Argentina · Italy

Embassy of Argentina in Rome

  • Rome
  • +39 06 4807 3300

Overview

No bilateral pair in Europe carries more shared ancestry than Argentina and Italy: as much as half of Argentina's population claims Italian descent, and the queue for citizenship recognition at Italian consulates in Buenos Aires runs years deep. The embassy at Piazza dell'Esquilino 2 — beside Santa Maria Maggiore, a few steps from Termini — is where that relationship is managed at state level, under Ambassador Marcelo Martín Giusto. The diplomatic mission is only one piece of Argentina's Rome presence: a separate consulate handles the personal paperwork of Argentines in central and southern Italy, the consulate-general in Milan (with its promotion centre) covers the north, and a permanent mission to the UN food agencies rounds out the network.

Visa Services

Italian citizens travel to Argentina without a visa — 90 days as tourists, extendable in-country. Argentina abolished its former reciprocity fee years ago, so entry needs nothing more than a valid passport. Non-EU nationals resident in Italy check their own passport's terms with the Argentine consulate serving their region.

Consular Services

Consular matters — passports, powers of attorney, citizenship records for the vast Italo-Argentine community — belong to the separate Argentine Consulate in Rome and the Consulate-General in Milan, not to the embassy chancery. The embassy switchboard +39 06 4807 3300 redirects misplaced queries; its own mailbox is eital@mrecic.gov.ar.

Service Area

The embassy handles Argentina's bilateral relations with Italy. Consular jurisdiction is split between the Consulate in Rome (centre and south) and the Consulate-General in Milan (north); Argentina's mission to the UN food agencies in Rome is a separate post.

Appointment Information

The chancery at Piazza dell'Esquilino 2 receives Monday to Friday, 09:30-16:40 — an unusually precise closing time, worth taking literally. Switchboard +39 06 4807 3300, fax +39 06 4807 3331, mailbox eital@mrecic.gov.ar. For urgencies involving Argentine nationals outside those hours, the duty mobile +39 335 387 607 answers.

Special Notes

Don't bring consular paperwork to the Esquilino chancery — citizenship files, passports, and legalisations live at the separate Rome consulate, and northern Italy's at the Milan consulate-general. The embassy sits in the Esquilino quarter beside Santa Maria Maggiore, two minutes from Termini station.

Frequently asked questions

No — Italian passports enter Argentina visa-free for 90 days as tourists, extendable in-country, with no reciprocity fee since its abolition. A valid passport is the only requirement for tourism.

Not at the embassy — at the separate Argentine Consulate in Rome for the centre and south, or the Consulate-General in Milan for the north. The Esquilino chancery is the diplomatic mission; its switchboard +39 06 4807 3300 redirects misplaced consular queries.

Monday to Friday, 09:30 to precisely 16:40, at Piazza dell'Esquilino 2 beside Santa Maria Maggiore — two minutes from Termini. Out-of-hours urgencies involving Argentine nationals reach the duty mobile +39 335 387 607.

This overview comes from Visaja's worldwide missions database (visaja.com), checked against official government sources; for binding answers, the mission itself always has the final word.