Argentina Semester, Year, and Summer Visa Guidelines (TIE process)

To assist you with the visa process, we have provided helpful tips for collecting some of the required documents for your application.

There are two separate sets of documents that you needs to collect:

a) Documents required by your consulate for your visa application and

b) Documents requested by AFS Argentina that you must obtain and carry with you to Argentina to complete the process.

Follow our steps below for collecting your application materials.

**PLEASE CLICK HERE to review our guide on how to collect visa application materials.

You will need to collect additional items not required by the consulate for your AFS program. These documents are listed below and in our guide beginning on page 4. You must email scans of these documents to your visa specialist prior to your departure. Click here to review our Visa FAQ webpage with information on the notary, apostille and translation process.

• Apostilled Parental & Travel Authorization Form AFS Argentina (Venia de Viaje & Delegacion Parental).  
  • • This needs to be notarized before the Apostille. Some states have requested a ‘Declarative Statement’ be attached and notarized. Please check the requirements with your Secretary of State.
    • PDF
    • Sample form
  • Some Consulates provide their own parental consent form. If the consulate requires you to complete their parental consent form, please complete both forms as the above form must be the one taken with you to Argentina.
    • Please put the following people as your legal guardians:
      • Luis Ignacio Larrarte Salazar, DNI (National Identity Number) 29.768.846, Operations Director of Asociación Civil AFS Programas Interculturales
      • Mr. Juan Daniel Medici, DNI 23.143.619, National Director of AFS Programas Interculturales Argentina
      • Address for both Luis Ignacio and Juan: 328 Tte. Juan D. Peron- 3rd Floor, CP1038, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • IMPORTANT: Please make a photocopy of the IDs (Passport preferred, driver’s license or other government-issued ID usually accepted) of each parent/guardian who has signed the parental consent form.
  • Staple the photocopies to the parental consent form.

• Apostilled Copy of Birth Certificate (Translated if needed)
  • ​STEP 1: Order a Certified Copy of your Birth Certificate
    • To receive a certified copy of your birth certificate, you must contact the local government in the state where your birth certificate was originally filed. Click here to view the requirements for the state in which you were born.
    • Order the long form of your birth certificate
  • STEP 2: Send your birth certificate to the Secretary of State in which you were born for an Apostille. Check the back of the birth certificate for signatures and be sure to scan it to share as well. 

• • STEP 3: Translate your certificate into Spanish
    • It is required for your birth certificate to be translated into Spanish, notarized, and apostilled.
    • You may use a translation service (See our Visa FAQs for a list of translators that has worked in the past), a high school Spanish teacher, friend, or family member.
    • STEP 4: Have the translated Certificate notarized
      • You will need to attach the certificate of translation accuracy attached. The certificate of accuracy should have the translator’s signature notarized. You may choose to google one online or type a certificate yourself that includes your state’s standard notarial block. *Note: You can only notarize and apostille the translation in the State in which it is translated. Thus, if your translator is registered in the state different from the state in which you reside, you must notarize and apostille the translated document in that state. 
    • STEP 5: Have your translated birth certificate apostilled in the same state it was translated/notarized in.

Collect and prepare all of the documents required and share high-quality scans (not photographs, the consulate will reject these) with AFS via email [email protected] as soon as they become available.

The following documents will be provided by AFS for your application:

• AFS-USA LETTER OF PROGRAM ACCEPTANCE LETTER
• AFS MEDICAL INSURANCE LETTER 
• AFS ARGENTINA VISA INVITATION LETTER
  • This letter contains your host family address in the second paragraph.
  • This letter contains your RENURE number at the bottom.
• ACTA DE NOTIFICATION:
  • This letter results from the passport scans that you sent to your visa coordinator. It provides entry permission for your consulate to grant you a visa appointment by the Foreign Ministry of Argentina.
  • This contains your PIM/ Entry Permit number, which is listed as the “EXPEDIENTE DNM N°” which your consulate may ask for.
• SOLICITUD DE PRECARGA DE DATOS 
• DISPOSICIÓN DE MIGRACIONES 
  • This document- Disposición de Migraciones- is NOT required for the visa application; however, it IS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY TO ARGENTINA. Please bring it with you and show it to a customs officer together with your passport when entering Argentina. This is to ensure that the Argentinian customs officer grants you a visa for a duration of the program. (The visa stamp in your passport that you receive in the U.S. refers to the window of entry to Argentina only.)

• Once all documents have been approved and submitted, AFS Argentina will submit your visa application.

• The processing times vary between a few business days or up to 3 weeks.
• Once the visa application is approved, the consular fee (~100USD) will be shared and must be paid within 24 hours.
• Once the payment is received, Argentina’s Immigration Office will take up to 10 days to issue the TIE permit.
• You will receive a digital copy of the TIE permit once it is issued via email.

• When you receive your e-visa, it is important that you check for any errors immediately. Please ensure that the program dates, the spelling of your name, and passport number are all correct.  Bring any errors to the consulate’s attention and also inform AFS.

• Upload a scan or high-quality picture of the visa to your AFS Dashboard.

Remember to bring the following items with you in your carry-on luggage when you travel to Argentina:

• Passport
• Printed and digital copies of the TIE 24H (entry permit)
• ALL VISA APPLICATION DOCUMENTS
• Apostilled Translated Birth Certificate
• Apostilled Parental and Travel Authorization Form (Venia de Viaje and Delegación Parental) – for participants under 18 only
• Apostilled FBI Background Check – for participants 16+ and on program for more than 6 months