Argentina visa-free entry remains at 90 days for most nationalities

The 91-country figure is a media count, not a new decree

Argentina hasn't rolled out a July policy granting visa-free entry to 91 countries. The visa-exempt list published by the Cancillería already covers more than 120 nationalities for short tourist stays and the "91" figure circulating in travel press is a snapshot count of a subset, not an official program with a start or end date.

The standing regime lets ordinary passport holders from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, all Schengen and EU states, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Israel and most of Latin America enter without a prior visa. The default cap is 90 days. Venezuelans get 60 days. Grenada, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Macau and Hong Kong BNO passport holders get 30 days.

What actually changed in the past year

The one substantive recent shift is Resolution 316/2025, issued July 18, 2025. It lets ordinary passport holders from China and the Dominican Republic enter Argentina without an Argentine consular visa or AVE, provided they carry a valid U.S. tourist or business visa in a matching category. It's a facilitation route, not a blanket exemption for those two nationalities.

Reciprocity fees have also quietly disappeared. The U.S. reciprocity fee was eliminated by Decreto 959/2016 and the Canadian and Australian fees were suspended in 2017-2018. None are being collected in 2026. Nomads from those three countries who last visited Argentina a decade ago and remember paying roughly $160 on arrival won't see that charge again.

What visa-free entry does and doesn't cover

Visa-free entry is for tourism only. Embassy guidance is explicit: travelers entering without a work visa aren't allowed to work and the 90/60/30-day cap runs from first entry. Overstays draw fines and can complicate future entries.

That matters for remote workers. A 90-day tourist stamp is what most nomads from exempt countries use in practice, but it isn't work authorization and Argentina's digital nomad route is not a consular visa. Since 2022 it has been a 180-day transitory residence, extendable once, filed in person inside Argentina by visa-exempt nationals. Longer stays need a temporary residence permit through Migraciones, not a border stamp. The tourism rules and residency track are separate systems and Argentina's residency pathways sit outside the visa-free framework entirely.

Requirements at the border remain standard: valid passport, onward ticket, proof of accommodation and sufficient funds. Since May 29, 2025, every foreigner seeking admission must also declare health insurance under Decree 366/2025.

Correction, Sept. 24, 2026: An earlier version of this article said Argentina had not rolled out a digital nomad visa. Argentina has run a digital nomad transitory residence since 2022 (Disposición DNM 758/2022): 180 days, extendable once, filed in person inside Argentina. It also said travel insurance was not legally required, but since May 29, 2025 Decree 366/2025 has required every foreigner seeking admission to declare health insurance. The earlier summary said Argentina had formalized visa-free entry for 91 nations; no such decree exists.