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Process

How to get Argentine citizenship by investment, step by step

Applications go to the APCI, pass through checks by several state agencies, and are decided by the migration directorate. Here is each step, as far as the published procedure goes.

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The process

Five steps from file to passport

Decree 524/2025 sets out who looks at your file and who decides. Forms and timings follow with the implementing rules.

  1. 01

    Prepare

    Gather identity documents and the paper trail for the money: where it came from and how it reached you. Due diligence starts here.

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  2. 02

    Apply to APCI

    The application goes to the Agencia de Programas de Ciudadanía por Inversión, the agency created to run the programme.

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  3. 03

    Due diligence

    APCI requests reports from the intelligence service, the Financial Intelligence Unit, RENAPER, the criminal records registry and the security ministry.

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  4. 04

    Recommendation

    APCI sends a reasoned recommendation to the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, which grants or refuses citizenship.

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  5. 05

    Invest and naturalise

    The contribution or bond is completed, citizenship is granted, and the applicant can then apply for an Argentine passport.

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Each step

In more detail

1. Prepare

Gather identity documents and the paper trail for the money: where it came from and how it reached you. Due diligence starts here.

2. Apply to APCI

The application goes to the Agencia de Programas de Ciudadanía por Inversión, the agency created to run the programme.

3. Due diligence

APCI requests reports from the intelligence service, the Financial Intelligence Unit, RENAPER, the criminal records registry and the security ministry.

4. Recommendation

APCI sends a reasoned recommendation to the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, which grants or refuses citizenship.

5. Invest and naturalise

The contribution or bond is completed, citizenship is granted, and the applicant can then apply for an Argentine passport.

Get ready

What to start gathering

The official documents list is not published yet. These are what citizenship by investment programmes ask for in general, and what the announced due diligence implies.

  • A valid passport for each applicant
  • Birth and marriage certificates for family members
  • Police certificates from the countries you have lived in
  • Records showing where the investment money came from: sale of a business or property, salary, inheritance, investments
  • Bank statements showing how the funds moved

Still to be published

  • Government fees and due diligence charges
  • The bond’s term and how principal is returned
  • Processing times
  • Application forms and the documents list
  • How advisers and agents are accredited
  • Whether an in-person visit is needed, for example for biometrics

Sources

  1. Decreto 524/2025 · Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina, 31 July 2025
  2. Luis Caputo anunció la puesta en marcha del Programa de Ciudadanía por Inversión de Argentina · Ministry of Economy, Argentina.gob.ar, 2 October 2026
  3. Argentina Announces CBI Program Pricing and Launch Timeframe · IMI Daily, 2 October 2026