Travel Restrictions And Mandatory Home Isolation Extended In Argentina

• Published date: 07 September 2020
• Subject Matter: Immigration, General Immigration, Work Visas
• Law Firm: lus Laboris
• Author: German Capoulat (Funes de Rioja & Asociados)

Argentina's borders will remain closed until 20 September 2020 included, for non-resident foreign nationals. This article sets out details of this and other current restrictions.

Argentina's borders will remain closed until 20 September 2020 included, for non-resident foreign nationals.

(Decree 274/2020, Decree 331/2020, Decree 365/2020, Decree 409/2020, Decree 459/2020, Decree 493/2020, Decree 520/2020, Decree 576/2020, Decree 605/2020, Decree 641/2020, Decree 677/2020 and Decree 714/2020)

Airline operations are still suspended. Airlines operating in Argentina are waiting for the confirmation of a new date for resumption of commercial flights from the National Civil Aviation Administration (Anac) and the Ministry of Transportation. As of 1 September, airlines could sell tickets, but the numbers of Covid-19 cases have delayed the start date of the flights.

Although Argentina has planned a series of international flights to Europe, the United States and Latin America for September, these services continue to be 'special'; that is, they do not correspond to airlines' regular itineraries but follow an exceptional timetable that must be authorised in each case by the authorities and that does not allow companies to have a longer-term horizon to plan their operations.

Domestic restrictions

Mandatory home isolation remains in place until 20 September 2020, exclusively for people who reside or are in the metropolitan area (the City of Buenos Aires and Greater Buenos Aires), the Department of General Pueyrredón (Buenos Aires Province) the agglomerates of the cities of Paran', Colonia Avellaneda, Oro Verde, San Benito and Gualeguaychú (Entre Ríos Province), the Departments of Manuel Belgrano, Ledesma El Carmen, Palpal' and San Pedro (Jujuy Province), the departments of Capital and Chamical (La Rioja Province), the agglomerates of the cities of Bariloche and Dina Huapi and the department of General Roca (Río Negro Province), the departments of General José de San Martín and...