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Argentine Embassy in New Delhi

Overview

The Argentine Embassy in New Delhi runs one of the broadest single-post jurisdictions on India's diplomatic map: from the Vasant Vihar premises in south Delhi the same consular team handles the whole of India except Maharashtra (served from the Consulate General in Mumbai) plus Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Nepal and Bhutan. For Indian travellers the headline is a reciprocity rule worth knowing before applying: holders of an ordinary Indian passport with a valid US visa in one of the listed categories are exempt from the Argentine visa, so the embassy's visa counter mostly serves Indians without a qualifying US visa, students, work-visa applicants and Argentine citizens resident across the five-country jurisdiction.

Visa Services

Indian passport holders fall into two groups. Argentina's National Directorate of Migration (DNM) exempts nationals of India holding an ordinary passport and a valid, current United States visa in categories B1/B2, B2, B1, J, O, P (P1, P2 and P3), E or H-1B from the visa requirement for entering Argentina; those travellers enter on the strength of the US document. Indian travellers without such a visa apply for an Argentine visa at this embassy (or at the Mumbai Consulate General for Maharashtra residents) following the email-then-appointment model: applicants email the document checklist to secon_eindi@mrecic.gov.ar, receive an appointment once the file is verified, and submit the original documentation in person. Business, work, student, family-reunification and longer-stay categories are handled directly through the embassy and require category-specific paperwork including invitation letters or admission proofs. Indian nationals resident in Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Nepal or Bhutan apply through this embassy unless they hold a qualifying US visa.

Consular Services

Argentine citizens resident in India outside Maharashtra, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Nepal or Bhutan are served by the consular section for passport renewal and re-issue, lost-passport replacement, civil registration of births, marriages and deaths, registration of Argentine voters abroad for national elections, attestation and apostille services for Argentine-issued documents, and certificates required for use in India. The emergency mobile for Argentine nationals in the jurisdiction is +91 98186 62263.

Trade & Export Support

India–Argentina trade has expanded from a narrow agricultural-products base into a more diversified bilateral relationship under the India–Mercosur Preferential Trade Agreement framework. Argentine exports to India are dominated by soybean oil, soybean meal, sunflower oil, mineral fuels and copper concentrates; imports from India include pharmaceuticals, organic chemicals, two-wheelers, agrochemicals and textiles. The embassy's commercial section supports Argentine producers and exporters with India market entry, regulatory navigation through India's plant-quarantine and food-safety regimes, and connections to the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and FICCI for sector-specific outreach.

Investment Opportunities

Bilateral investment opportunities the embassy actively promotes include Argentine lithium-triangle projects in Catamarca, Jujuy and Salta open to Indian battery-supply-chain investment, food-processing and dairy joint ventures, IT services partnerships leveraging Argentine bilingual technical talent, and renewable energy projects in Patagonia. Indian companies pursuing market entry into Argentina engage the embassy for introductions to provincial development agencies and the Agencia Argentina de Inversiones y Comercio Internacional (AAICI).

Business Support

The Embassy coordinates with the Cámara de Comercio Argentino-India (Indo-Argentine Chamber of Commerce) headquartered in Mumbai for business networking, delegation hosting, B2B matchmaking and trade-fair coordination across the Indian market. Sector-specific events covering pharma, mining, agribusiness, IT services and renewable energy are run jointly with Indian counterpart chambers and trade promotion bodies.

Cultural & Educational Programs

Cultural and educational programming includes Tango master classes and performances, Argentine cinema cycles at Indian film festivals, Spanish-language teaching cooperation with Jawaharlal Nehru University and the Instituto Cervantes, postgraduate scholarship programmes for Indian students at Argentine universities, and academic exchange agreements with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). Argentine universities are increasingly visible to Indian postgraduate applicants in agronomy, veterinary science, food technology and Spanish literature.

Service Area

India (except the State of Maharashtra, which is served by the Consulate General of the Argentine Republic in Mumbai), Sri Lanka, the Republic of Maldives, the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, and the Kingdom of Bhutan. Argentine residents and visa applicants in Maharashtra route through the Mumbai post; everyone else in the five-country jurisdiction routes through Delhi.

Appointment Information

Visa applications follow an email-first model: send the category-specific document checklist to secon_eindi@mrecic.gov.ar, receive an appointment once the file is verified, and present the original documents in person at the consular section. Walk-in attempts without prior email verification are typically turned away. The Consular Section attends Monday to Friday from 09:30 to 18:00; the embassy's office hours are 09:00 to 17:30.

Special Notes

Indian citizens with an ordinary passport and a valid US visa in categories B1/B2, B2, B1, J, O, P (P1–P3), E or H-1B are exempt from the Argentine visa by decision of the National Directorate of Migration; confirm the US visa's validity dates before travel. Everyone else applies through the email-first process. Argentine emergency mobile for the five-country jurisdiction: +91 98186 62263.

Frequently asked questions

Do Indian passport holders need a visa for Argentina?

Not if they hold a qualifying US visa. Argentina's National Directorate of Migration exempts Indian nationals with an ordinary passport and a valid, current US visa in categories B1/B2, B2, B1, J, O, P (P1, P2, P3), E or H-1B from the Argentine visa; they enter on the US document. Indian travellers without such a visa apply for an Argentine visa at this Embassy (or at the Mumbai Consulate General if resident in Maharashtra) following an email-first then in-person appointment process.

I live in Mumbai or elsewhere in Maharashtra — should I apply here or at the Mumbai Consulate General?

Maharashtra residents apply through the Argentine Consulate General in Mumbai, which has its own consular jurisdiction over the state. The New Delhi Embassy covers the rest of India plus Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Nepal and Bhutan; if your residence is in Maharashtra, the Mumbai post is the correct route.

How does the email-first visa application process work?

Indian visa applicants send their category-specific document checklist to the consular section at secon_eindi@mrecic.gov.ar. The consular team reviews the file by email and, once it is verified as complete, schedules a physical appointment for original-document submission. The model is designed to minimise wasted Delhi trips for applicants resident outside the National Capital Region; walk-in attempts without prior verification are typically turned away.

Which Indian states route through New Delhi and which through Mumbai?

Maharashtra residents route through the Argentine Consulate General in Mumbai. All other Indian states and Union Territories — and additionally residents of Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Nepal and Bhutan — route through the Embassy in New Delhi. The jurisdictional split is by residence, not by the city you happen to be visiting.

I am an Argentine citizen living in India — what services does the Embassy provide?

Argentine citizens resident in India (outside Maharashtra), Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Nepal or Bhutan are served for passport renewal and re-issue, lost-passport replacement, civil registration of births, marriages and deaths, voter registration for national elections, document attestation and apostille, and certificates required for use in India. The Consular Section attends Monday to Friday 09:30–18:00; the emergency mobile is +91 98186 62263.

What is the consular section's working schedule?

The Embassy's office hours are Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:30, and the Consular Section attends Monday to Friday from 09:30 to 18:00. Visa applicants attend by prior appointment after the email-first review; consular services for Argentine citizens are handled within the consular hours.

Visaja keeps this page's contact details and visa guidance under continuous review — still, requirements can change at short notice, so confirm the essentials with the mission or the official government portal before you travel.