Visa
Digital nomad visa in Argentina
Argentina's digital nomad stay is a transitory residence of up to 180 days for remote workers from visa-free countries, including the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, who serve people or companies based abroad. It sets no income minimum; you document your work. It can be extended once for the same term.
- Official names
- Residencia transitoria para nómadas digitales (Ley 25.871, art. 24 inc. h; Disposición DNM 758/2022); Tramitación de Ingreso Electrónica (TIE 24H)
Sources: Dirección Nacional de Migraciones. Checked 17 October 2026.
Who it’s for
- The stay is for foreign nationals who provide remote services, through IT, telecommunications or similar means, to individuals or companies based abroad.
- It is open only to nationals of countries that do not need a visa to enter Argentina as tourists. If your passport needs a tourist visa, this category is not available to you.
- DNM's 2022 disposition says the tourist category covers rest and leisure and does not fit the reasons a remote worker stays, which is why this separate category exists.
- The application asks you to name the independent work you will do. We found no text on how an employee of a foreign company is treated.
- DNM files the stay as a transitory residence under Disposición 758/2022, and lists it among the entry-processing categories for business activities that run through TIE 24H.
Sources: Dirección Nacional de Migraciones. Checked 17 October 2026.
Money tests
- The disposition sets no income minimum and no savings balance for the nomad stay. You show the work instead.
- Accepted proof of the activity is a contract, a company endorsement or proof of a request for work, certifications, or receipts of income or fees, with at least one reference linked to your occupation.
- To extend the stay you show receipts of income earned during the period; the sources give no figure for how much.
Sources: Dirección Nacional de Migraciones (DNM). Checked 17 October 2026.
Documents
- You send a signed application with your personal details, the independent work you will do, a short CV showing relevant experience and your level of education.
- You also need a valid passport, a 4 x 4 photo and proof of the activity with at least one reference linked to your occupation.
- Documents issued abroad must be legalised by an Argentine consulate or apostilled. Anything not in Spanish needs a sworn translation by a national public translator (Traductor Público Nacional), legalised by the translators' college. DNM asks for originals and may request more.
- DNM's service page also lists an Argentine criminal record certificate from the Registro Nacional de Reincidencia (for ages 16 and over), proof of address and proof of regular entry.
- To extend, you need a valid passport, receipts of income earned in the period, an Argentine criminal record certificate and at least 50% of the term spent in Argentina.
Sources: Dirección Nacional de Migraciones. Checked 17 October 2026.
Timing
- Consulates direct people who plan to work remotely to the electronic entry process, TIE 24H. DNM says it is resolved in 10 business days and says not to enter Argentina before it is resolved.
- The TIE certificate is valid for 3 months for its first use, and the permitted stay counts from the day you enter.
- DNM's service page says the application is made in person, not through RaDEx, and that you must be inside Argentina when you apply; it states no processing time.
- To extend, apply within the 10 days before the stay ends. A late filing within the next 30 days adds a 50% surcharge.
- A preferential appointment is available for an extra fee, listed at 50 fee units (ARS 50,000).
Sources: Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, Consulate General of Argentina in Sydney. Checked 17 October 2026.
Fees
- DNM's table lists the electronic entry process for nationals of visa-free countries at 120 consular units. A consular unit was set at US$1 in 2000, though the foreign ministry can update it.
- The Montreal consulate's guide to TIE 24H gives US$120 paid to DNM by card plus US$80 at the consulate, US$200 in all. The Dublin consulate states EUR 200.
- The extension fee is 40 fee units, ARS 40,000 at ARS 1,000 a unit, for non-Mercosur nationals. The table also lists a transitory residence (other than tourist) at ARS 32,000 for them; it does not say whether that applies on top of the entry process.
- We could not find the fee charged by United States, Australian or New Zealand missions, so it is unknown for those passports. Peso fees change.
Sources: Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, Poder Ejecutivo Nacional, Consulate General of Argentina in Montreal, Consulate General of Argentina in Dublin, Consulate General of Argentina in Sydney. Checked 17 October 2026.
How long it lasts and renewal
- The stay lasts up to 180 days.
- It can be extended once for the same term, so 360 days is the most. We found no second nomad stay after that.
- The extension needs at least 50% of the term spent in Argentina and income receipts for the period.
- The TIE certificate must be used within 3 months of issue for the first entry.
Sources: Dirección Nacional de Migraciones. Checked 17 October 2026.
