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Whether you need an Argentina visa or not depends on:

  • Your nationality
  • Duration of your stay
  • The purpose of your visit

You need to know that an Argentina visa comes into two categories:

  1. Non-immigrant (Short-stay visa)
  2. Immigrant (Long-stay)

If you want to visit Argentina for up to 90 days, your visit is a short stay. A few countries are free of Argentina short-stay visas. They can enter the country with a passport or travel document for up to three months. If they want to stay longer, they must apply for an appropriate visa according to the purpose of their visit.

Argentina Electronic Travel Authorization – ETA

The visa-free countries for Argentina

The visa-free countries for Argentina are as follows:

Asia

ArmeniaRussia
GeorgiaSingapore
Hong KongSouth Korea
IsraelThailand
JapanTurkey
MongoliaUnited Arab Emirates
Qatar 

Europe

Any EU countryNorth Macedonia
AndorraNorway
BelarusSan Marino
IcelandSerbia
LiechtensteinSwitzerland
MaltaUkraine
MonacoVatican City
Montenegro 

Africa

South Africa

Oceania

AustraliaFijiNew Zealand

North America

BarbadosMexico
CanadaNicaragua
Costa RicaPanama
DominicaSaint Kitts and Nevis
El SalvadorSaint Lucia
GrenadaSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
GuatemalaUnited States
Honduras 

South America

GuyanaSurinameTrinidad and Tobago

The nationals of the following countries are visa-free for only for 30-day stay:

JamaicaMacau
KazakhstanMalaysia

Please bear in mind that the nationalities on the above list can enter Argentina only for 90 days. If they need to stay longer, then they have to apply for a long-stay visa.

In case you are a national of the following list of countries, you can enter Argentina with your ID card:

BoliviaParaguay
BrazilPeru
ChileUruguay
ColombiaVenezuela
Ecuador 

If your nationality comes not on the above lists, you need an Argentina short-stay visa, even if you stay for less than 90 days. If the nationals of the above list want to stay in Argentina for longer than 90 days, they have to apply for a visa or residence permit.

Argentina Electronic Travel Authorization – ETA

There is also Electronic Travel Authorization – ETA for Argentina. If you are eligible, you can get Argentina ETA. With an ETA, you can stay in the country for 90 days and enter as many times as possible. The application process for an ETA is much easier and completely online. You can apply for Argentina ETA from anywhere in the world through the internet. The payment is also online.

You can also extend your ETA when it gets expired. Please note that the ETA can only get issued for tourism purposes. You may not use it to work or study in Argentina. Having an ETA does not mean you can enter Argentina. Please note that the Argentina officials at the border might prevent you from entering the country. So watch your behavior and respect the rules.

The eligibility for Argentina ETA is:

  • You have a Schengen visa.
  • In case you have a B2 visa issued in the US.

You are from one of the countries listed below:

Asia

BahrainLaosPhilippines
BhutanMaldivesRepublic of China
CambodiaMyanmarVietnam
IndiaNepal 
IndonesiaOman

Europe

AlbaniaMoldova
Bosnia and Herzegovina 

North America

Antigua and BarbudaCubaRepublic Of Congo
BahamasDominica 
BelizeThe Dominican Republic

Oceania

KiribatiSamoa
Marshall IslandsSolomon Islands
NauruTonga
PalauTuvalu
Papua New GuineaVanuatu

Africa

AngolaDemocratic Republic Of CongoGhanaMozambiqueSierra Leone
BeninDjiboutiGuineaNamibiaTanzania
BotswanaEquatorial GuineaGuinea-BissauNigerTogo
Burkina FasoEritreaKenyaRwandaUganda
BurundiEswatiniLesothoSaoZambia
CameroonEthiopiaMadagascarTome and PrincipeZimbabwe
Cape VerdeGabonMalawiSenegal 
The Central African RepublicThe GambiaMauricioSeychelles

You have to apply for the Argentina ETA online. It also gets issued online. You should print the Argentina ETA and carry it while traveling to Argentina.

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