Argentina citizenship by investment from Dubai
Argentina citizenship by investment from $350,000, with Schengen visa free access. Join the waiting list before applications open.
The Argentina Citizenship by Investment Program gives eligible investors and their families Argentine citizenship for a $350,000 non refundable contribution to the National Treasury, or $800,000 in a special government bond. The government says applications open in the fourth quarter of 2026, and no residence requirement has been announced. We prepare your file now so you are first in line when it opens.
- Contribution of $350,000, or $800,000 in a government bond, with family add on prices published
- We give our fee in writing before you pay anything
- We never promise approval, which belongs to the Argentine government
Argentina has announced citizenship by investment, but applications are not open yet.
Argentina offers full citizenship for a $350,000 non refundable contribution or $800,000 in a government bond, with no residence requirement announced. An Argentine passport gives visa free access to the Schengen Area for up to 90 days in any 180. Applications are expected in the fourth quarter of 2026. Join our free waiting list. We give our fee in writing before you pay anything.
Short stays of up to 90 days in any 180 day period, with no Schengen visa application.
Argentine citizens need an Electronic Travel Authorisation before travelling. It is an online application, not a visa.
Argentina is not in the Visa Waiver Program, so ESTA is not available. A visitor visa interview is needed.
Visa free travel to neighbouring countries such as Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Colombia, plus a simplified route to residence in many of them (conditions apply).
Where an Argentine passport takes you
Tap or hover any country to see the entry rule for Argentine passport holders. Use the buttons to zoom into a region or filter by visa type.
Tap or hover a country to see the entry rule for Argentine passport holders.
Entry rules change often and each country sets its own conditions, such as passport validity and stay length. Checked 3 November 2026 against official government and industry sources. Always confirm before you travel. China visa free entry for Argentine citizens is currently announced to 31 December 2026. Russia and some other countries also ask visa free visitors to register online before arrival.
See the full list of countries (229)
Visa free (138)
- Albania90 days
- Andorra
- Angola30 days
- Anguilla90 days
- Antigua and Barbuda30 days
- Armenia180 days
- Aruba30 days
- Austria90 days
- Bahamas90 days
- Barbados90 days
- Belarus90 days
- Belgium90 days
- Belize
- Bermuda180 days
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina90 days
- Botswana90 days
- Brazil
- Bulgaria90 days
- Cayman Islands180 days
- Chile
- China30 days
- Colombia
- Cook Islands31 days
- Costa Rica90 days
- Croatia90 days
- Curacao90 days
- Cyprus90 days
- Czechia90 days
- Denmark90 days
- Dominica180 days
- Dominican Republic30 days
- Ecuador
- El Salvador90 days
- Estonia90 days
- Eswatini30 daysExtendable
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji120 days
- Finland90 days
- France90 days
- Georgia365 days
- Germany90 days
- Gibraltar
- Greece90 days
- Greenland
- Grenada30 days
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala90 days
- Guernsey
- Guyana90 days
- Haiti90 days
- Honduras90 days
- Hong Kong90 days
- Hungary90 days
- Iceland90 days
- Ireland90 days
- Isle of Man180 days
- Israel
- Italy90 days
- Jamaica30 days
- Japan90 days
- Jersey180 days
- Kazakhstan30 days
- Kenya90 days
- Kiribati90 days
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan30 days
- Latvia90 days
- Liechtenstein90 days
- Lithuania90 days
- Luxembourg90 days
- Macau90 days
- Malaysia90 days
- Malta90 days
- Martinique
- Mauritius180 days
- Mayotte
- Mexico180 days
- Micronesia30 days
- Moldova90 days
- Monaco
- Mongolia90 days
- Montenegro90 days
- Montserrat180 days
- Morocco90 days
- Netherlands90 days
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand90 days
- Nicaragua90 days
- Niue30 days
- North Macedonia90 days
- Norway90 days
- Oman14 days
- Palestine
- Panama90 days
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines30 days
- Pitcairn Islands14 days
- Poland90 days
