Giving birth in Argentina for families from Armenia

In short

Armenian citizens do not need a visa for Argentina — up to 90 days of stay, which is usually enough for a birth trip. Armenia allows dual citizenship: the child can be both Argentine and an Armenian citizen.

This is probably the most convenient option among post-Soviet countries: the Embassy of Armenia has been open in Buenos Aires since 1993, and it registers births, issues children’s passports and certifies powers of attorney. Most of the baby’s documents can be done without leaving Argentina.

Entry and length of stay

• In the Cancillería list, Armenia is in the group of countries exempt from a tourist visa for up to 90 days (the visa-waiver agreement for ordinary passports was signed in 2011).
• If you need longer, file the extension with Migraciones in the last 10 days of your stay. Once the stay has expired it cannot be extended — you only get an exit permit.
• After the birth, the parents apply for residence on family-reunification grounds, and the precaria covers them while it is processed. Since DNU 366/2025 this is temporary residence — details in Parents’ residence and DNI.
• At the border you may be asked for a return ticket, an address and health coverage. A tourist policy usually does not cover childbirth — see health insurance during pregnancy.

Flights and connections

There are no direct flights from Yerevan. Convenient routes go through Paris (there is a direct Paris–Buenos Aires flight), Istanbul, Dubai or Doha, often with a stop in Brazil.

• An airside connection at these airports generally does not require a visa for Armenian citizens. If your tickets are separate and you must collect and re-check luggage, check the rules of the specific airport.
• Transit through the USA is impossible without a US visa.
• A stop in São Paulo or Rio on the same flight usually stays within the transit area; if you leave the airport, check Brazil’s visa rules.
• After week 28 airlines ask for a doctor’s letter, and close to week 36 they may refuse boarding. How to prepare: Mom-to-be, you are not alone.

Documents and apostille in Armenia

Armenia and Argentina are both parties to the Hague Convention. Armenian documents are apostilled by the Ministry of Justice: within one business day, for a fee of AMD 7,000. A paper document can be filed in Yerevan or through HayPost, and a third person can file it without a power of attorney. Electronic civil-status certificates with a 16-digit number and QR code are apostilled online at e-services.moj.am; old paper ones (including Soviet-era certificates) only in person.

1. International passports for both parents with plenty of validity.
2. Marriage certificate and your own birth certificates — apostilled.
3. Police clearance certificates for both parents — apostilled and recent: you need them for residence.
4. Check the Latin spelling of names in your passports: that is what will go into the baby’s partida.

In Argentina, Armenian and Russian documents are translated by a sworn translator — Migraciones does not accept translations made in Yerevan.

The path in Argentina

The birth at the clinic, registration at the Registro Civil (within 40 days by law), the baby’s DNI and Argentine passport, then the parents’ residence via RaDEX. Step by step: Birth in Argentina: step by step. Armenian documents usually include a patronymic, while the Argentine partida has no such field — decide in advance how to write the name: Patronymics in foreign documents.

The child’s Armenian citizenship

• Both parents are Armenian citizens: the child is an Armenian citizen by birth, wherever he or she is born.
• One parent is Armenian and the other a foreigner: citizenship is determined by the written consent of both parents. Without that consent, the child gets Armenian citizenship only in specific cases — for example, if the family lives permanently in Armenia or the child would otherwise be stateless.
• For the embassy, the Argentine partida must be apostilled at the Cancillería (online through TAD) and translated into Armenian after the apostille. The translation can be done at the embassy itself. If a sworn translator does it, the embassy may ask for an apostille on the translation as well — check in advance.
• Citizenship applications go through the mcs-citizenship.am electronic system, where you also book appointments and pay the fee.

Dual citizenship: what it means

• Since 2007, acquiring another citizenship does not end Armenian citizenship. Argentina also allows dual citizenship, so the two laws do not conflict.
• As a general rule, an Armenian citizen must notify the state of a second citizenship — do it when you process the child’s documents at the embassy.
• In Armenia the child is treated as an Armenian citizen, and it is easier to enter on an Armenian passport. The child leaves Argentina on the Argentine one.
• Boys: male Armenian citizens become liable for military service once they reach conscription age. Special rules apply to those living permanently abroad — look into them before your teenager’s first trip to Armenia.

Birth registration and the child’s passport

• For the child’s passport you apply in person (one parent or the legal representative): application form, 4 colour photos 35×45 mm, birth certificate, parents’ passports and marriage certificate with copies. Foreign documents must be apostilled and translated into Armenian.
• A passport for a child under 6 is valid for 3 years; from 6 to 16, for 5 years. The embassy does not publish processing times: if a trip to Armenia is planned, apply right after registering the birth.
• If only one parent flies out of Argentina with the child, a notarised authorisation from the other parent is required.

Scenario: we are staying in Argentina

• Registering the child in the home country is done at the embassy in Buenos Aires — no need to travel to Yerevan.
• Powers of attorney for relatives (selling or renting out a flat, banking, collecting documents) can be signed with a notary in Armenia before you fly, or later at the embassy. A consular power of attorney is valid in Armenia without an apostille. One made before an Argentine escribano needs a Cancillería apostille and a translation. How to word it correctly: Powers of attorney before departure.
• The apostille on Armenian documents needed to renew your residence can be requested by a relative without a power of attorney — just give them the original.
• Police certificates for renewing residence: find out in advance how to get them remotely; otherwise you will need a power of attorney.

Common mistakes

• Translating the partida into Armenian before the apostille — the order is the reverse: apostille first, then translation.
• Forgetting the written consent of the other parent if he or she is not an Armenian citizen.
• Not notifying the authorities of the child’s second citizenship.
• Different Latin spellings of the surname (for example -yan / -ian) in the parents’ passports and in the partida.
• Filing the extension with Migraciones too late when staying longer than 90 days.
• Leaving the question of your son’s military service for later.

How we help

We check your Armenian documents before you fly, handle the birth, registration, the baby’s DNI and passport and the parents’ residence, and prepare the apostille and translations for the embassy. All countries are on the Birth by country page, and embassy and translator contacts are in the directory. Birth registration and the child’s passport at the embassy are covered by the “Baby’s documents back home” package ($290); full support is the Premium package.

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