How to apply for Argentina visa application process

Everyone should know that it is very difficult to apply for a visa in Argentina. The editor will tell you how to apply for it, and explain in detail the relevant documents and information when applying. , you can refer to it.

Visa-related issues

When entering Argentina as a tourist, you have two options

1. Argentina Electronic Travel Authorization (AVE)

Fee : 50 US dollars. The maximum stay is three months. Unlimited entry and exit, each entry can stay for 90 days. Application conditions: Hold a US ten-year B1, B2 visa or a European Schengen visa, and the validity period is more than 3 months. : Apply online, no need to go to the embassy, ??no need to prepare proof of employment, financial certificate and other materials; very convenient. AVE Disadvantages: It is only valid for three months, so you cannot apply if you don’t have a ten-year US visa or a European Schengen visa.

2. Argentina individual travel visa (sticker visa)

Fee: 150 US dollars. Valid for ten years. Holders of this visa can enter Argentina multiple times, with a maximum length of stay of up to 90 years each time. Advantages of the ten-year visa: The validity period is long. Disadvantages of the ten-year visa: long application period and complicated procedures.

Which one should I apply for, AVE or personal travel visa?

3.1 If you: If you hold a US ten-year B1 or B2 visa or a European Schengen visa with sufficient validity period, you only plan to go to Argentina once or twice, so it is more convenient to apply for EVA.

If you want to go there multiple times. For long-term plans in Argentina, it is more practical to apply for an Argentina personal travel visa.

3.2 If you do not have a US ten-year B1, B2 visa or a European Schengen visa, or the remaining validity of these visas is less than three months, you can. First apply for the US ten-year B1, B2 visa or European Schengen visa, and then apply for the AVE. You can also directly apply for the Argentina personal travel visa.

3.3 If your AVE application is rejected, you need to apply for the Argentina personal travel visa. Visa.

How to apply for an Argentina personal travel visa

1. Select the consular district

Argentina has 3 consulates in mainland China, namely Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou. Argentina tourist visa does not accept cross-consular applications, so applicants need to divide their consular areas according to the place where their passport is issued or where they work.

Consular Office of the Embassy of Argentina in Beijing

Accepted in Beijing, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangxi, Qinghai, Henan, Tibet, Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Yunnan, Guizhou , Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia applicants

Address: No. 2, Floor 1, Unit 1, Building 3, Tayuan Diplomatic Apartment, No. 1 Xindong Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing

Argentine Embassy in Shanghai. The Consulate General

Accepts applications from applicants from Shanghai, Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province, and Anhui Province

Address: Rooms 1202~1203, 12th Floor, Gordon Building, No. 58 Yan'an East Road

Argentina Consulate General in Guangzhou

Accepts applications from applicants from Guangdong Province, Guangxi Province, Fujian Province and Hainan Province

Address: No. 208 Tianhe Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City Room 2405, 24th Floor, Guangdong Teemee Building

2. Fill in the applicant information form

Beijing consular district and Guangzhou consular district, find the applicant information form (the file name is formalioA-form A and download. Fill it out completely and send it back to the email address of the consulate in your respective consular district. Make a visa application and schedule an interview.

Visa applicants must indicate the following personal information in their emails: name, address, landline and mobile phone numbers of the sender. When sending an email to make an appointment, the applicant can indicate the time at which he or she wishes to have an interview. If the applicant does not specify in the email, the consulate will make arrangements based on the applicant's travel date.

Shanghai Consular District: There is no need to make an appointment to submit visa materials. Just prepare the visa materials and deliver them to the consulate between 10-12 am on working days.

After the consulate accepts the materials and approves them, it will contact the applicant to inform them of the interview time. No appointment is required either.

3. Prepare visa documents

Each consular district has different requirements for visa documents. The visa documents required by the three consular districts of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou are listed below.

Documents required for Beijing consular district visa

1. Passport valid for more than 6 months. If you have previous visas in other passports, please bring them with you to the consulate.

2. Round-trip air ticket order, including order number.

3. Travel insurance during your trip to Argentina.

4. Applicants must prove their residential address in Argentina: submit hotel orders and cruise ticket orders based on the actual situation. If the applicant is invited by a person residing in Argentina, a scanned copy of the invitation letter indicating the personal information of the invitee (name, passport number, home address, mobile phone number and job title) and the personal information of the inviting person (name, ID card or passport number, home and work address, mobile phone number, email address and job title, purpose of travel and expected departure date, etc. The invitation letter should be signed by the inviter and contain a scan of the inviter's ID card or passport. Copy. (Generally speaking, we do not require invitations from Argentinian residents, so we only need to provide hotel orders.

5. Applicants must provide a copy of the business license of their current unit or a copy of the organization code, stamped The official seal of the company or institution.

6. The original Chinese certificate of employment or education or retirement certificate and translated into Spanish, stamped with the official seal of the company or institution, and signed by the legal representative on the company or institution's letterhead. The following content must be included: A. Applicant’s name, passport number, date of birth and place of birth; B. Applicant’s position in the company or institution; C. Years of service in this unit; D. Purpose of the visit; E. Estimated departure and return dates ;F Salary income. Please note that the two documents are valid for three months.

7. The applicant must provide proof of financial ability during the trip in Argentina; such as: credit card for the past six months. Current statements, bank statements for the past six months, real estate certificates, and time deposit certificates of no less than one year. The above documents must be provided in original form.

