The Argentina passport
169 destinations, and one conspicuous gap.
169 destinations without a prior visa, sixteenth globally, level with Brazil and behind Chile. Here is the practical shape of that access, without an index score attached.
Figures from the principal 2026 rankings. Other indices count visa on arrival and electronic authorisations differently and publish between 160 and 174 — why they diverge. Passport validity and issuance follow ordinary Argentine law and are unaffected by the route to citizenship.
What it opens
- Schengen Area
- Short stays
- United Kingdom
- Subject to the electronic travel authorisation
- Japan and South Korea
- Visa-free
- China
- Since a 2025 bilateral agreement
- Almost all of Latin America
- Mercosur lane access at member borders
- Russia and the United Arab Emirates
- Visa-free
What it does not
- United States
- Visa required. Argentina is not in the Visa Waiver Programme. If a second passport is partly about easier US travel, this one does not do that.
- India
- Visa required.
- Roughly sixty destinations worldwide
- Advance permission required.
The reach, without a score
140 countries take this passport
with nothing arranged in advance.
The United States
Argentina is trying to rejoin
the Visa Waiver Programme.
It held the status once
Terminated by the US Department of Justice under an emergency provision after the economic collapse and a rise in overstays. Uruguay was removed on similar grounds the following year.
A statement of intent
On 28 July 2025 the US Secretary of Homeland Security signed a statement of intent in Buenos Aires with the Argentine Foreign Minister and Minister of National Security to work toward re-entry.
The numbers support it
Argentina now has the lowest visa overstay rate in Latin America, and Argentine travel to the United States rose 25 per cent in the first four months of 2025. Chile remains the only Latin American country in the programme.
Nothing has been granted. A statement of intent is not an accession, and no timetable has been published. It is the single development most worth watching for anyone weighing an Argentine passport, which is why it sits here rather than in a footnote.