Path to permanent residence
- We found no text that counts months on a nomad stay towards permanent residence. The nomad stay is a transitory residence, and the law lists permanent, temporary and transitory residents as separate categories.
- Decreto 616/2010 let people with 3 continuous years of temporary residence (2 years for Mercosur nationals) ask for permanent residence.
- Decreto 366/2025 rewrote the permanent-residence article: it now asks for intent to settle, proof of sufficient means and no criminal record that could justify rejection, with no waiting period in the text. Whether a new regulation replaced the 3-year rule is unconfirmed.
Sources: Poder Ejecutivo Nacional (argentina.gob.ar, Normativa), Dirección Nacional de Migraciones. Checked 17 October 2026.
Tax
- Argentina taxes residents on income from Argentina and abroad, with a credit for similar taxes paid abroad. A foreign national is resident with permanent residence, or after 12 months in the country on temporary authorisations.
- The text does not say whether months on a transitory nomad stay count towards the 12.
- Argentina taxes residents on income from anywhere and non-residents only on income from Argentine sources. The personal income tax scale for 2025 runs from 5% to 35%.
- The personal assets tax (Bienes Personales) applies to the value of assets in Argentina and abroad above a non-taxable minimum, which is ARS 384,728,044.57 for 2025. The general VAT rate is 21%.
- The simplified regime for small taxpayers (Monotributo) exists, but we did not confirm that someone on a transitory stay can register, or how income from clients abroad is treated.
Sources: Poder Ejecutivo Nacional, Administración Federal de Ingresos Públicos (AFIP), Agencia de Recaudación y Control Aduanero (ARCA), ARCA (Argentina's tax authority). Checked 17 October 2026.
Your passport
If you hold a US, Canadian, Australian or New Zealand passport
What differs for each passport, from the same sources. A line that says there is no difference means the sources we read name none.
United States passport
- US citizens need no tourist visa. The Houston consulate says three months, and DNM describes up to three months, extendable for a similar period.
- The nomad route runs through TIE 24H for US citizens. We could not open a US mission's own fee page, so the amount you pay is unknown.
- The United States and Argentina are both parties to the Apostille Convention (in force for the US since 15 October 1981), so US documents can carry an apostille.
- US citizens abroad generally file a US return on worldwide income. The 2026 foreign earned income exclusion is up to US$132,900 per person, with a 330-day physical presence test.
- The IRS list of US tax treaties does not include Argentina, and no social security agreement links the two countries.
Sources: Consulate General of Argentina in Houston, Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, Consulate General of Argentina in Sydney, Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), Internal Revenue Service, US Social Security Administration. Checked 17 October 2026.
Canada passport
- Canadian citizens need no tourist visa. Montreal's consulate gives up to 90 days, and its guide to the digital nomad entry process (TIE 24H) puts the cost at US$200 in all.
- Argentina's entry fee for Canadians was suspended on 1 January 2018.
- Canada joined the Apostille Convention on 11 January 2024, so Canadian documents can now carry an apostille for Argentina.
- An income tax convention between Canada and Argentina is in force (signed 29 April 1993). Employment pay is taxable only at home if you are in Argentina no more than 183 days in 12 months and your employer is not Argentine.
- A Canada-Argentina social security agreement was signed on 13 August 2021 but is not yet in force.
Sources: Consulate General of Argentina in Montreal, Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), Department of Finance Canada, Global Affairs Canada, Ministerio de Capital Humano, Employment and Social Development Canada (Government of Canada). Checked 17 October 2026.
Australia passport
- Australian citizens need no tourist visa. The Sydney consulate gives up to 90 days and publishes no fee for the nomad entry process, so that fee is unknown for the Australian passport.
- Argentina's entry fee for Australians was suspended from 1 July 2017; the Australian notice is old and undated.
- Australia and Argentina are both parties to the Apostille Convention (in force for Australia since 16 March 1995).
- The Australia-Argentina tax agreement has been in force since 30 December 1999 and uses a permanent home test and a similar 183-day rule.
- No social security agreement links Australia and Argentina.
Sources: Consulate General of Argentina in Sydney, Australian Embassy in Argentina, Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), Australian Treasury, Department of Social Services. Checked 17 October 2026.
New Zealand passport
- New Zealand citizens need no tourist visa. The Wellington embassy says tourist entry is issued on arrival without charge and asks for a passport valid for at least six months from the day you enter.
- The embassy's page does not list a fee for the nomad entry process, so it is unknown for the New Zealand passport.
