Announced 2 October 2026 announcement; Q 4 intake expected
Argentina — Citizenship by Investment —announced
The 2 October announcement states funding options, family additions and an APCI assessment followed by a DNM decision. Amounts are announced programme terms.
Government announcement targets Q4 2026.
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Evidence & review dates · 13 October 2026
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Argentina Ministry of Economy ↗All sources & limitations →Suggest a correction →Selected source-backed facts checked 2026-10-24. Other facts retain their cited source dates.
- Legal outcome
- Announced citizenship framework
- Announced contribution / concept amount
- $350,000
- Announced family example
- $500,000
- Presence
- Announced
Cost breakdown
A complete itemised government-fee subtotal is not listed here. The qualifying amount remains separate from document, professional and other charges.
Use the current government schedule for the exact applicant cohort.
Reported timing and passport access
Observed periods and publisher passport categories
Passport Index snapshot
105 visa-free · 46 visa on arrival · 9 eTA
The publisher totals these as 160 destinations. This is a third-party index snapshot checked 2026-10-23, not a government guarantee. It concerns an ordinary national passport after citizenship and passport issuance; residence alone does not give these rights.
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Current and upcoming changes
Official research update · 2026-10-24
Income-tax residence: Investment naturalisation alone does not trigger income-tax residence under article 116. Permanent residence and the temporary-authorisation test still matter; this is not a blanket tax exemption. Checked 2026-10-22. Official source ↗
Deputies bill: Deputies file 5254-D-2026, dated 2 October, proposes prohibiting investment naturalisation. The official record lists committee referrals; it does not establish an enacted repeal. Checked 2026-10-22. Official source ↗
Senate bill: Senate file S-1441/26 entered on 24 August 2026 and was referred to three committees on 4 September. The reviewed record has no committee-report date. This is a proposed prohibition, not an enacted repeal. Checked 2026-10-22. Official source ↗
Judicial position: The MPF reports a ruling on DNU 366/2025 and judicial competence in a citizenship case. Obtain current advice on its scope and appeals; the announcement does not settle that question. Checked 2026-10-22. Official source ↗
Original judicial decision: The 30 June 2026 judgment in CNE 8843/2023/CA1 declares DNU 366/2025 null, reverses the lower decision and orders official communications. The file predates the decree and concerns ordinary citizenship. Checked 2026-10-22. Official source ↗
Regional residence has conditions: The Mercosur agreement’s nationality definition includes naturalised nationals who have held that nationality for five years. A new Argentine passport does not itself establish immediate residence or work rights throughout the region; check the destination’s own route. Checked 2026-10-23. Official source ↗
New request for executive information: Deputies proposal 5568-D-2026, dated 16 October, requests information about the announced programme. Its committee referrals are not an enacted prohibition, an executive answer or evidence of live intake. Checked 2026-10-23. Official source ↗
Agency appointment is not intake: Decree 285/2026 records APCI’s executive appointment from 22 April. It does not establish an operational application channel, a private intermediary mandate or final bond terms. Checked 2026-10-23. Official source ↗
Published funding and target window: The Ministry’s 2 October announcement gives US$350,000 contribution or US$800,000 bond subscription, a US$500,000 principal/spouse/two-minor contribution example, and a Q4 2026 target. Checked 2026-10-24. Official source ↗
Each claim shows its own check date. Other profile facts retain their own dates.
Argentina citizenship, residence and tax: three separate decisions →
Family of four
Household assumptions and eligibility
Principal, spouse and two children aged under 12. Eligibility, age definitions and dependency rules apply. Base amount: $500,000.
Announced spouse/eligible adult child US$100 k; under 18 US$25 k
Requirements
Eligibility, presence and exceptions
The 2 October announcement states funding options, family additions and an APCI assessment followed by a DNM decision. Amounts are announced programme terms.
- Presence
- 2025 framework waives ordinary residence duration for relevant investment
- Holding / ongoing duties
- Announced public-bond subscription: US$800,000 principal.
Travel access
Destination rules, conditions and source dates
This route does not establish ordinary national-passport privileges. Short visits; personal circumstances and entry conditions apply. Each rule retains its own check date.
- UK visits
- ETA / visit-visa exempt
Current ordinary Argentine passport rules for short visits; ETA and visitor conditions apply. These rights follow nationality and passport issuance, not an announcement or payment.
Checked 2026-10-24.
- Appendix Visitor: visa national list ↗UK Home Office · Immigration rules · Checked
What this source supports
Current ordinary-passport visit-visa requirements. Rules updated 8 October 2026.
- Check if you can get an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) ↗UK Visas and Immigration · · Checked
What this source supports
- Appendix Visitor: visa national list ↗UK Home Office · Immigration rules · Checked
- Schengen visits
- Visa-exempt · 90/180
Current ordinary Argentine national passport: short visits up to 90 days in any 180. Entry, validity and purpose conditions apply.
Checked 2026-10-14.
- Consolidated Regulation 2018/1806, 30 December 2025 ↗European Union EUR-Lex · Government guidance · Checked
What this source supports
Annexes I/II and qualifying footnotes; ordinary national passports only
- Consolidated Regulation 2018/1806, 30 December 2025 ↗European Union EUR-Lex · Government guidance · Checked
- USA visits
- Visitor visa required
Argentina is outside the current US Visa Waiver Program. Individual status-based exceptions can apply.
