Professional visa

Please read carefully the requirements so as to make sure you need to apply for this kind of visa instead of a Business Visa.

Professional visa is intended for applicants who will provide certain services to a person or organization based in Argentina, including branches of British companies. It is also applied to those willing to attend conferences and congresses and covers technical, cultural, sportive and religious activities.

British nationals DO NOT need a visa to enter Argentina for professional purposes, whether paid or unpaid, for up to 90 days, which may be extended for another 90 days at Dirección Nacional de Migraciones. On arrival they should be able to demostrate that a person/organisation based in Argentina requested their services. For other countries, please contact the Consulate General.

Requirements:

Book an appointment calling on 0207 318 1340 Monday to Friday 9.30am to 12pm
Valid passport
Application form
Three 4x4 cm passport photos
Return flight booking (purchase is not mandatory)
Hotel reservations or letter of invitation. 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.
Letter of introduction from an institution or person residing in Argentina requesting the visa and stating purpose of the trip, length of stay and full details of the organization or person, submitted in original and in Spanish or translated. With the exception of international conferences and congresses, the signature and position of the signing person must be certified by an argentine notary public (Colegio de Escribanos) and subsequently by the corresponding Association of notaries public (Colegio de Escribanos)
Photocopy of all the documentation
Payment of consular fee

The length of stay will be a maximum of 15 days, which may be extended at Dirección Nacional de Migraciones only once for another 15 days.

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

Since 28th December 2009, nationals of Australia, Canada and US travelling 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 70

- 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: one entrance.

- Canadian nationals: one entrance

- US nationals: Multiple entrances, for up to 10 years since first entrance.