- New Zealand and Argentina are both parties to the Apostille Convention (in force for New Zealand since 22 November 2001).
- New Zealand has no income tax treaty with Argentina on Inland Revenue's lists, and no social security agreement links the two countries.
- New Zealand tax residence follows more than 183 days in any 12-month period or a permanent place of abode.
Sources: Embassy of Argentina in New Zealand, Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), Inland Revenue (New Zealand), Work and Income (Ministry of Social Development, New Zealand). Checked 17 October 2026.
Other visas
Other visas in Argentina.
The country
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Questions about Digital nomad visa in Argentina.
How long can you stay on Argentina's digital nomad stay?
Up to 180 days, and you can extend it once for the same term, so 360 days at most. The extension needs at least 50% of the term spent in Argentina, income receipts for the period and an Argentine criminal record certificate. Apply within the 10 days before it ends.
Does Argentina's digital nomad stay set a minimum income?
No. DNM's Disposición 758/2022 sets no income minimum for the nomad stay. You show your remote work instead, with a contract, a company endorsement, certifications, or receipts of income or fees, and at least one reference linked to your occupation.
What does the Argentine digital nomad entry process (TIE 24H) cost?
It depends on where you apply. DNM's table lists 120 consular units, and the Montreal consulate's guide gives US$200 in all (US$120 to DNM plus US$80 at the consulate). The Dublin consulate states EUR 200. We found no fee for US, Australian or New Zealand missions.
How fast is Argentina's TIE 24H digital nomad approval?
DNM says a TIE 24H is resolved in 10 business days, and says not to enter Argentina before it is resolved. The certificate is valid for 3 months for its first use, and the permitted stay counts from the day you enter.
Can US, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand citizens apply for Argentina's digital nomad stay?
Yes in principle: it is open to nationals of countries that need no tourist visa, which includes all four. You must provide services remotely to people or companies based abroad. DNM's page says to apply in person from inside Argentina; consulates point nomads to TIE 24H.
Which documents does Argentina's digital nomad stay ask for?
A signed application naming your independent work, a short CV, a valid passport, a 4 x 4 photo, and proof of your activity with a reference. Foreign documents need an apostille or legalisation and a sworn Spanish translation, and DNM asks for originals.
Sources
Official sources we used.
Government and official pages only, each with the date we checked it.
- Visas: general guidelines (Houston consulate page), Consulate General of Argentina in Houston, cancilleria.gob.ar. Checked 15 October 2026.
- Tourists: stay and extension, Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, argentina.gob.ar. Checked 15 October 2026.
- Visas for foreign citizens (Sydney consulate page), Consulate General of Argentina in Sydney, cancilleria.gob.ar. Checked 15 October 2026.
- Electronic entry processing, TIE 24H, Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, argentina.gob.ar. Checked 17 October 2026. Page lists no steps, documents or fees.
- Status table: Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents (Apostille), Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH). Checked 17 October 2026. Entry into force: Argentina 18 February 1988, Australia 16 March 1995, Canada 11 January 2024, New Zealand 22 November 2001, United States 15 October 1981.
- US citizens and residents abroad: filing requirements, Internal Revenue Service. Checked 15 October 2026.
- Figuring the foreign earned income exclusion, Internal Revenue Service. Checked 15 October 2026.
- Foreign earned income exclusion: physical presence test, Internal Revenue Service. Checked 15 October 2026.
- United States income tax treaties, A to Z, Internal Revenue Service. Checked 15 October 2026.
- US international Social Security agreements, US Social Security Administration (Internet Archive copy). Checked 15 October 2026.
- Visa requirements for Canadian citizens (Montreal consulate page), Consulate General of Argentina in Montreal, cancilleria.gob.ar. Checked 15 October 2026.
- Electronic Entry Permit (TIE 24H): step-by-step guide, digital nomads (PDF), Consulate General of Argentina in Montreal, cancilleria.gob.ar (a non-official guide and translation of the DNM process, as the PDF itself says). Checked 15 October 2026.
- Reciprocity fee for Canadian citizens (Montreal consulate page), Consulate General of Argentina in Montreal, cancilleria.gob.ar. Checked 15 October 2026.
- Tax treaties in force, Department of Finance Canada. Checked 15 October 2026.
- Convention between Canada and the Argentine Republic for the avoidance of double taxation (CTS 1994 No. 24), Global Affairs Canada, Treaty Information (treaty-accord.gc.ca). Checked 15 October 2026.
