Apostille Argentine documents from the US: TAD, notaries or a consulate

For an Argentine partida, degree or criminal record certificate to be valid in the United States, it gets Argentina’s Hague Apostille: Argentina and the United States are both parties to the Convention, according to the New York consulate. The consulate does not issue the apostille: it is issued in Argentina by the Foreign Ministry (Cancillería) or, under an agreement with it, by the Colegios de Escribanos, and there are three channels: the Trámites a Distancia (TAD) platform, which costs 4,500 Argentine pesos per apostille (Foreign Ministry page checked October 3, 2026); a Colegio de Escribanos (notaries’ association) in Argentina; or a consulate in the US acting as intermediary, which charges its own fee: each office publishes a different amount and timing (for example, USD 35 in Houston and USD 36 in Los Angeles). Documents issued by an Argentine consulate cannot be apostilled.

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The three channels

The New York consulate (page updated September 2, 2026) lists the “tres canales habilitados” (three authorized channels):

  1. Remotely, directly with the Foreign Ministry, through the TAD platform, “sin necesidad de gestores o gestoras” (with no need for agents).
  2. At the Colegios de Escribanos that make up the Consejo Federal del Notariado Argentino, in whatever ways each one offers.
  3. Through Argentine consular offices.
ChannelCostTimingKey requirements
TAD (Foreign Ministry)4,500 pesos per apostille (1,500 pesos for international-validity legalization, which is not an apostille, of civil-registry partidas)File created within 72 business hours of payment; 20 to 30 days for general public documents (Foreign Ministry)Age 18+, CUIT-CUIL, tax key level 2 or higher and an Argentine bank account; a third party can file
Colegio de EscribanosNot published by the Foreign Ministry; ask the ColegioCheck with each Colegio (Foreign Ministry)Per Colegio
Consulate in the USVaries by office (table below)Up to 72 business hours after approval, per the Foreign Ministry; each consulate publishes its own timeDepends on the office: New York only digitally signed documents; Miami electronic or paper, signed digitally or by hand; living in the consulate’s district

Amounts and timing checked October 3, 2026. Pesos are paid in pesos; we do not convert them to dollars.

Through TAD, without the consulate

According to the New York consulate, the digital apostille can be requested by anyone 18 or older “que cuenten con CUIT-CUIL y Clave Fiscal Nivel 2 (o superior), con cuenta bancaria en el país” (with a CUIT-CUIL, a level-2 or higher tax key and a bank account in Argentina), and “La solicitud puede ser efectuada por terceras personas” (third parties can file it). In other words, a relative in Argentina can do it for you.

The Foreign Ministry page adds that:

  • you open one TAD file per document, each with a non-refundable fee;
  • the platform generates an electronic payment slip (VEP); once the VEP is paid, the TAD file is created within 72 business hours;
  • for general public documents, the apostille is issued within 20 to 30 days of the file;
  • digitally signed documents are attached exactly as received, not printed and scanned, because the signature can “break”.

Through a consulate: fee and timing by office

The Foreign Ministry says the consular route needs neither a tax key nor an Argentine bank account. Each consulate serves only residents of its district and publishes its own procedure:

OfficePublished feePublished timingHow to start
New York (02/09/2026)“costo aproximado de USD 33 por documento (el costo puede variar)” (about USD 33 per document; may vary)—Email cnyor-tramites@mrecic.gov.ar with the unaltered digital document and your details (name, date of birth, DNI, address, phone, DNI copy)
Miami (21/08/2026)USD 30 handling plus the equivalent of 4,500 Argentine pesos at that day’s rate; by credit or debit card or Apple PayUp to 5 business days once the document is confirmed as eligibleEmail the document first for confirmation; then book an appointment and bring your DNI and the printed document
Houston (29/01/2026)“Cada apostilla tiene un costo de USD 35” (USD 35 each), by credit or debit cardAbout 2 or 3 business daysEmail the PDF downloaded from the civil registry; scanned copies are not accepted
Los Angeles (12/08/2026)“Costo: 36 dólares.”About 15 daysOne request form per document; wait for email confirmation, then pay
Embassy in Washington (14/11/2025)Amount not published: payment information is sent once the request is received—Email consular@embassyofargentina.us with the PDF (bearing the digital signature of the relevant agency)
Atlanta (23/04/2026)No amount on the page checked—Email the PDF and the request form; offered “En caso de emergencia” (in an emergency), if you cannot wait for TAD