- Portugal90 days
- Qatar90 days
- Romania90 days
- Russia90 days
- Saint Barthelemy
- Saint Helena
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- San Marino
- Serbia90 days
- Seychelles90 days
- Singapore30 days
- Slovakia90 days
- Slovenia90 days
- South Africa90 days
- South Korea90 days
- Spain90 days
- St Kitts and Nevis
- St Lucia42 days
- St Vincent and the Grenadines90 days
- Suriname90 days
- Sweden90 days
- Switzerland90 days
- Tajikistan30 days / 60 days
- Thailand90 days
- Trinidad and Tobago90 days
- Tunisia90 days
- Turkey90 days
- Turks and Caicos Islands90 days
- Ukraine90 days
- United Arab Emirates90 days
- United Kingdom180 days
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan30 days
- Vanuatu30 days
- Vatican City
- Venezuela90 days
- Wallis and Futuna
- Zambia90 days
Visa on arrival or eVisa (63)
- Afghanistan30 days, eVisa
- AustraliaeVisa
- Azerbaijan30 days, eVisa
- Bahrain14 days, on arrival
- Bangladesh30 days, on arrival
- Benin30 days, eVisa
- Bhutan90 days, eVisa
- Burkina FasoeVisa
- Burundi30 days, on arrival
- Cambodia30 days, on arrival
- CamerooneVisa
- Cape Verde30 days, on arrival
- ChadeVisa
- Comoros45 days, on arrival
- Cuba90 days, eVisa
- Djibouti90 days, eVisa
- DR Congo7 days, eVisa
- Egypt30 days, on arrival
- Equatorial GuineaeVisa
- Ethiopiaup to 90 days, on arrival
- Gabon90 days, eVisa
- Guinea90 days, eVisa
- Guinea-Bissau90 days, on arrival
- India30 days, eVisa
- Indonesia30 days, on arrival
- Iran30 days, eVisa
- Iraq30 days, eVisa
- Ivory Coast90 days, eVisa
- Jordan30 days, on arrival
- Laos30 days, on arrival
- Lebanon30 days, on arrival
- Liberia90 days, eVisa
- LibyaeVisa
- Madagascar90 days, on arrival
- Malawi90 days, on arrival
- Maldives30 days, on arrival
- Marshall Islands90 days, on arrival
- Mauritania30 days, eVisa
- Mozambique30 days, on arrival
- Myanmar28 days, eVisa
- Namibia90 days / 90 days, on arrival
- Nepal90 days, on arrival
- Nigeria30 days, eVisa
- Pakistan90 days, eVisa
- Palau30 days, on arrival
- Papua New Guinea60 days, eVisa
- Rwanda30 days, on arrival
- Samoa90 days, on arrival
- Sao Tome and Principe15 days, eVisa
- Senegal30 days, on arrival
- Sierra Leone90 days, eVisa
- Solomon Islands90 days, on arrival
- Somalia30 days, eVisa
- South SudaneVisa
- Sri Lanka30 days, on arrival
- SyriaeVisa
- Tanzania90 days, on arrival
- Timor-Leste30 days, on arrival
- Togo15 days, eVisa
- Tuvalu30 days, on arrival
- Uganda90 days, eVisa
- Vietnam90 days, eVisa
- Zimbabwe30 days, on arrival
Visa required (28)
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Brunei
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Eritrea
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guam
- Kuwait
- Lesotho
- Mali
- Nauru
- Niger
- North Korea
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Puerto Rico
- Republic of the Congo
- Saudi Arabia
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Sudan
- Taiwan
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Turkmenistan
- United States
- Yemen
Argentina Citizenship by Investment at a Glance
- Programme
- Argentina Citizenship by Investment Programme, created by Decree 366/2025 and regulated by Decree 524/2025 of 31 July 2025
- Announced
- 2 October 2026, by Economy Minister Luis Caputo at Argentina Week in Paris
- Cost for one adult
- $350,000 non refundable contribution, or $800,000 in a special government bond
- Family add ons
- $100,000 for a spouse or an unmarried child aged 18 to 25 without children. $25,000 for each child under 18
- Who decides
- The Agency for Citizenship by Investment Programs checks the investment and the applicant, then recommends. The National Directorate of Migration decides within 30 business days
- Residence
- The usual two years of residence is waived. No stay requirement has been announced
- Status
- Applications expected in the fourth quarter of 2026. No portal, opening date or agent rules published yet
- Passport
- Visa free Schengen Area (90 days in any 180). UK online permission (ETA) needed. US visa needed
- Other nationalities
- Argentina does not require you to give up your current nationality. Your home country rules still apply
How Much Does Argentine Citizenship Cost?
The government has published the contribution for each family member. These totals use the $350,000 contribution route.
