The Migration Security Agency of Argentina, headed by Sebastián Pablo Seoane, and belonging to the Ministry of National Security, led by Alejandra Monteolivacarries out immigration raids and marches with a strict plan of passport controls at borders and airports, after the approval of the new Decree 366/2025 that seeks to prevent the entry of irregular migrants or those with criminal records.
Entry into the country must be done with documentation that includes a valid and current passport. Article 35 of the Migration Law No. 25,871 is what regulates the rejection at the border of a person who arrives in the country with a foreign document that does not meet the current legal conditions.
As detailed in Article 5 of Annex II In order to enter Argentina, the person must present at immigration control: Valid and current passport (issued by the official authority of the nation of origin, that is not expired or expires before leaving the country and in good condition, that is, it has no missing pages, stains or tears and is legible.
Valid and current Identity Document or Travel Certificate
Certain countries must also present a visa.
On the other hand, Decree 366/2025 in Article 11, paragraph c) says that the passport can only be exempted when the foreigner has another valid identity or travel document.
In which cases they reject entry to Argentina even if you have a passport
As indicated in the article from the Immigration Security Agency, the competent authorities at borders or airports will proceed to “immediate rejection and will prevent entry into the national territory of any foreigner” who:
Who intends to enter with documentation (passport) intended to prove identity that does not meet the conditions provided for in current legislation, as long as it is not a re-entry motivated by a rejection from a third country;
That you state that your reason for entry falls into the tourist category, as long as the immigration authority determines that it does not fall within the provisions of article 24, paragraph a) of this law;
On which there is a well-founded suspicion that the real intention that motivates the entry differs from that expressed at the time of obtaining the visa or appearing at immigration control.
Summary of whose passports cannot enter Argentina
In short, the Immigration Security Agency, in charge of Seoane, will prevent entry into Argentina to those who present to the authority material national or foreign documentation (passport) or ideologically false or adulterated and who have omitted to inform on the existence of criminal records, convictions or judicial requirements; or having articulated a fact or an act simulated or celebrated in fraud of the law or with vice of consent with the purpose of obtaining an immigration benefit.
In the case of those who come to reside, neither People who do not show a document that demonstrates an effective job offer will be allowed to enter.
The national authorities will also not allow entry to those who have been convicted or have criminal records, in the Argentine Republic or abroad, in the case of having committed crimes that, according to Argentine legislation, deserve a prison sentence equal to or greater than three years.
Nor to those who are sentenced in Argentina or abroad. for crimes that, according to national legislation, deserve a custodial sentence of less than three years.
The last factors that prevent entry into Argentine territory are:
Having been caught in flagrante delicto for a public action crime that could lead to the suspension of the trial or alternative measure;
Having incurred or participated in governmental or other acts that constitute genocide, war crimes, acts of terrorism or crimes against humanity, and any other act capable of being tried by the International Criminal Court;
Having incurred or participated in terrorist activities, activities that promote violence or contrary ideas to the democratic system, or belong or have belonged to nationally or internationally recognized organizations as accused of actions susceptible to being judged by the International Criminal Court or by Law No. 23,077;
Having been convicted, in the Argentine Republic or abroad, for having promoted or facilitated, for profit, the entry, permanence or the illegal entry of foreigners into Argentine territory, or having participated in its promotion or facilitation;
Having entered or attempted to enter the national territory evading immigration controls, or through a place or time not authorized for this purpose;
Having distorted the reasons for entry or admission into the country, or when well-founded reasons lead to the conclusion that the entry authorization or permanence granted had been motivated by the performance of activities other than those duly invoked, whether of a legal nature or not;
Having left Argentine territory in compliance with a definitively granted extradition;
Having failed to comply with the immigration regularization requirements required by immigration law.
