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Using a U.S. document in Argentina
Step by step
- Get a certified copy of the document from the issuing office.
- Get an apostille from the U.S. authority: the state where the document was issued for state and notarized documents (in New York, county clerk first, then the NY Department of State); the U.S. Department of State, Office of Authentications, for federal documents. Once apostilled, do not detach any pages: the Atlanta consulate warns this voids the document.
- No Argentine consular legalization is needed: Argentine consulates do not issue apostilles for U.S. documents.
- In Argentina, have it translated into Spanish by a traductor público nacional and the translation legalized by the Colegio de Traductores.
Translation
Argentina's Dirección Nacional de Migraciones (argentina.gob.ar residency pages) states: documents issued abroad must be legalized by the Argentine Consulate or apostilled if the country is a Hague party, and if a document is in a foreign language it 'must be translated into Spanish by a traductor público nacional and legalized by the Colegio de Traductores'.
Common uses
- Temporary residence in Argentina as a migrant worker or student (foreign criminal record certificates, birth certificates, powers of attorney)
- Civil records: birth, marriage and death certificates
- Police records
- Notarized documents: pension forms, bank statements, employer letters, affidavits of support
- Travel authorizations
Important
The Argentine consulates in New York and Atlanta state that apostilles for U.S. documents are issued only by U.S. authorities and that the consulate does not issue apostilles. The Atlanta consulate states that apostilled documents do not need to be legalized to be valid in Argentina, and that notarized documents must carry the acknowledgment wording ('The foregoing instrument was acknowledged and signed before me this...').
Which state issued your document?
Apostille fee and processing time in that state.
Sources
See the official sources (8)
- https://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/status-table/?cid=41
- https://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/status-table/notifications/?csid=306&disp=resdn
- https://cnyor.cancilleria.gob.ar/en/hague-apostille-united-states-public-documents
- https://catla.cancilleria.gob.ar/en/apostille
- https://www.argentina.gob.ar/servicio/obtener-una-residencia-temporaria-como-trabajador-migrante
- https://www.argentina.gob.ar/servicio/obtener-una-residencia-temporaria-como-estudiante
- https://www.hcch.net/en/states/authorities/details3/?aid=353
- https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/records-and-authentications/authenticate-your-document/apostille-requirements.html
Editor's note
HCCH: accession, in force 1988-02-18; no objection affecting the U.S. Argentina's declaration only objects to the UK's extension of the Convention to the Malvinas/Falklands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and the 'British Antarctic Territory'. The translation rule is confirmed on Migraciones residency pages; other Argentine authorities (civil registries, universities, courts) were not checked individually. Common uses combine the Atlanta consulate's examples and the Migraciones residency requirements.