Argentine Passport 1

Argentine passports are issued to citizens of Argentina by the National Registry for People (ReNaPer) to facilitate international travel.

Argentine passports are valid for travel all over the world, but some countries require a visa. For traveling within South America (except the Guyanas), Argentines do not need to use a passport, as they may use their National Identity Document (DNI).

On June 15, 2012, the Argentine Interior Ministry announced the immediate introduction of biometric passports. The new passports will have unique numbers (alphanumerical combinations, with 3 letters and 6 numbers), a significant change from the current policy, where passport numbers were the national ID number of the holders (with an N after it)

Procedures to get an Argentine passport

1. To get an Argentine passport, a person must go to the nearest Civil Registry and present his/her National Identity Document, birth certificate and a proof of marital status (unless single).
2. If the person is an Argentine citizen by naturalisation rather than by birth, a Citizenship Certificate (carta de ciudadanía) must also be presented.
3. Citizens under the age of 18 may only get a passport with parental authorization. Argentines living outside the country must follow the same procedure at an Argentine Embassy or Consulate.
4. Regular Passport price is 550 ARS.
5. Applicants usually receive their passports via postal mail within 15 days. There is an express service (48 hours) for 1250 ARS and an ultrafast passport for 3675 ARS (550 ARS + 200 US$), only available at Ministro Pistarini International Airport in Buenos Aires, with the possibility of getting a passport in only 15 minutes, if there are any proofs (as a printed ticket) of an international flight for that same day.
6. Since January 2011, in all cases, Argentine passports are valid for 10 years. Beforehand, they were only given in 5-year-periods.
7. Passports are not issued to persons who are under arrest because of criminal offenses, or to those who appear as ‘dangerous’ in accordance with the South American Police Agreement of 1920.

Other types of passport

The Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs also issues diplomatic passports (blue-covered) to Argentine diplomats acreditad overseas and their eligible dependants, and to citizens who reside in Argentina and travel abroad for diplomatic work. The Ministry also issues official passports (green-covered) to Government employees assigned overseas, either permanently or temporarily, and their eligible dependents, and to members of Congress who travel abroad on official business.

Under special circumstances, if a woman is stateless but married to an Argentine citizen, the Federal Police will issue a Pasaporte de Esposa de Argentino (Argentine wife’s passport) in order to leave the country. The same applies for persons under the age of 18 who were adopted by Argentine parents.

EXTENSION:

It can be done – for the last time – to the owner of an Argentine Passport MERCOSUR MODEL, with white sheets to be used, and which has been issue by the Argentine Federal Police.

Mandatory requirements:
1.Expired Passport or which is going to expire (up to one month before expiry);
2. D.N.I., L.C. or L.E. (no other identity documents are accepted)
3.Two passport photos (size 4 x 4, taken from the front, against a white background, without hat and without glasses);
4.Make an appointment by calling this number: 02-77729433/37, from Monday to Friday, from 8.30 a.m. to 3.50 p.m.
5.The fee is equal to 40 Euro
6.Delivery of the documents: within the day

SHIPPING:

Shipping is done in case of loss or theft of the Argentine Passport.

Mandatory requirements:

1.Report of theft or loss to the local Police;
2.National Document of Identity (D.N.I.), L.C., L.E.;
3.Two passport photos (size 4 x 4, taken from the front, against a white background, without hat and without glasses);
4.Marriage Certificate together with the divorce sentence written out in the margin, or Death Certificate, issued by the Argentine relevant authorities, in order to confirm the marital status;
5.Make an appointment by calling this number 02-77729433/37, from Monday to Friday, from 8.30 a.m. to 3.50 p.m.
6.Payment of the relevant fee: 30 Euro for issuing an urgent passport; 20 Euro for issuing a temporary passport;
7.Delivery of the documents: within the day.

RENEWAL:

The renewal of passport is done when there are no more sheets at disposal, when the applicant has had physical changes to the picture in his/her current document, personal data have changed, deterioration, etc. or the owner still has an Argentine passport of a MODEL PREVIOUS to MERCOSUR OR MERCOSUR MODEL issued by an Argentine Consulate abroad; it implies the issuing of a new passport.

Mandatory requirements:

1.Expired Passport or which is going to expire (up to one month before expiry);
2.D.N.I., L.C. or L.E.; (no other identity documents are accepted);
3.Three passport photos (size 4 x 4, taken from the front, against a white background, without hat and without glasses);
4.Marriage Certificate, Marriage Act together with the divorce sentence written out in the margin, or Death Certificate, issued by the Argentine relevant authorities, in order to corroborate the civil status;
5.Make an appointment by calling this number: 02-77729433/37, from Monday to Friday, from 8.30 a.m. to 3.50 p.m.
6.Payment of the relevant fee: 30 Euro
7.Delivery of the documents: within the day.

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