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Tourist visa - 24 A

 

FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE REQUIREMENTS MAY RESULT IN THE CANCELLATION OF THE APPOINTMENT AND SEVERE DELAYS TO YOUR TRAVEL PLANS

 

British nationals DO NOT need a tourist visa to enter Argentina, for up to 90 days, which can be extended for another 90 days  at Dirección Nacional de Migraciones. For other countries, please check Do I need a visa?

 

Requirements:

 

  • Book an appointment calling on 0207 318 1340, Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 12pm
  • Valid passport

  • Application form
  • Three 4x4cm passport photos

  • Return flight booking under the applicants name (purchase is not mandatory but failure to provide the booking will result in the rejection of the application)

  • Itinerary issued by travel agency (including hotels) or hotel reservations for the whole stay under the applicants name(*)
  • (*) If the applicant is staying in a private address instead of a hotel, this has to be credited by a letter of invitation in original including full contact details and ID numbers of the applicant and the person who invites. This letter has to be first certified by an Argentine notary public and then by Colegio de Escribanos.
  • Proof of economic solvency (e.g. bank statement, credit card statement, etc. in original or certified by the bank) for the last 3 months of at least 50 dollars per day of stay -
  • Applicants or accompanying children under 18 years old
  • Photocopy of all the documentation

  • Payment of consular fee. The tourist visa is free of charge for Indian and Morrocan nationals

 

Philipine nationals

For tourist visas, Phillipine nationals 16 years and over have to provide a Certificate of Criminal Records of every country where the applicant has lived for longer than one year, during the last three years. This document must be legalised by the competent authorities with the Apostille, or by the Argentine Consulate in the jurisdiction of the issuing country. Moreover the document must be submitted with its translation into Spanish by any translator registered in one the following associations.

 

Important: for applicants who are staying in private homes instead of hotels, processing time will be normally around one month. A letter of invitation in original will be required and must include name, address, telephone number and ID number of the person who invites. This letter has to be first certified by an Argentine notary public and then by Colegio de Escribanos.


Australian, Canadian and American nationals: ENTRANCE RECIPROCITY FEE (DECRETO 1654/2008)


 
Since 28th December 2009, nationals of Australia, Canada and US traveling on tourism or business and holding ordinary passports, have to pay an entrance reciprocity fee on arrival at Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires. This includes Australian, Canadian and US citizens who have obtained a regular residence in any Mercosur or Associate country and who hold any of the valid travel documents mentioned in the ACUERDO SOBRE DOCUMENTOS DE VIAJE DE LOS ESTADOS PARTE DEL MERCOSUR Y ESTADOS ASOCIADOS (decisión DMC Nº 18/08).
 
This fee doesn´t apply to:
 
- Argentine nationals who are also citizens of Australia, Canada and the US, presenting passports of those countries at Immigration control.
- Holders of Australian, Canadian and US ordinary passports, in transit or on-ward travelling
- Holders of Australian, Canadian and US ordinary passports who have a valid residence in Argentina
- Holders of Canadian passports who have previously been granted a business visa
- Holders of Canadian, Australian or US official or diplomatic passports
 
 
Fees:
 
- Australian nationals: USD 100
- Canadian nationals: USD 75 (one entrance) or USD 150 (multiple entrances)
- US nationals: USD 131
 
Fees are paid in US dollars or argentine pesos, at the selling exchange rate of Banco de la Nación Argentina at closing time of last working day.
Amounts are subject to change in accordance to reciprocity towards argentine nationals applying for visas for those countries.
 
 
Entrances allowed:
 
Payment of fee will be valid as a requirement for entrance into Argentina for one or more times, depending on the traveller's nationality, as it follows:
 
- Australian nationals: multiple entrances for up to 1 year since first entrance.
- Canadian nationals: one entrance or multiple entrances for up to 5 years since first entrace (see fees above)
- US nationals: multiple entrances, for up to 10 years since first entrance.
 

For further details, please call the Consulate General on 0207 318 1340, Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 12pm or write to visas@argentine-embassy-uk.org

 

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