Argentina
Visa Waiver rights currently allow Argentina Nationals to visit many countries in Europe, for a maximum stay of 90 days in 6 months, without the need for any document but their passports.
Starting form early 2025 this will change since a valid ETIAS Visa Waiver will be also required to those willing to visit Schengen Area current and future Member Countries for short trips.
ETIAS for Argentinians: main points
National of Argentina eligible for ETIAS starting from 2025
ETIAS Candidates must have a valid passport issued by the Republic of Argentina
ETIAS application and delivery system electronically enabled
ETIAS required for business, leisure, transit and medical care visits to and across the 34 ETIAS Area Member Countries
Combined permanence in ETIAS Area must never exceed 90 days within 6 months
Current situation and upcoming changes
Until the end of 2024 citizens of Argentina will still be able, as they have been for the last few years, to travel to Europe’s Schengen Area Member States without the need for other mandatory documents but their travel passport.
This Visa Waiver right currently allows Argentina Nationals to visit many countries in Europe for either leisure, business, transit or medical treatment for a maximum stay of 90 days in 6 months without the need for any document but their passports.
Starting form early 2025 this will change since a valid ETIAS Visa Waiver will be also required to those willing to visit Schengen Area current and future Member Countries for short trips.ETIAS benefits to Argentinian travelers
Although this one more document will be necessary in order to arrange the trip for Argentinians, the application process for the new Visa Waiver named ETIAS has been confirmed to be a fast and simple procedure.
Also, the ETIAS System will allow for faster and more secure border control checks upon arrival in Europe. According to EU officials report this provision is, as a matter of fact, expected to enhance the economic and cultural connections between European destinations and Visa Waiver Countries, while also granting a better protection of the Schengen Area Borders.ETIAS application for citizen of Argentina
When electronically proceeding with their application all candidates form Argentina are required to input a short set of information.
Among these mandatory data are:- personal information and contact details including a working e-mail address
- scheduled travel to EU related information
- eligibility and background questions including criminal history (if any), potential healthcare risks and migration history (if any)
Before proceeding with an application all travelers must consider that ETIAS can be used only for journeys whose purpose is for either business, leisure, transit and medical care trips across the 34 ETIAS Area Member Countries.
Also, family and friends visit journeys are allowed since they are considered to fit in the leisure and tourism category.After filling out the application form
Once all the data have been correctly filled in the form and controlled by the applicants themselves the system, in order to send through the official request, will require the electronic payment of the due taxes.
Payment and official submission of the application will subsequently ignite the security cross-checking protocols through which the destination countries and relevant national and EU law enforcement agencies will establish if the traveler could represent a risk in terms of healthcare and/or security.
The security clearance will in most cases be granted in less than three days and allow for the actual ETIAS to be issued.
When the application outcome is available it will be sent via e-mail to each individual applicant.About traveling for study on ETIAS
Although ETIAS is not fit for long term study programs in the EU, the Visa Waiver can be used by Nationals of Argentina for short training programs (such as language courses or corporate training courses) if the stay in the ETIAS countries area will not exceed the limit of 90 days within 6 months. To this extent still it is always important, before applying for an ETIAS, to check if the receiving school or institute in Europe accepts to enroll scholars with a Visa Waiver and not with a Schengen Study Visa.
Leaving towards Europe on an ETIAS
All travellers must than make sure they received the ETIAS approval before their departure towards the EU and they must also always make sure that their passport validity will be able to cover for the whole stay of their planned trip to the ETIAS Area with a surplus of three months from the date they plan to leave the Schengen Area.
Once issued the ETIAS Visa Waiver for Nationals of Argentina is valid for 3 years or until the passport expiry date (if occurring in less than 3 years).
Since ETIAS is electronically linked to the passport of the traveler, it is not officially required to print out a paper version or the granted waiver.
Each ETIAS issued to Citizens of Argentina allows for multiple entries in the Schengen Area while always complying with the general limitation concerning purpose and duration of the trip.Exemptions and exceptions
No ETIAS is required to Argentinians that hold a valid Schengen Visa or a Permit of Stay issued by any of the Schengen Area Member and de facto Member Nations while, on the other hand, a Schengen Visa will be necessary to all those visitors from Argentina whose situation does not fit in the ETIAS eligibility criteria. To this extent it must additionally be highlighted that until its membership in the Schengen Area will be perfected a national Visa or Permit of Stay issued by Cyprus will not be considered a valid exemption criterion from the obligation to hold an ETIAS or Schengen Visa, while ETIAS will in any case be required to Visa Waiver visitors entering such State.