Checked 2026-10-24.
- Visa Waiver Program nationality and passport requirements ↗US Department of State · Government guidance · Checked
What this source supports
VWP requires participating citizenship/nationality, a qualifying passport and ESTA. A noncitizen investment document does not itself establish those requirements.
- Visa Waiver Program nationality and passport requirements ↗US Department of State · Government guidance · Checked
- Canada visits
- Conditional air eTA
Eligible Argentine citizens travelling by air can use an eTA if they held a Canadian visa in the last ten years or hold a valid US nonimmigrant visa. Other travellers and land/sea arrivals use the applicable visitor visa rules.
Checked 2026-10-24.
- Visa-required travellers who may qualify for an eTA ↗Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · Government guidance · Checked
What this source supports
Antigua, St Kitts and St Lucia: conditional air-travel eTA; past Canadian visa or valid US nonimmigrant visa required
- Entry requirements by nationality, status and travel document ↗Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · Government guidance · Checked
What this source supports
Entry conditions depend on citizenship, travel document, status and transport. Foreign residence does not itself create a new nationality. Canadian and US permanent residents have separately described document rules.
- Visa-required travellers who may qualify for an eTA ↗Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · Government guidance · Checked
Global category counts, where shown above, are attributed publisher snapshots. The selected destination rules here use government evidence. Recognition of a document is separate from visa exemption.
Sources
Publications, supporting claims and review dates
Checked means the cited material was reviewed, not that the authority published a new rule that day. Source authority and retrieval limitations are recorded below.
Announcement of citizenship by investment programmeArgentina Ministry of Economy · Checked
Government guidance
Announced US$350,000 contribution / US$800,000 bond; family additions; expects intake Q4 2026.
Relevant investment and agency frameworkArgentina Ministry of Economy · Checked
Government guidance
Decrees 366/25 and 524/25; investment exception regardless of residence duration; agency assessment.
Argentina citizenship-by-investment announcement, 2 October 2026Argentina Ministry of Economy · Checked
Government guidance
Announced contribution and bond options, family amounts, Q4 2026 target and APCI-to-DNM assessment sequence.
Appendix Visitor: visa national listUK Home Office · Checked
Immigration rules
Current ordinary-passport visit-visa requirements. Rules updated 8 October 2026.
Check if you can get an electronic travel authorisation (ETA)UK Visas and Immigration · Checked
Consolidated Regulation 2018/1806, 30 December 2025European Union EUR-Lex · Checked
Government guidance
Annexes I/II and qualifying footnotes; ordinary national passports only
Visa Waiver Program nationality and passport requirementsUS Department of State · Checked
Government guidance
VWP requires participating citizenship/nationality, a qualifying passport and ESTA. A noncitizen investment document does not itself establish those requirements.
Visa-required travellers who may qualify for an eTAImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · Checked
Government guidance
Antigua, St Kitts and St Lucia: conditional air-travel eTA; past Canadian visa or valid US nonimmigrant visa required
Entry requirements by nationality, status and travel documentImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · Checked
Government guidance
Entry conditions depend on citizenship, travel document, status and transport. Foreign residence does not itself create a new nationality. Canadian and US permanent residents have separately described document rules.
Income Tax Law, current article 116ARCA · Checked
Official publication
Investment naturalisation alone does not establish income-tax residence. The permanent-residence and temporary-authorisation rules remain applicable; existing permanent residents remain resident.
Bill 5254-D-2026: official legislative recordChamber of Deputies · Checked
Official publication
A bill dated 2 October 2026 proposes prohibiting investment naturalisation; its record lists committee referrals. A proposal is not proof of enactment.
Senate file S-1441/26Senate of Argentina · Checked
Official publication
Proposal entered 24 August 2026 and referred to three committees on 4 September. The reviewed record has no committee-report date. This is not a repeal law.
Judicial competence and DNU 366/2025Ministerio Público Fiscal · Checked
Official publication
Institutional account of a citizenship case: judicial competence and nullity of the DNU. This report alone does not resolve the present appeal position or every prospective investor case.
CNE 8843/2023/CA1, judgment of 30 June 2026National Electoral Chamber; official MPD repository · Checked
Original judicial decision
Declares DNU 366/2025 null, reverses the lower decision, and orders communication to the Security Ministry and federal electoral judges. The file concerns an ordinary pre-decree citizenship application, not an investment application.
Mercosur residence agreement, Law 25.903, articles 2–5Argentina official legislation · Checked
Official publication
Treaty nationality definition includes naturalised nationals who have held nationality for five years. Temporary residence and its conversion require an application and documents.
Deputies information request 5568-D-2026Chamber of Deputies of Argentina · Checked
Official publication
16 October 2026 proposal requests executive information about the programme announced on 2 October; referred to Constitutional Affairs and Population/Human Development.
Decree 285/2026: APCI executive appointmentArgentina official legislation · Checked
Official publication
Published 28 April 2026; appoints Aixa Granara as APCI executive director ad honorem from 22 April.
Argentina passport dashboardPassport Index / Arton Capital · Checked
Publisher passport-access snapshot
Publisher-reported destinations on an ordinary national passport: visa-free, visa on arrival and eTA are separate categories. Their sum is the publisher mobility score; it is not a visa-free-only count or a government entitlement.
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