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Transit Passenger Residence

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Which travellers require a transit visa/permission and which officially documented exemptions are important?

Transit passenger ('pasajero en tránsito') is one of the subcategories in which foreigners are admitted as transitory residents under article 24 of Law 25.871. The official source does not state which travellers need transit permission or the exemptions.

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  • The Law only names the subcategory; the conditions, duration and procedure are left to the Migration Regulation (Decree 616/2010), whose text could not be captured

Can the traveller remain airside, and under what circumstances must immigration control be crossed?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm whether the traveller can stay airside and when immigration control must be crossed.

What officially documented baggage collection, terminal, separate-ticket or self-transfer situations affect the immigration requirement?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the baggage, terminal-change and self-transfer rules.

What maximum transit period, overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules matter?

Argentine regulations distinguish two transit situations. Transit passengers, who pass through Argentina only to reach another State and hold an Argentine consular visa for that purpose, are authorised to stay for up to ten calendar days; the National Directorate of Migration may extend this once, for the same period, on justified grounds. Passengers continuing their journey must leave within twelve hours of arrival, must present a confirmed onward ticket and must be declared as such by the carrier; they do not need a consular visa, and the twelve-hour period may be extended when justified. Passengers continuing their journey who must leave through the same place where they arrived must remain within the limits of the airport, station or place of entry or exit. The official source does not state rules on changing airports or on multiple stops.

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  • The official source does not state rules on changing airports or on multiple stops.

If permission is required, what permission is it, where/how is it obtained, and what core onward-travel evidence is required?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the permission required, where to obtain it and the onward-travel evidence.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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