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Announced programme
The investment route has been in the law since May 2025, the agency has had a head since April 2026, and the government named the amounts in October 2026. Nobody is accepting applications yet.
Announced, no applications yet
Argentina has prepared citizenship by investment in three steps. In May 2025, Decree 366/2025 amended the Ley de Ciudadanía: since then, anyone who proves a relevant investment in the country can be naturalised without ever having lived there. In July 2025, Decree 524/2025 laid down the procedure, and in April 2026 the new agency for the programmes was given an executive director. Finally, on 2 October 2026, Economy Minister Luis Caputo presented the amounts.
One step is still missing, and it is the decisive one: the Ministry of Economy's regulation defining which investment counts as relevant, together with the agency's rules for applications. Until both appear in the Boletín Oficial, nobody will accept an application. The ministry has named the fourth quarter of 2026 for the launch, but not a date.
Legal basis: Ley de Ciudadanía N° 346, Arts. 2, 2 bis, 6 bis and 6 ter, as amended by Decree DNU 366/2025 (Boletín Oficial of 29 May 2025); procedure: Decree 524/2025 (Boletín Oficial of 31 July 2025)
Competent authority: Agencia de Programas de Ciudadanía por Inversión, Ministry of Economy
| Investment route in the law | foreign nationals who prove to the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones that they have made a relevant investment in the country, however long they have lived there (Ley 346, Art. 2) Source |
|---|---|
| What counts as relevant | decided by the Ministry of Economy, including through investment projects of its own (Art. 2 bis); no such decision has been published to date Source |
| Agency | Agencia de Programas de Ciudadanía por Inversión within the Ministry of Economy: designs, runs and oversees the programmes, accepts applications and recommends approval or refusal to the migration authority (Arts. 6 bis and 6 ter) Source |
| Head of the agency | an executive director since 22 April 2026, appointed by Decree 285/2026 (Boletín Oficial of 28 April 2026) Source |
| Vetting | the agency assesses the investment and obtains reports from the Ministry of Security, the financial intelligence unit UIF, the criminal records registry, the national population register RENAPER and the SIDE intelligence service; the migration authority decides within 30 working days of receiving the recommendation (Decree 524/2025, Art. 4) Source |
| Announced: main applicant | a non-refundable contribution of 350,000 USD to the Tesoro Nacional, or a subscription to a purpose-made government bond of 800,000 USD Source |
| Announced: family | 100,000 USD each for a spouse and for unmarried children aged 18 to 25 without children of their own, 25,000 USD each for children under 18; the government's example: a couple with two minor children pays 500,000 USD Source |
| Launch | in the course of the fourth quarter of 2026, according to the Ministry of Economy; no date, no application channel and no regulation setting the amounts have been published Source |
| Source of funds | all money moves through the regular financial system and is checked to OECD and FATF standards Source |
| Courts | the Cámara Nacional Electoral declared DNU 366/2025 null and void on 30 June 2026 in the case Yang, Liping (statement by the public prosecution service of 2 July 2026); the government lodged a recurso extraordinario, which the chamber admitted on 24 September 2026, and the Corte Suprema has not yet ruled (Infobae, 7 October 2026) Source |
Under the announcement, the main applicant chooses between two routes. The 350,000 USD contribution to the Tesoro Nacional is a payment to the state that you will not see again. The 800,000 USD government bond ties up more capital but remains a security; the government has said nothing yet about its interest rate or term. If you choose the bond, you carry Argentina's country risk for as long as it runs.
Your family joins for fixed contributions. By the government's own calculation, a couple with two minor children comes to 500,000 USD.
Decree 366/2025 is an emergency decree (decreto de necesidad y urgencia), and that is precisely what the courts are taking aim at. The Cámara Nacional Electoral declared it null and void in a single naturalisation case, as the public prosecution service announced on 2 July 2026. The government has appealed; the chamber admitted the appeal on 24 September 2026, and the case now lies with the Corte Suprema. What this means for you: the investment route is in the law, but its legal footing is disputed. If you want to be among the first, check the legal position on the day you pay, not on the day of the announcement. Meanwhile, naturalisation after two years of residence, which Argentina offered long before the reform, remains open.
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No. The government presented the programme on 2 October 2026 and announced the launch for the fourth quarter of 2026. Neither the Ministry of Economy's regulation defining which investment counts as relevant nor an application channel has been published yet.
The main applicant pays 350,000 USD to the treasury or subscribes to a government bond of 800,000 USD. Spouses and children aged 18 to 25 cost 100,000 USD each, children under 18 cost 25,000 USD each. So far these figures appear only in the ministry's announcement, not in any legal instrument.
Yes: naturalisation after two years of continuous, lawful residence in Argentina under Art. 2 of Ley 346. For that, you first need a residence permit.
The court declared Decree 366/2025 null and void in a single naturalisation case. The government has appealed; since the court admitted the appeal on 24 September 2026, the case has been with the Corte Suprema, which has not yet ruled. For the investment route, this means that until the legal position is settled, there is a legal risk you should know about before you pay anything.
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