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Argentina
Registrants are consistently refused, or the law bars entry.
This rating rests on little or old data, so treat it as a rough guide.
Based on 2 reports. Score 0.52 on a scale from −1 (always refused) to +1 (always admitted), with recent reports counting most. Adjusted for the entry law described below. How scoring works
What to expect
Only one traveler report is on file, from August 2025, so the picture at Argentina's border is thin.1 That traveler, a former registrant, flew into Buenos Aires and entered with no reported problems at immigration.1 The issue they described came on the return to the US, where Miami officers sent them to secondary and searched their phone and luggage before release.1
Written by an AI model from the reports below on September 19, 2026. The numbers link to the reports each sentence is based on. Read those before you decide.
Law bars people with sex-offense convictions
Argentina bars entry to foreigners with convictions or pending cases for offences carrying 3+ years under Argentine law, and to anyone with any conviction. It expressly says it can never admit someone convicted of an intentional offence against sexual integrity, and the usual humanitarian or family exception does not apply to them.
Ley 25.871 (Ley de Migraciones), Art. 29 incs. c)-d) and final paragraphs, as substituted by Decreto 366/2025 (B.O. 29/5/2025) · mandatory
- Ley 25.871 - Texto actualizado · InfoLEG (Ministerio de Justicia, Argentina)
Common questions
Can registered sex offenders enter Argentina?
It's rated Refused, but there are no trips reported in the last two years, so treat that as a rough guide. Argentina bars entry to foreigners with convictions or pending cases for offences carrying 3+ years under Argentine law, and to anyone with any conviction. It expressly says it can never admit someone convicted of an intentional offence against sexual integrity, and the usual humanitarian or family exception does not apply to them.
Do Argentina's border officers know about US registrants in advance?
None of the reports on file describe officers appearing to know in advance.
- 1Aug 2025 (reported)
Admitted, no issues · By air
A former registrant traveled to Buenos Aires without reported entry problems; the difficulty described occurred on the return to the US, where they were taken to secondary inspection in Miami and had a phone and luggage searched before being released.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · Forum post · Firsthand · Former registrant
- 2By 2022
Refused entry
Row from the RTAG Travel Matrix, an undated summary last maintained around 2021.
- Registrants turned away
- Yes
- Law bars sex offenders
- Yes
- Law bars people with felonies
- No
- Has its own offender registry
- No
Registrant Travel Action Group (RTAG) · Legacy matrix · Summary