micronesia | Visa required | — |
| Moldova | Visa required | — |
| Morocco | Visa required | — |
| Mozambique | Visa required | — |
| Myanmar | Visa required | — |
| Namibia | Visa required | — |
| Nauru | Visa required | — |
| Nepal | Visa required | — |
| Niger | Visa required | — |
| Nigeria | Visa required | — |
| North Korea | Visa required | — |
| Oman | Visa required | — |
| Pakistan | Visa required | — |
| Palau | Visa required | — |
| Palestine | Visa required | — |
| Papua New Guinea | Visa required | — |
| Philippines | Visa required | — |
| Republic of the Congo | Visa required | — |
| Rwanda | Visa required | — |
| Samoa | Visa required | — |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Visa required | — |
| Saudi Arabia | Visa required | — |
| Senegal | Visa required | — |
| Seychelles | Visa required | — |
| Sierra Leone | Visa required | — |
| Solomon Islands | Visa required | — |
| Somalia | Visa required | — |
| South Sudan | Visa required | — |
| Sri Lanka | Visa required | — |
| Sudan | Visa required | — |
| Syria | Visa required | — |
| Taiwan | Visa required | — |
| Tajikistan | Visa required | — |
| Tanzania | Visa required | — |
| Timor-Leste | Visa required | — |
| Togo | Visa required | — |
| Tonga | Visa required | — |
| Tunisia | Visa required | — |
| Turkmenistan | Visa required | — |
| Tuvalu | Visa required | — |
| Uganda | Visa required | — |
| Uzbekistan | Visa required | — |
| Vanuatu | Visa required | — |
| Vietnam | Visa required | — |
| Yemen | Visa required | — |
| Zambia | Visa required | — |
| Zimbabwe | Visa required | — |
Argentina rules for every passport
Vaccinations, customs limits and penalties are the same for every traveller.
Vaccinations
- No mandatory vaccines for entering Argentina. The yellow fever vaccine is recommended for travellers over 9 months of age visiting the provinces of Corrientes and Misiones (including the Iguazú Falls); it is not recommended for the other usual tourist destinations. Some countries require a yellow fever certificate from travellers who have previously been in risk areas of Argentina.
Customs limits
- Cash
- Declare to customs (ARCA/formerly AFIP) if entering or leaving Argentina with USD 10,000 or more in cash (or the equivalent), using form OM 2249-A.
- Alcohol
- Argentina’s baggage regime (General Resolution 3751/1994 and amendments) is value-based: a US$500 allowance by air or sea, US$300 by land or river, plus an extra US$500 for purchases at the arrival free shop. The official pages do not publish a specific litre limit for alcohol for personal use.
- Tobacco
- Same as alcohol: the general value-based allowance applies (US$500 air or sea, US$300 land or river, plus US$500 free shop), with no specific cigarette count published on ARCA’s official pages.
Overstay penalties
Staying beyond your authorised period leaves you in irregular status and triggers a fee. If you come forward voluntarily and of your own accord within thirty days of that period expiring, a 50% surcharge is applied to the fee for extending your stay or changing migration category.
Grounds for refusal
- Falling under one of the entry impediments in Article 29 of Law 25,871: refusal carries an implicit ban on re-entering the country of no less than five years, graded according to the seriousness of the cause.
- Presenting materially or ideologically false documentation, or documentation containing forged attestations: the re-entry ban is five years.
- Attempting to enter with identity documentation that does not meet the conditions required by current legislation: Migraciones proceeds to immediate refusal at the border.
- It is worth knowing how to appeal: entry-refusal decisions can only be appealed from outside the country, by petition to Argentine diplomatic missions. This is not something you can sort out at the airport itself.
Travel insurance
Each destination decides whether to require insurance, and some check it at the border. If yours does, make sure the policy covers the whole trip.
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Do you need a different visa for Buenos Aires, Cordoba, or Mendoza?
No. Argentina sets the requirements, so entering through Buenos Aires asks for the same as entering through Cordoba or Mendoza. If you're arriving overland or through a small border post, check that separately: some countries apply their own rules to specific crossings.
What does change is where you file the application when a visa is needed, and that depends on the country you live in rather than the city you're travelling to.
What draws travellers to Argentina
Argentina is very long and the trip is organised by extremes. Buenos Aires, the capital of tango, cafés and bookshops, is the base. To the north, the Iguazú Falls: a World Heritage site and one of the seven natural wonders, with more than 275 cascades. To the west, Mendoza and its malbec wineries at the foot of the Andes. And to the south, Patagonia: the Perito Moreno glacier in Los Glaciares National Park (World Heritage), El Chaltén for trekking, Bariloche and its lakes, and Ushuaia, the southernmost city. The country has 12 UNESCO World Heritage sites. Two weeks cover Buenos Aires, Iguazú and part of Patagonia, flying between them. Being in the southern hemisphere, Patagonia is visited in the austral summer (November-March); the north and Buenos Aires are better in spring and autumn, avoiding the January heat.
Sources for this section: argentina.travel (Argentina's national tourism promotion institute); UNESCO World Heritage List (whc.unesco.org, 12 sites in Argentina); UK FCDO travel advice for Argentina. Accessed 31 August 2026.
Things to see and do in Argentina
Tours, skip-the-line tickets and day trips, most with free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
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Where can Argentina passport holders travel visa-free? →
Informational only. Always verify requirements with the official embassy or consulate before you travel.