- One adult
- $350,000
- Couple
- $450,000
- Couple and one child under 18
- $475,000
- Couple and two children under 18
- $500,000
- Couple, one unmarried child aged 18 to 25 and one child under 18
- $575,000
Not included: government background check and processing fees (not yet published), legal translations and apostilles, bank transfer costs, and advisory or agent fees. We will publish our own fee in writing before we accept any client.
The bond route: $800,000 in a special government bond. Reports say it is held for seven years without interest, but this is not confirmed. Family amounts for the bond route have not been confirmed either.
Is the Argentina Citizenship Contribution Refundable?
- Contribution route: the announced contribution from $350,000 goes to the National Treasury and is non refundable.
- Bond route: $800,000 in a government security for the main applicant. Reports say a seven year term and no interest, but the final terms are not published, so it is not confirmed whether the principal is returned. Dependants make separate contributions, which are non refundable.
- Fees: government and professional fees are not refundable, including if an application is refused.
Official terms can change, and fees are not refundable. Confirm the current rules on the government site before you pay anything.
How to Apply for Argentina Citizenship by Investment
- Prepare the file. The official document list has not been published. Expect passport copies, police certificates from every country you have lived in, and proof of where the funds come from.
- Agency review. The Agency for Citizenship by Investment Programs checks the investment and your background and recommends approval or refusal.
- Decision. The National Directorate of Migration decides within 30 business days of the recommendation.
- Payment. You pay the contribution or subscribe to the bond. The exact order of payment has not been published.
- Citizenship and passport. Once citizenship is granted you apply for the Argentine passport. Whether you must visit in person for biometrics or an oath is not confirmed.
It is also not yet confirmed whether applicants must use an accredited agent. The government cancelled its master agent tender in April 2026, and agent accreditation criteria are still to be published.
Do You Need to Live in Argentina?
No residence requirement has been announced. Normal naturalisation in Argentina needs two years of legal residence, and the investment programme waives that requirement. One consultancy says an in person biometric visit is needed, but the government has not said so. If you are asked to travel, we will tell you here.
Tax: Argentina has reportedly changed its tax code so that citizens naturalised under the programme do not automatically become Argentine tax residents. Confirm this with a tax adviser before you apply.
What Does an Argentine Passport Give You?
- Schengen Area: visa free entry for up to 90 days in any 180 days. You do not need to apply for a Schengen visa for short visits.
- United Kingdom: visa free, but you need the online travel permission (ETA) before you travel.
- United States: you still need a visa. Argentina is not in the ESTA visa waiver programme.
- South America: visa free travel and easy entry to neighbouring countries, including those in the Mercosur trade area (Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and others), subject to the entry conditions in force.
- Total: sources count about 168 to 170 destinations. The number changes over time.
Visa free means you can enter without applying for a visa. It is not residency, and it does not let you live or work in Europe.
How it works, and how we handle it for you
Register interest, get your documents ready early and let us coordinate everything with the lawyer when the programme opens. See the step by step process
Argentina Citizenship by Investment Risks: Read This Before You Register
- Not open yet. There is no portal, opening date or published agent rules.
- Legal challenge. The programme rests on an emergency decree, not a law passed by Congress. Courts ruled against parts of Decree 366/2025 in individual cases in June 2026. The matter has reached the Supreme Court, and bills to repeal the programme were filed in August and October 2026.
- EU scrutiny. The EU has asked five Caribbean countries to close their citizenship programmes by 1 June 2028 or risk losing Schengen visa free access. Analysts expect Argentina to face similar scrutiny. There is no EU decision on Argentina. Citizenship already granted would not be removed, but visa free access could be.
- Home country rules. Some countries do not allow dual citizenship. Check yours before you apply.
- Cost changes. Fees and amounts may change before applications open.
Argentina Compared With Other Options
Type
- Argentina (when open)
- Citizenship and passport
- Caribbean passport
- Citizenship and passport
- Schengen residence permit
- Residence card, not a passport
Cost
- Argentina (when open)
- From $350,000
- Caribbean passport
- From $200,000
- Schengen residence permit
- From about $56,000 (Latvia) to $558,000 (Portugal)
Living there
- Argentina (when open)
- None announced
- Caribbean passport
- None or very few days
- Schengen residence permit
- None to 7 days a year, depending on the country
Schengen without a visa
- Argentina (when open)
- Yes, as a citizen
- Caribbean passport
- Yes, as a citizen
- Schengen residence permit
- Yes, while the card is valid
Main risk
- Argentina (when open)
- Legal challenge and expected EU scrutiny
- Caribbean passport
- EU asked for closure by 1 June 2028
- Schengen residence permit
- No EU suspension risk, but it is not a passport
Available today
- Argentina (when open)
- No
- Caribbean passport
- Yes
- Schengen residence permit
- Yes
We can explain which option fits your passport and travel plans. Ask us on WhatsApp.
