Argentina Investor Visa

Summary

Argentina’s investor residence category is for a productive project that immigration accepts after assessing its economic value, the applicant’s own funds, and their lawful source. The regulation still lists ARS 1,500,000, set in 2010, but that old figure is not a reliable price for a project that will be accepted.

A passive deposit or ordinary home purchase does not qualify by itself. This is temporary residence through a productive investment; Argentina's separate citizenship-by-investment framework has its own criteria and filing process.

Eligibility

You need to show all of the following:

• They are a foreign national seeking Argentine residence.
• The money belongs to them. The regulation describes investment of the applicant's own assets.
• The proposed activity is productive, commercial, or service-based and is of interest to Argentina.
• They can describe a workable project, including what the activity will do, where it will operate, how much will be invested, and when the investment will be carried out.
• They can prove the lawful source and availability of the funds.
• They can complete the investment within the timetable accepted by the reviewing authorities. Migraciones sets a binding deadline for completing the investment.
• They have the required personal documents and meet Argentina’s entry and residence rules.

The old ARS 1,500,000 text is only one part of that test. Migraciones sends the project for a review by the relevant economic authority. Approval is therefore not automatic once a bank balance reaches the nominal amount.

For a residence application made in Argentina, the usual personal documents includes a valid identity document, proof of lawful entry and Argentine address, and criminal-record certificates. Migraciones' current guidance generally asks an applicant aged over 16 for an Argentine criminal-record certificate and a certificate from each country where the person lived for more than one year during the preceding three years. Foreign public records normally need apostille or consular legalization, and documents not in Spanish need an accepted Spanish translation.

The investment documents you need depend on the project and how you apply. Expect to document the business or activity, ownership and control, financing, where the money came from, the timetable, and any permits needed for the proposed sector. A professional may help prepare those materials, but no official source supports a universal private-advisor fee or guarantees that a particular business form will qualify.

What This Route Allows

An approved applicant receives temporary residence in Argentina. Temporary residents may live, study, and work in the country during the validity of their authorization, subject to any professional or sector-specific rules. A temporary resident can obtain an Argentine DNI through the normal identity-document process.

Temporary residence can also form part of a later permanent-residence history. Argentina's current Migraciones FAQ says that a non-MERCOSUR national generally needs three years of temporary residence before requesting permanent residence and must have remained in Argentina for more than half of the authorized residence period. This is a separate application, not an automatic conversion, and the rule in force when the person applies controls.

Check the dates on your residence approval. The Migration Law permits temporary categories to be granted for up to three years, but applicants should not assume that every investor receives the maximum term or that renewal will be approved without evidence that the accepted project was actually carried out.

What This Route Is Not

A property purchase, bank deposit, or savings balance alone does not qualify. Property, securities, or a minority company holding may form part of a larger operating project, but you must meet the business-project requirements.

Investor residence does not guarantee permanent residence. A later application depends on your residence history, time in Argentina, and continued eligibility.

It is also separate from citizenship by investment. Decree 524/2025 created an agency and process for that program. As of October 3, 2026, the government announcement anticipated applications later in the fourth quarter; an open application process had not been confirmed here. Investor residence alone does not establish eligibility for that program.

Residence approval does not replace company registration, tax, currency-transfer, licensing, employment, or professional requirements.

Next Steps

1. Describe what your project will produce or sell, where it will operate, and who will run it.
2. Show which of your own assets will fund it and how you obtained them lawfully.
3. Prepare a realistic budget and timetable. Use the capital the business needs, rather than a currency conversion of the old minimum.
4. Check business, tax, local, professional, environmental, and other approvals with the relevant authorities.
5. Ask Migraciones, Argentina’s migration authority, where to apply, how to present the project, and which authority will review it.
6. Prepare your identity, entry, address, and criminal-record documents, including any authentication and Spanish translations.
7. After approval, keep bank, accounting, ownership, licensing, payroll, and operating records showing that you carried out the project.

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Sources

• Migration Law 25,871, current consolidated text — Article 23(d) establishes temporary residence for investors, and the law explains the rights and general duration of temporary residents.
• Decree 616/2010, implementing regulation — Article 23(d) describes own assets, the productive/commercial/service project, nominal investment amount, implementation deadline, and technical review.
• Migraciones: residence categories — official distinction between transitory, temporary, and permanent residence and the DNI consequence of temporary residence.
• Migraciones: frequently asked residence questions — official guidance on foreign records, renewal timing, physical presence, and the usual temporary-to-permanent residence period.
• Decree 524/2025 — creates the separate citizenship-by-investment agency and process; it does not turn Article 23(d) investor residence into citizenship.