Argentine Passport - Regular Passport

Regular Passport

In accordance with Mercosur regulations, it is blue-covered, with the legend MERCOSUR written on its top, followed by the country's name in Spanish (REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA), the national coat of arms and the word PASAPORTE (Passport). A biometric passport has the e-passport symbol at the bottom.

It has a data page with a machine-readable zone and a digital photograph of the passport holder. All the information is written in Spanish and English.

• Photograph
• Type of document (P for Passport)
• Country code (ARG)
• Passport number
• Surname
• Given names
• Nationality (if the person adopted the Argentine nationality, it will show Argentino por Opción -Argentine by election-)
• Date of Birth
• DNI number
• Gender
• Place of Birth (Province and country code)
• Issuing date
• Expiration date
• Signature
• Fingerprint

The previous version also included:

• Passport copy (i.e. number of passports the bearer had before the current one)
• Marital Status
• Police-registry Number

A map of South America appears on the back of Argentine passports, showing the country's location within the continent and within Mercosur, together with the Argentine Antarctic Claim (Antártida Argentina).