How Visa Doctor Will Help
Visa Doctor FZC is a UAE registered immigration services company (trade licence 4417571.01, Sharjah Publishing City Free Zone). We are not a government authorised agent for any programme. We are following the Argentina programme and will publish the official rules here as soon as they appear.
Where we stand today: Argentina has not yet published its rules for agents, so there is no application route to file through yet. When the criteria are published we will follow the route the government sets.
What the free waiting list gives you: a message when applications open, a straight answer on whether Argentina suits your passport and your Schengen plans, and our fee in writing before you pay anything.
Argentina Citizenship by Investment: Frequently Asked Questions
How much does Argentine citizenship by investment cost?
One adult pays a $350,000 non refundable contribution, or invests $800,000 in a special government bond. A spouse or an unmarried child aged 18 to 25 without children adds $100,000, and each child under 18 adds $25,000. A couple with two children under 18 pays $500,000 on the contribution route. Government background check fees, government processing fees and advisory fees are extra and have not been published yet.
Is Argentina citizenship by investment open for applications?
Not yet. The government announced the programme on 2 October 2026 and expects applications to open in the fourth quarter of 2026. No portal, opening date or agent rules have been published.
Do I have to live in Argentina to get citizenship?
No residence requirement has been announced. Normal naturalisation needs two years of legal residence, and the programme waives that. One consultancy says an in person biometric visit may be needed, but the government has not confirmed it. We will update this page when the rules are published.
Can I travel to the Schengen Area without a visa with an Argentine passport?
Yes. Argentine citizens can enter the Schengen Area without a visa for up to 90 days in any 180 days. This is visa free travel only. It does not give the right to live or work in Europe. The EU can change visa free access, so read the risks section before you decide.
Can I travel to the USA or UK with an Argentine passport?
Argentine citizens need a US visa, and they are not eligible for ESTA. For the UK they need the online travel permission (ETA) before they fly.
Can I keep my current nationality?
Argentina does not require you to give up another nationality. Your home country decides whether you can hold two. For example, India does not allow dual citizenship, so check your own rules before you apply.
Could the Argentina programme be cancelled?
It could be challenged. The programme rests on an emergency decree rather than a law passed by Congress. Courts ruled against parts of Decree 366/2025 in individual cases in June 2026, the matter has reached the Supreme Court, and bills to repeal the programme were filed in August and October 2026. We will report any change here.
How long will it take?
The National Directorate of Migration has 30 business days to decide after the agency recommends the application. The total time depends on the government background checks and has not been published. One industry firm estimates the first citizenships in early to mid 2027, which is an estimate and not an official date.
Is Argentina better than a Caribbean passport?
It depends on what you need. Argentina is expected to cost more, is not open yet and faces legal challenges. Caribbean passports are available now, but the EU has asked five Caribbean countries to close their programmes by 1 June 2028 or risk losing Schengen visa free access. A Schengen residence permit avoids that risk, but it is a residence card and not a passport.
Does it cost anything to join the Argentina waiting list?
No. Joining the Visa Doctor waiting list is free and carries no obligation. We will message you when the official rules are published, and we will give you our fee in writing before you pay anything.
Is Visa Doctor licensed to handle citizenship by investment applications?
Visa Doctor FZC holds a UAE trade licence (4417571.01) that covers immigration services. We are not a government authorised agent for any programme. Argentina has not yet published its rules for agents, so applications cannot be filed yet. We give our fee in writing before you pay anything.
Sources and Last Check
Last checked on 2 November 2026. Facts come from Argentina Decree 366/2025 and Decree 524/2025, the government announcement of 2 October 2026, and reporting by Investment Migration Insider, CEOWORLD, the Rio Times and Henley and Partners. Items marked as reported or not confirmed come from industry sources, not the government.
This page is general information. It is not legal, tax or immigration advice.
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