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ArgentinaAsylum & protectionLast checked October 30, 2026

Refugee status

Comisión Nacional para los Refugiados, CONARE · Official name: Reconocimiento de la condición de refugiado (Ley 26.165, reglamentada por Decreto 646/2025)

People who left their country because of a well-founded fear of persecution (1951 Convention) or because their life, freedom or safety was threatened by events in the 1984 Cartagena Declaration can ask the National Commission for Refugees (CONARE) for refugee status. The claim is free. Claimants get a provisional document, renewed every 90 days, which lets them obtain a CUIL to work. Recognised refugees get a 2-year temporary residence, a DNI and, if they want, a Convention travel document.

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Life in Argentina

Finance

2

Currency

Argentine Peso

ARS

Argentine Peso

Tax

5–35%

Income tax (national)

VAT (IVA) 21% · social security 17%

Ganancias scale; 35% on net income above ARS 53.15 million (2025 bands, indexed).

Official rates, 2026 · headline only

Living

1

Happiness

6.4

#42 of 145 countries

World Happiness Report 2025

Who it’s for

Foreign nationals in Argentina who fear persecution or whose life, freedom or safety is threatened by generalised violence, foreign aggression, internal conflict or massive human rights violations.

Eligibility

  • Convention or Cartagena grounds

    Fear of persecution for political opinion, nationality, religion, race or membership of a social group; or threats to life, freedom or safety from generalised violence, foreign aggression, internal conflict, massive human rights violations or other serious disturbance of public order.

  • Family extensionFamily

    Status can be extended to family members included in the claim: spouse or partner living together, and ascendants, descendants and first-degree collateral relatives who depend economically on the refugee, assessed case by case.

SourceCONARE preguntas frecuentesargentina.gob.arChecked Oct 30, 2026

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