- International social security agreements in force (Argentina), Ministerio de Capital Humano, argentina.gob.ar. Checked 15 October 2026.
- Argentine Republic: social security agreement, Employment and Social Development Canada (Government of Canada). Checked 15 October 2026.
- Reciprocity fee suspended for Australians (notice of 2017), Australian Embassy in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay (embassy.gov.au). Checked 15 October 2026.
- Income tax treaties in force, Australian Treasury. Checked 15 October 2026.
- International social security agreements (archived copy), Australian Government, Department of Social Services (Internet Archive copy). Checked 15 October 2026.
- Types of visas for short-term visits (Wellington embassy page), Embassy of Argentina in New Zealand, cancilleria.gob.ar. Checked 15 October 2026.
- Visa categories (Wellington embassy page), Embassy of Argentina in New Zealand, cancilleria.gob.ar. Checked 17 October 2026. Page last updated 10 July 2011; fees and procedures may have changed.
- Tax treaties: double tax agreements and tax information exchange agreements, Inland Revenue (New Zealand), Tax Policy. Checked 15 October 2026.
- Social security agreements, Work and Income (Ministry of Social Development, New Zealand). Checked 15 October 2026.
- Tax residency status for individuals, Inland Revenue (New Zealand). Checked 15 October 2026.
- Obtener una residencia transitoria como Nómada Digital, Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, argentina.gob.ar. Checked 17 October 2026. Page lists no fee or processing time.
- Disposición 758/2022: residence for digital nomads (Boletín Oficial, 11 May 2022), Dirección Nacional de Migraciones (DNM), published in the Boletín Oficial. Checked 15 October 2026.
- Obtener una residencia transitoria como Nómada Digital, Dirección Nacional de Migraciones (argentina.gob.ar). Checked 15 October 2026.
- Migration fees table (Decreto 584/2024), Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, argentina.gob.ar. Checked 17 October 2026. Table states 1 fee unit (UMSM) = ARS 1,000 as the current value; no value given for a consular unit (UC).
- Decreto 266/2000: consular fees, Poder Ejecutivo Nacional, argentina.gob.ar (Normativa). Checked 15 October 2026.
- New digital nomad visa, TIE (art. 24 h) (Dublin consulate page), Consulate General of Argentina in Dublin, cancilleria.gob.ar. Checked 15 October 2026.
- Decreto de Necesidad y Urgencia 366/2025 (text), Poder Ejecutivo Nacional (argentina.gob.ar, Normativa). Checked 17 October 2026. Decree dated 28 May 2025.
- Decreto 616/2010, regulation of Ley 25.871, articles 22 and 23 (original text), Poder Ejecutivo Nacional (argentina.gob.ar, Normativa). Checked 17 October 2026. Original 2010 text; amounts in pesos are those of 2010.
- Decreto de Necesidad y Urgencia 366/2025, article 5 (new article 22 of Ley 25.871), Poder Ejecutivo Nacional (argentina.gob.ar). Checked 15 October 2026.
- Income Tax Law, ordered text of 2019 (updated text): articles 1, 116 and 123, Poder Ejecutivo Nacional, argentina.gob.ar (Normativa, Decreto 824/2019). Checked 15 October 2026.
- Argentina: information on residency for tax purposes, Administración Federal de Ingresos Públicos (AFIP), as published by the OECD. Checked 15 October 2026.
- Impuesto a las Ganancias: concepts, Agencia de Recaudación y Control Aduanero (ARCA), Argentina. Checked 17 October 2026. States residents are taxed on worldwide income and non-residents on Argentine-source income.
- Article 94 income tax scale, 2025, Agencia de Recaudación y Control Aduanero (ARCA), Argentina. Checked 17 October 2026. Scale for 2025 runs from 5% to 35%; withholding-regime table.
- Bienes Personales: rates, Agencia de Recaudación y Control Aduanero (ARCA), Argentina. Checked 17 October 2026. 2025 period: non-taxable minimum and rate bands; base covers assets in Argentina and abroad.
- Ley de Impuesto al Valor Agregado, texto actualizado (art. 28), Agencia de Recaudación y Control Aduanero (ARCA), Argentina (legislation library). Checked 17 October 2026. Article 28 sets the general rate at 21%.
- Monotributo: simplified regime for small taxpayers, ARCA (Argentina's tax authority). Checked 15 October 2026.
- Monotributo: categories and amounts, ARCA (Argentina's tax authority). Checked 15 October 2026.