8. The applicant fills out the visa application form and submits it. Sign in the corresponding places and attach a photo (one front, white background, 4x4 cm. Please note that the signature on the visa application form should be consistent with the signature in the passport.

Visa Application Form

1. All applicants must bring application materials to the consular office for an interview in person.

2. All personal information is valid for three months.

Notes and visa appointment

1. The consular office of the embassy only accepts relevant inquiries and appointment interviews by email. Please send an email to [emailprotected] in person. The consular office will only reply to emails with the following personal information: The person who sent the email. Name, address, landline and mobile phone number.

2. When applying for a visa appointment, please indicate the date of planned travel.

3. The consular office will try to match the date proposed by the applicant. Respond to the time for the visa interview via email. If the applicant does not specify the time for the interview in the email, the consular office will make arrangements based on the applicant's travel date.

4. If the visa interview needs to be changed. Please inform the consular office at least 3 working days in advance. If the applicant fails to inform the consular office of changing the date of the visa interview, he or she must make a new appointment, but there will be no priority in selecting a date.

5. Please submit all visa materials on the day of the visa interview.

6. Please submit the visa materials and pay the visa fee before the interview. If the visa is refused, the visa fee will not be refunded.

Documents required for Shanghai consular district visa

1. Passport valid for no less than 6 months when traveling.

2. Old passport: if any.

3. Visa application form: Attach a recent 4X4 photo.

4. Air ticket orders and travel itineraries to and from Argentina and within the country.

5. Hotel reservation.

If invited by an individual, the inviter must issue an invitation letter, which shall be notarized by a notary and certified by the Notary Association.

6. Proof of financial ability: copy of real estate certificate and original bank account statement for at least the last three months, stamped with bank seal.

7. Work certificate: translated into Spanish, notarized by the local notary office and certified by the corresponding provincial foreign affairs office. The work certificate must state the time of entering the company, position and purpose of travel

8. A copy of the business license of the affiliated unit, translated into Spanish. Stamped with the official seal of the unit.

Documents required for visa in Guangzhou Consular District

1. Appointment for interview time: Please send the completed visa application form to the appointment email address at least 30 days before departure: [emailprotected]

2. Visa application form

3. Proof of employment: Proof of employment printed on the letterhead of the company or unit where the visa applicant works, indicating the applicant’s name, passport number, date of birth, and employment The applicant’s years of experience, position held, monthly salary income or shares held, and the start and end dates of the applicant’s trip to Argentina are agreed to, and his/her position will be retained during this period. If the Chinese company provides housing, please indicate it. The notary notarizes the signature and seal of the head of the applicant's company or department, and translates it into Spanish. If the applicant is a retired employee, provide a notarized copy of the retirement certificate and translate it into Spanish.

4. Financial proof: One or more of the following financial ability proofs in the name of the visa applicant: salary slip, credit card statement, tax bill, bank time deposit certificate (indicate the name of the depositor and the start and end of the deposit) Date, bank account statement signed and stamped by the bank, driving license, real estate certificate, international credit card (VISA, MASTER, DINERS, etc.

5. Original old passport and copy of the visa page.

6. Round-trip air ticket reservation to Argentina

7. Passport valid for no less than 6 months when entering Argentina

8.1 front page with white background 4*. 4cm photo, attached to the application form

Note:

1. All materials must be submitted in original form and a copy.

2. 2. , The materials required in item 3 are not required for the spouse or minor children traveling with the visa applicant, but a marriage certificate or birth medical certificate is required.

3. Minors can only accompany one of their parents. If you are traveling, you should also issue a travel authorization signed by the absent party, a notarized certificate with Spanish translation and double authentication.

4. Important note: After the interview, the consular officer may issue a travel authorization if he or she deems it necessary. Applicants are required to supplement their materials.

Employment certificate template:

Visa application form (Beijing Consular District:

4. Participate in the interview and submit materials

Go to the visa department of the embassy or consulate for a visa interview according to the appointment time. You need to bring all the visa materials. The general process of the interview is as follows, because the details may vary depending on the consular district:

1. The embassy staff submits the application materials

2. After reviewing the materials, pay the visa fee by swiping your card. The visa fee is 150 US dollars, which will be converted into RMB according to the exchange rate on the day of payment. The payment method in the Beijing consular district and Guangzhou consular district is: Payment by credit card or cash is not accepted. In the Shanghai consular district, payment is not allowed on site and payment is required in RMB at the bank.

3. Wait for the interview with the visa officer. The visa officer is Argentinian and generally uses Spanish. The embassy is equipped with a Chinese interpreter. The questions are usually general questions such as the purpose of going to Argentina and the approximate itinerary.

4. Wait for the interview result to be notified

5. Receive passport collection notice

5. Receive visa

Beijing Consular District: Generally, passports will be returned to the applicant in the afternoon of the visa interview day (that is, the visa result will be available on the same day .

Shanghai Consular District: After the interview, go to the designated bank to queue up to pay the visa fee, and then take the receipt back to the consulate. Generally, you can get the visa in Guangzhou Consular District after one or two days. : After passing the interview, the visa will be issued uniformly at 16:30 pm on the next working day.

The consular office of the embassy only accepts relevant inquiries and appointment interviews via email. If you have any questions, you can send an email to the consulate in your own consular district for consultation.

The above is how to apply for an Argentina personal travel visa.