Visa requirement
Burkina Faso visa for Argentine citizens
Official-source answer with stay limit, cost, required documents and last verification date.
Verified answer
Argentine citizens need an eVisa to enter Burkina Faso for up to 90 days.
Last verified: (yesterday)
What this means: An eVisa is a real visa you apply and pay for online before travel; approval arrives before you fly, unlike a visa on arrival.
Confidence: Medium Likely current — confirm details with the official source.
- 90 days
- 33000 XOF
- Apply online before you fly
Before you travel
- 1 Entry step Apply online before you fly Official route (opens in a new tab)
- 2 Stay limit 90 days
- 3 Official fee 33000 XOF
- 4 Passport validity Visa Burkina's entry-conditions page requires a valid passport or accepted travel document, but the checked public pages do not publish one universal six-month passport-validity rule for this short-stay route. Validity source (opens in a new tab)
- 5 Transit airside transit: required; landside transit: required; Visa Burkina publishes a transit-visa route for foreigners transiting through Burkina Faso; no universal airside-transit waiver is encoded from the checked official pages. Transit source (opens in a new tab)
- 6 Freshness Checked 29 Jun 2026; confidence: medium
Shareable verdict: Argentine citizens need an eVisa to enter Burkina Faso for up to 90 days. Checked 29 Jun 2026.
Open SVG cardCost note
Visa Burkina's official short-stay cost table lists a tourist visa fee of 33,000 XOF for a single-entry tourist visa and 55,000 XOF for a multiple-entry tourist visa. This row encodes the single-entry tourist fee only.
Passport and transit notes
- Passport validity
- Visa Burkina's entry-conditions page requires a valid passport or accepted travel document, but the checked public pages do not publish one universal six-month passport-validity rule for this short-stay route.
- Validity source (opens in a new tab) Validity guide
- Transit
- airside transit: required; landside transit: required; Visa Burkina publishes a transit-visa route for foreigners transiting through Burkina Faso; no universal airside-transit waiver is encoded from the checked official pages.
- Transit source (opens in a new tab) Transit guide
What you need
- Argentine ordinary passport or other accepted travel document that remains valid for the trip
- Approved Burkina Faso eVisa / pre-visa before travel, unless an official visa agreement, residence permit or exemption applies
- Short tourism or visitor purpose
- Travel details matching the intended stay and entry date
- Health record or vaccination/health evidence if required under international health regulations
- Return transport ticket, repatriation deposit or official waiver if requested
- Payment method for the official eVisa / pre-visa fee and any payment-processing charge
Why this verdict
Argentine citizens are encoded through Burkina Faso's official eVisa / pre-visa route for ordinary short-stay tourism or visitor travel. No ordinary-passport visa-free rule is inferred from visa agreements or special-document exemptions without a direct source. This destination-wave matrix record is intentionally conservative: ordinary passport, short tourism/visitor travel only. Work, study, residence, diplomatic/service passports, non-tourist visits, visa agreements, residence-permit routes, health rules, carrier checks, border discretion and the live Visa Burkina application flow can change the practical answer. Reconfirm with Visa Burkina, Burkina Faso immigration or a Burkinabe mission before booking.
Conditional rules
- Traveller is a national of an African country covered by the official visa-fee waiver eVisa
Up to 90 days. The Presidency source says African nationals do not pay visa fees, but that the waiver is not a visa exemption. Use only when the traveller's ordinary passport is in that cohort.
- Visa agreement, residence permit, permit route or official exemption applies Conditional
Visa Burkina's entry-conditions page recognises entry by visa, visa agreement, permit, residence permit or exemption. This row does not infer a specific exemption without a direct country-specific official source.
- Traveller requests a multiple-entry tourist visa eVisa
Up to 90 days. Visa Burkina's short-stay cost table lists the multiple-entry tourist visa at 55,000 XOF; the issued visa controls the actual entries and permission.
- Stay beyond 90 days or long-stay purpose Visa required
Visa Burkina separates short-stay and long-stay visas. Longer stays need the correct long-stay or residence route.
- Work, study, residence, diplomatic/service passport, official duty or other non-tourist purpose Visa required
The official short-stay page says a short-stay visa does not give the right to work in Burkina Faso without prior labour-authority authorisation.
- Transit through Burkina Faso Visa required
Visa Burkina publishes a separate transit-visa route for foreigners transiting through Burkina Faso. Verify airside and landside transit with the carrier and official route before travel.
Frequently asked questions
- Do Argentine citizens need a visa for Burkina Faso?
- Argentine citizens need an eVisa to enter Burkina Faso for up to 90 days. (eVisa.) Verified 29 Jun 2026 against the official source.
- How long can Argentine passport holders stay in Burkina Faso?
- Up to 90 days.
- How much does the Burkina Faso entry cost for Argentine citizens?
- The official fee is 33000 XOF. This page tracks the official government fee only, not agent markup.