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Youth Mobility / Working Holiday — Argentina

PortugalYouth mobility

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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Which nationalities and age range can participate?

Argentinian citizens residing in Argentina, aged between eighteen (18) and thirty (30) years old, both inclusive, on the date of submission of the application.

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What combination of travel, work, study or training does the programme permit?

Work is incidental to the holiday; participants cannot work for more than six (6) months or have a permanent work contract, and training courses or professional development courses are allowed for up to six (6) months.

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What are the defining limitations: quota, ballot, previous participation, employer limits, study limits or equivalent?

Previous participation is not allowed. Work is incidental to the holiday: participants cannot work for more than six (6) months or have a permanent work contract, and training courses or professional development courses are allowed for up to six (6) months. The official source does not state a quota or ballot.

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What funds, insurance, onward travel or similar preparation is particularly important?

Participants need sufficient financial resources to support travel and the duration of their stay, including proof of return ticket or proof of means of subsistence, and travel insurance and health insurance valid for the duration of the stay covering hospital costs and medical repatriation.

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  • Argentina - Requirements
    Possess sufficient financial resources to support travel and the duration of their stay, including proof of return ticket or proof of means of subsistence;
  • Argentina - Requirements
    Hold a travel insurance and health insurance valid for the duration of the stay covering hospital costs and medical repatriation;

How long can the person stay, can the programme be extended or repeated, and what happens when it ends?

Argentinian participants may remain in Portugal on holiday for a maximum period of 12 months under the Memorandum of Understanding signed between Argentina and Portugal; staying for over 12 months is not allowed, and previous participation is not allowed. The official source does not state what happens when it ends.

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Limits of the record
  • What happens when the stay ends is not stated.
  • The Argentina-specific no-stay-over-12-months and no-prior-participation conditions are cited by the protected R3 answer and are not restated here.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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