Argentina Citizenship
A monitored Argentina pathway. Availability and qualification terms require confirmation before an application is proposed.
- Minimum
- Case by case
- Timeline
- Variable
- Residence
- Variable
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- Minimum
- Case by case
- Timeline
- Variable
- Outcome
- Path to citizenship
- Presence
- Variable
- Dual citizenship
- Permitted
The opportunity
Why Argentina
Argentina has an established naturalisation route based on two continuous years of legal residence. Its separately announced investment-based citizenship route remains subject to implementing rules and is not open for applications as of the review date.
The investment route has no confirmed qualifying amount or application timetable. If you are considering Argentina now, distinguish a residence-based plan from an expression of interest in the announced investment initiative.
Who it suits
May fit. May not.
Argentina suits applicants who want a route toward citizenship. The two lists show where it fits and where another program serves better.
May fit if you want
- Applicants willing to complete Argentina's established two-year continuous legal residence before applying for naturalisation under Ley 346, using an existing residence category such as rentista or inversionista.
- Applicants interested in MERCOSUR regional mobility and a nationality Argentina's Constitution treats as non-renounceable, held alongside their existing citizenship.
- Applicants comfortable monitoring Argentina's announced investment-based citizenship route (Decreto 524/2025) while its implementing regulations are finalised.
May not fit if you need
- Applicants who need an application they can file today under the announced investment route — the Ministry of Economy had not published which investments qualify as 'relevant' as of the review date, and applications are not open.
- Applicants relying on a specific investment dollar figure or fee for the investment route — no Argentine government source has published one; only private advisory estimates exist.
- Applicants who need settled legal certainty on the no-residency investment pathway — a federal appeals court found a related decree unconstitutional as applied to one applicant in June 2026, with the matter reported as under further review.
Requirements
Eligibility
Who can apply is set by three rules on the applicant and qualification.
Who can apply
Applicant
- Be aged 18 or over.Ley de Ciudadanía y Naturalización No. 346, Article 2. Describes the established naturalisation route, not the announced investment-based offer.
Qualification
- Prove continuous, legal residence in Argentina for the two years immediately before the naturalisation application.Ley 346, Article 2. Time spent outside Argentina during the period can interrupt it.
- Hold a qualifying temporary residence category before that two-year period — for example rentista (foreign-sourced income of at least five times the minimum vital wage) or inversionista (a productive, commercial or service investment of at least AR$1,500,000).Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, argentina.gob.ar.
Alternatives
Compared with alternatives
How Argentina compares with two citizenship-by-investment programs: Antigua & Barbuda from $230,000 and El Salvador from $1,000,000.
This program
Argentina Citizenship
- From
- Case by case
- Timeline
- Variable
- Family
- Not specified
You are here
Antigua & Barbuda Citizenship
- From
- $230,000
- Timeline
- Variable
- Family
- Spouse + children + parents + dependents
Questions
Program FAQ
Short answers to six questions about Argentina Citizenship.
No. Decreto 524/2025 (published 31 July 2025) created the legal basis, but as of the review date the Ministry of Economy had not published which investments qualify as 'relevant,' so applications are not open.
No Argentine government source has published a figure. The decree delegates that decision to the Ministry of Economy; any specific dollar amount published elsewhere is not government-confirmed.
Yes. Under the Argentine Constitution, Argentine nationality is non-renounceable, so it is held alongside any other citizenship a person has or acquires.
Nationals of MERCOSUR member states can obtain simplified residence under the MERCOSUR Residence Agreement (approved for Argentina by Ley 25.903); it is a separate mobility right from the naturalisation routes described here.
Not entirely settled. A related decree in the same reform, Decreto (DNU) 366/2025, was found unconstitutional as applied to one applicant by a federal appeals court in June 2026; the matter was reported as under further review as of the last check.
This page does not state a specific number. Reported figures come from secondary reporting of Henley Passport Index data; Wealthy Expat could not independently confirm the current figure by fetching Henley's own page directly as of the review date.
Next step
Understand the program's status before you plan.
Register your interest to discuss what is confirmed and what remains pending. Eligibility, costs and an application timetable can only be assessed once the relevant rules and availability are confirmed. No documents are collected at this stage.
- Program: Argentina Citizenship — included automatically
- No approval guarantee — decisions rest with the authorities