Minimum cost
$100
application fee
Timeline
2 years
residency required
Visa-free access
169
passport rank #16
Dual citizenship
Allowed
Path to citizenship
- Residency2 years · any
- Apply180-365 days
- Citizenshipafter the oath
Overview
- Country
- Argentina
- Program
- Argentina Standard Naturalization
- Local name
- Naturalización Argentina
- Type
- Naturalization
- Status
- Active
- Residency required
- 2 years
- Processing time
- 180-365 days
- Dual citizenship
- Allowed
- Visa-free countries
- 169 destinations
- Passport rank
- #16 (Henley Index)
One of the fastest naturalization programs in the world. Requires 2 years of continuous legal residency on a temporary or permanent residence permit. Since Decree 366/2025 (May 2025), strict no-exit policy during the 2-year period is enforced — even brief trips abroad can reset the clock. Applications processed administratively by DNM rather than through courts.
Fees and costs
- Application fee
- $100
Eligibility and requirements
- Minimum age 18+
- Police clearance required
- Medical exam not required
- Interview required
- Language Conversational Spanish
- Oath required
Residency requirements
- Residency required
- 2 years
- Residency type
- Any
- Continuous
- Must be unbroken
- Income required
- Must demonstrate honest means of subsistence or lawful occupation
Passport and mobility
- Passport rank
- #16 (Henley Index)
- Visa-free access
- 169 countries
- Passport validity
- 10 years
- EU citizenship
- No
- Schengen access
- No
- US E-2 treaty
- Yes — eligible for US investor visa
Physical presence
- Must visit country
- Yes
How to apply
- Method
- Online
- Apply from abroad
- Must apply in-country
- Application type
- Open
- Official website
- www.argentina.gob.ar
- Legal basis
- Ley 346 de Ciudadanía y Naturalización; Decree 366/2025
Notes and caveats
Decree 366/2025 (May 2025) shifted processing from federal courts to DNM and imposed strict no-exit policy during the 2-year residency period. Among the shortest naturalization timelines globally.