Argentina
Digital Nomad Visa (Residencia Transitoria): health insurance requirements
Yes: health insurance is required
Yes, in the form of a sworn declaration. Argentina's digital nomad residency (a residencia transitoria created by Disposición 758/2022) is open to nationals who do not need a tourist visa and who work remotely for clients or employers abroad. It grants up to 180 days, extendable once, with no official minimum income in the rule. The insurance condition is a declaración jurada that you hold health insurance covering your medical needs; no specific coverage figure is set in the nomad rule itself.
The requirements at a glance
| Local-licensed insurer required | No: compliant international IPMI is accepted |
|---|---|
| Accepted proof | A sworn declaration (declaración jurada) that you hold health insurance covering your medical needs for the stay. No specific coverage amount is mandated in the nomad rule; an international policy is accepted. |
Open to nationals who do not require a tourist visa (US, UK, Canada and Australia qualify) working remotely for clients or employers abroad; up to 180 days, extendable once for a similar period; no official minimum income, but you must document your work and earnings. A separate 2025 decree (366/2025) introduced an insurance-on-entry requirement for foreigners that is not yet enforced at the border.
Who qualifies for the Argentina nomad visa
The income bar is what decides most applications, and it is the number people look for first. Here is the current one, with the conditions that come attached to it.
- Income required
- No minimum income
- Length of permit
- 6 monthsrenewable
- Who can apply
- Employed remotely, Freelancer, Business owner
- Nationality restrictions
- Only nationals of countries that can enter Argentina visa-free as tourists.
The 180-day permit can be extended only once, for an equal period.
What the income bar really means
Two things get people rejected on income even when they earn enough. The first is proving it: consulates want a documented, repeating history, usually bank statements and contracts covering several months, not a screenshot of a good quarter. Irregular freelance income clears the bar on average and fails on paper. The second is dependants, who almost always raise the threshold, and by a percentage of the base figure rather than a flat amount.
Treat the number above as the floor for the paperwork, not as a comfortable income for living there. It is set by the country’s own cost of living or minimum wage, which means it moves, and in several countries it is re-set every year.
Argentina's digital nomad residency (Disposición 758/2022) requires a sworn declaration that you hold health insurance covering your medical needs, but sets no minimum coverage amount and no official minimum income; it grants up to 180 days, extendable once.
Our take
The visa asks you to declare cover, not prove a figure, so the temptation is to under-insure. Emergency care at public hospitals is free, but non-emergency care is now billed to non-residents and a serious private admission runs to tens of thousands of dollars.
Carry a high emergency-medical limit (six figures) plus evacuation, and keep the policy documents handy in case a renewal or a hospital asks.
What happens if you get it wrong
A declaration you cannot back up can sink the application, or a later renewal, which checks your income and that you stayed in Argentina at least half the period.
Free emergency care does not cover the non-emergency treatment, repatriation or a flight home that a real incident needs, so leaning on 'free healthcare' leaves a large gap.
Interactive
Verified pricesWhat would it cost in Argentina without insurance?
A fever you assume is flu until the platelet count comes back. Common across the places nomads spend winters.
| The first doctor visit, before anyone worries | $30–$70 |
| Back again, this time to emergency | $50–$300 |
| Four nights on fluids and monitoring | not verified here |
| At least | $80–$370 |
One step in this bill has no verified price for Argentina yet, so the real total sits above this one. We would rather leave the line blank than guess at it.
Priced as one lump instead of itemised, a serious admission in Argentina runs $2,000 to $30,000.
That is the bill you carry alone. Insurance exists for exactly this.
See what cover costsTypical private-care estimates for illustration, not a quote. Actual bills vary by hospital, city and severity.
FAQ
The rule sets no specific coverage amount. It asks for a sworn declaration that you hold health insurance covering your medical needs, so insure for the real risk rather than a minimum.
No official minimum is set in the rule, but you must document your remote work and earnings, and prove income again at renewal.
Up to 180 days, extendable once for a similar period.
A 2025 decree introduced an entry-insurance requirement, but it is not yet enforced at the border. It is still worth having, since non-emergency public care is now billed to non-residents.
No. An international policy that covers your medical needs in Argentina satisfies the sworn declaration.
How to apply
- Processing time
- About 10 to 15 days via the electronic route; up to 30 to 45 days for the in-country route.
- Government fee
- Reported at around USD 200 total (a migration fee plus a consular fee). The official page links a fee table rather than stating one figure, and the peso table appears outdated.
- Where to apply
- Online from abroad via the TIE electronic entry system, or in person at Migraciones inside Argentina. You must be in Argentina to finalise the in-country residencia transitoria.
- 1
Confirm you hold a passport that does not need a tourist visa to enter Argentina, and that you have proof of stable foreign-source remote income.
- 2
Choose your route: apply from abroad through the electronic entry system (TIE) at migraciones.gob.ar before travelling, or apply in-country for the residencia transitoria.
- 3
For the in-country route you must be inside Argentina; start the file by email or at your local National Migration Directorate office.
- 4
Provide the required documents (passport, CV, proof of remote work such as a contract, company letter or income receipts, and a recent photo) and pay the fee.
- 5
Receive the decision by email; you are granted transitory residence for up to 180 days, renewable once for another 180 days.
Fees and processing times move, sometimes without announcement, and a consulate can add a document the published checklist does not mention. Treat the above as the shape of the process rather than a guarantee, and check the current requirement with the mission handling your application before you book anything.
What policy actually satisfies this visa
Argentina does not publish a minimum figure, which sounds permissive and is not. It means you are judged against somebody's unwritten idea of adequate, and the safe reading of adequate is enough to cover a serious hospital admission in Argentina, not the cheapest policy that technically exists.
A compliant international policy is accepted, so you are not forced into a local insurer. That matters more than it sounds: it means one policy can follow you when you leave, instead of expiring at the border.
Repatriation is not named as a condition, though it is the benefit you would most want to have if the worst happened, and it costs very little to add.
And the dates. The policy has to run for the whole permit, which a standard travel policy cannot do because it stops at around 90 days. An officer comparing your policy period with your permit period does not have to look hard to see it expire in the middle.
Ask your insurer for a certificate of cover that states your full name as it appears on your passport, the exact policy period, the territory covered, and the benefit amounts. That is a normal request and any decent insurer issues it without fuss. The insurance being real and the paperwork still failing is a more common way to lose an application than being uninsured.
The visa tells you the minimum. It does not tell you what to actually carry. Those are different questions, and the paperwork minimum is nearly always the smaller of the two answers.
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