The New York Consulate General's main mission is to facilitate

Required VISA Documentation for Academic Year Students Attending

NYU in Buenos Aires from Fall 2011 through to Spring 2012

The Consulates General of Argentina are not affiliated with New York University. They are

entities of the Argentina national government that issue visas for students and perform

other functions. Please keep in mind that Consulates independently create and/or

change their requirements for obtaining a Student Visa without any prior notification.

Please use this document as supplementary guidance to the instructions provided by the

Consulates General of Argentina and other government entities mentioned in this

document.

Student Visas for Long Term Studies – more than 180 days

On August 18, 2006, a NEW REGULATION concerning student visas was enforced. “Disposición

20.699/2006” of the Argentine Immigration Authority (Dirección Nacional de Migraciones),

sets out different requirements according to the nationality of the prospective student, length

of studies and nature of the course.

CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER TOURIST-VISA EXEMPT COUNTRIES (EXCLUDING

PARTICIPANTS IN CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS OR INTERNSHIPS)

Longer-term studies

: Students will enter as “tourists”, but must bring their Passport, FBI

Identification Record, and Long Form Birth Certificate with the appropriate Hague

Convention Apostile, to the NYU in Buenos Aires staff upon arrival (please see below). Our

staff in Buenos Aires will assist you in securing a student visa and, within 30 days of

enrollment, applicants must submit to the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones the

following documents:

Valid passport – valid through July 2012 for spring semester. You should have at least one

completely free page for the visa.

Official Letter of Admission/Enrollment from recognized school/educational institution in

Argentina. WE WILL PROVIDE THIS LETTER IN BUENOS AIRES.

 FBI Identification Record- Please note it takes 13 weeks for the FBI to process this upon

receipt of your request. (See instructions http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/fprequest.htm

 A Clear Criminal Record Certificate from Argentina will also need to be issued by the

Argentine Federal Police Department or the “Registro Nacional de Reincidencia” (will

be requested once in Argentina).

Long Form Birth Certificate with Exemplification Form must be legalized with the Hague

Convention “Apostille”, or authenticated by the Argentine consulate abroad. (See

instructions for “Apostille”)

**Please note that students who are from either the District of Columbia, Mississippi or Puerto Rico and

under the age of 21 have to bring parental consent. Parental consent to travel must also be legalized with the

Hague Convention “Apostille”. **

REQUESTING YOUR LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE WITH LETTER OF EXEMPLIFICATION AND

GETTING IT NOTARIZED

If you were born in any of the five boroughs, you must request a Long Form Birth Certificate

and Letter of Exemplification from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, located

at 31 Chambers Street, Room 103, New York, NY 10007. You may also access the

Municipal Archives' Web site at www.nyc.gov/doris

. The Department of Health and

Mental Hygiene has three main methods by which you can apply for a copy of your birth

certificate:

• Internet

• Mail

• In-person

Birth Certificate Forms

• Birth Certificate Application Form

• Birth Certificate, Correction Form and Instructions

To contact DOHMH's Office of Vital Records, please use the Vital Records Comment Form

Once you have your long form birth certificate with the Letter of Exemplification

you

should bring it to the NYC Country Clerks Office in for it to be notarized.

NYC County Clerks Office

60 Centre Street Room 141B

646-386-5932

Monday – Friday

9 AM – 5 PM

$3 Fee (Cash or Money Order)

(Please note: This takes an average of 2 weeks to process).

All Other County Clerks Office and Long Form Birth Certificates

If you were born outside of the five boroughs

but your permanent home address is now

within the five boroughs you need to obtain an original Long Form Birth Certificate with the

Letter of Exemplification from the Vital Records Office in the Town, City or County you

were born in and have the County Clerks Office in the location you were born in notarize

them.

If you can’t get to the location where you were born, you should take your original Long

Form Birth Certificate, along with the Apostille Affidavit (from our website), to be notarized

by the County Clerks Office in the city or town in which you presently live.

If you were born in another state

but no longer live in that state, you should take your

original Long Form Birth Certificate with you, along with the Apostille Affidavit (from our

website) to be notarized by the County Clerks Office of the city or town in which you

presently live.

If you were born in a foreign country but no longer live in that country and have legal

residence in the US, you should take your original Birth Certificate with you, along with the

Apostille Affidavit (from our website) to be notarized by the County Clerks Office of the

city or town in which you presently live. You should also check with the Consulate of

Argentina for information regarding this procedure.

If you were born in a foreign country and your permanent home address is not in the US,

please contact the Consulate of Argentina for information regarding this procedure.

GETTING THE APOSTILLE FOR YOUR LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE

Hague Convention Apostille

Once you have your Birth Certificate notarized, you will go to the Department of State,

Certification Unit in NYC, to have the Hague Convention Apostille affixed to them. You

can apply to this office if you are resident of the following counties: New York, Kings,

Queens, Bronx, Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland and Richmond. All other

documents will be submitted through your home state’s, Department of State,

Certification Unit.

All New York State residence students who live outside the New York City areas as

mentioned above, will have to apply for their Hague Convention Apostille through the

Department of State, Certification Unit in Albany, New York. Please refer to our website for

the list “State Locations for the Hague Convention Apostille.”

All other students who are permanent residents in other states will have to apply for their

Hague Convention Apostille through the Department of State, Certification Unit of their

home state.

All non-US citizens with non-US residence must contact the Consulate of Argentina for

information regarding this procedure.

New York Department of State

Certification Unit

123 Williams Street

Floor

New York, New York

212-417-5684

Monday – Friday

9 AM – 3:30 PM

Fee: $10.00 for each Apostille (Cash, Check or Money Order – No Credit Cards)

(Please note: This takes an average of 2 weeks to process).

All NYU students should work on obtaining these documents before the semester ends.