Tourist visa for Argentina: documents, fees and steps

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• Non-exhaustive list of documentsThe list of documents is not exhaustive: the consular authority may request additional or supplementary documents.
• No guarantee of issuanceProviding the documents listed does not guarantee the issuance of the visa, which remains an exclusive prerogative of the Argentine State.
• Airline ticketsThe document requested is a round-trip booking. It is recommended not to buy the tickets before the visa is issued.
• Invitation letter on paperConditions and details

  Written in Spanish and addressed to the competent consul, it contains the contact details of the host residing in Argentina (name, DNI, address, telephone, email) and of the traveller (name, nationality, date of birth, type and number of passport, contact details), the purpose of the trip, the link between them, the duration of the stay, the place of accommodation and the planned dates of arrival and departure. The host undertakes to ensure the traveller leaves when the authorised period ends, reproduces the mandatory paragraph on Chapter VI of Law 25.871, has their signature certified by a notary and the Colegio de Escribanos, then sends the original by post to the embassy or consulate where the visa is requested. For a tourist group organised by an agency and filing at the same consulate, a single letter may include the list of travellers; one letter may also cover a family group. Any annex must also be certified by a notary and the Colegio de Escribanos.
• Electronic invitation letter (TAD)Conditions and details

  A natural person residing in Argentina and holding a CUIT/CUIL and an AFIP tax key may file the letter on the TAD platform (procedure "Carta de invitación para tramitar Visas de Extranjeros"), indicating the consulate where the visa will be requested and attaching a scanned copy of the traveller's passport. The letter is transmitted automatically to the consulate, without paper, notary or postal sending. One invited person per procedure; the traveller or the host then communicates the electronic file number to the consulate. For this private invitation, the host does not need to be registered with RENURE as a legal entity.
• Responsibility of the hostConditions and details

  The invitation letter allows the application to be started, without guaranteeing the issuance of the visa. Promoting or facilitating the irregular stay of foreigners for profit is punishable by one to six years in prison.
• Extending your stay in ArgentinaConditions and details

  The National Directorate of Migration defines the tourist as the foreigner entering for rest or leisure, with a stay period of three months at most, extendable by a similar period. The extension is requested at the DNM (from 8 to 13, building 3) or at its delegations and migration offices, with a valid passport, the renewal fee and valid transitory residence status; once the period has expired, it is no longer possible and an exit permit must be requested.
• Deadlines for filing an extensionConditions and details

  For the transitory tourist stay, file your extension application within the 10 days preceding the expiry of the authorised stay. Your stay must still be regular. If it has already expired, contact the National Directorate of Migration for the exit procedure.
• Overstaying your authorised periodConditions and details

  After an overstay of the authorised stay, you must carry out and pay the exit permit procedure with the National Directorate of Migration. Present the form with your travel document on departure. Its validity is 10 calendar days from payment.