The Chicago consulate, on its partidas page, says apostilles are requested by email to legalizacioneschicago@mrecic.gob.ar. New York also offers expedited handling of a file already opened in TAD for USD 30, for urgent cases.

Timing contradiction: the Foreign Ministry gives 20 to 30 days via TAD and up to 72 business hours via a consulate; the Los Angeles consulate gives “aproximadamente 15 días” (about 15 days) for both routes. Treat each time as what that source publishes and confirm it before committing to a date.

What can (and cannot) be apostilled

  • Digitally signed only, at some consulates: “Sólo puede diligenciarse el apostillado de documentos que posean firma digital” (only documents with a digital signature can be processed) — New York. Atlanta: partidas must have a verifiable digital signature. Miami, by contrast, accepts «Documentos públicos emitidos por autoridad u organismos argentinos en soporte electrónico o papel, que se adjunten en formato PDF o JPEG, firmados en forma digital u ológrafa/manuscrita» (public documents on electronic or paper media, attached as PDF or JPEG, signed digitally or by hand).
  • Provincial paper documents: they must first have the Ministry of the Interior’s intervention (Embassy in Washington).
  • CABA and Buenos Aires Province partidas: the New York consulate processes digital CABA partidas made up of two PDFs (the record and the GEDO certificate) and Buenos Aires Province partidas generated digitally from 2020 on with the fee paid.
  • Fee-exempt partidas: “No se podrá Apostillar partidas de Registro Civil exentas de pago” (fee-exempt civil-registry partidas cannot be apostilled) — Miami.
  • Criminal record certificates: only within 90 calendar days of issue (New York). See Argentine criminal record certificate from the US.
  • Documents issued at an Argentine consulate (a power of attorney, for example): not covered by the 1961 Hague Convention and cannot be apostilled (New York). Those powers do not need an apostille to be used in Argentina; see Argentine power of attorney at a US consulate.

If you don’t have the partida yet, see Argentine birth certificate from the US.

Electronic apostille: verification and fraud

The Embassy in Washington says Argentina has issued e-Apostilles since April 15, 2019, as a PDF combining the apostille and the document. Validity is checked on the apostille and legalization verification site using the year, number, office code and order number shown on the apostille (Miami consulate).

The New York consulate warns: “Se han detectado casos de Apostillas APÓCRIFAS” (cases of FAKE apostilles have been detected) — PDFs resembling the Foreign Ministry’s electronic apostilles, with false registration data, offered by supposed agents. The only authorized channels are those listed on the Foreign Ministry’s official site.

Does it expire? The Miami consulate says the Hague Convention sets no time limit on an apostille’s effects, but the authority you present it to may require a recent document.

A practical note: the Embassy in Washington’s apostille page links an old Foreign Ministry address; the current TAD page is the one listed in the sources below.

US documents for use in Argentina

That is the reverse path, and the consulate does not handle it. The Houston consulate says that for an official or notarized US document to be valid in Argentina it must carry the Hague Apostille, and that “El consulado no realiza la legalización por Apostilla para este tipo de documentación” (the consulate does not apostille this kind of document). It is placed by the relevant US authority (the state or the federal government); see how to apostille a document in the US.

Official sources

Last verified: 2026-10-03. General procedural information for educational purposes. The Foreign Ministry’s and each consulate’s fees and timing can change. Verify directly with Argentina’s Foreign Ministry or the consulate for your area. Not legal advice.