Starting on 1st July 2025, Argentina established that all international visitors to have a valid health insurance to enter the country. This includes tourists, temporary workers, and students, regardless of how they enter, by air, land or sea while permanent residents and citizens are exempt from this requirement.
This new measure, contained in Decree 366/2025 prevents the Argentine public health system from assuming the costs derived from medical care for non - resident foreigners, ensuring the international visitors have an adequate healthcare coverage while in Argentina, and crack down on individuals who frequently cross borders to renew their tourist status or overstay their visas.
In this context, according to the 2025 Radiography of Intermundial's travel insurance, Argentina is among the South American countries with the highest medical costs, reaching €1.454 for emergency care.
Apart that, in the South American country there are significant inequalities in the quality of health care between different areas of the nation. While in urban regions medical infrastructure is usually adequate, in southern or rural areas it may ber limited or difficult to access.
Intermundial reminds that the main immigration requirements that must be met by those who wish to travel to Argentina in 2025.
First of all, travellers must have international health insurance since tourists who wish to enter the South American country are required to have travel insurance that covers private medical assistance and medical transport, for a minimum of $20,000.
In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends travelling with insurance that is as complete as possible and that covers the entire stay and transfers in medical planes if necessary.
Secondly travellers may also be required to provide an affidavit detailing the reasons for their trip to the country. This specific document must be presented at the time of entry in Argentine and may be required by the immigration authorities.
As for the passport, citizens do not need a visa for tourist stays of up to 90 days, but they must present a passport with at least three months of validity from the date of the entry into the country.
Finally, it must also be proven that a minimum of US$50 per day of stay is available through cash, credit cards or traveller's checks, as well as it is mandatory to present a transport reservation that proves the departure from the country at the end of the trip.
In this way, Argentine joins the list of countries it is essential to have travel insurance, including Algeria, Belarus, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Grenada, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Nepal, Oman, Paraguay, Russia, Schengen Area, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Thailand, Turkmenistan and Ukraine.
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