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Investment migration

Argentina citizenship by investment for business owners

Argentina citizenship by investment for business owners begins with a capital question: how much money can the applicant personally and lawfully commit? A company valuation, business turnover and an individual's available cash are different figures.

The October announcement names a Treasury contribution and a program bond. It does not name buying an Argentine business, funding a startup or purchasing property as a qualifying citizenship route.

Example: a US$3 million company sale

Hypothetical scenario: a founder hears that a business sale for US$3 million makes the contribution affordable. The transaction includes deferred payments, a holdback and tax liabilities. The founder also shares ownership with another shareholder.

The sale headline is not the founder's spendable cash. Before assessing a citizenship commitment, the founder needs the amount actually received, their ownership share, remaining liabilities and evidence linking any distribution to personal funds.

This scenario does not prescribe tax treatment. It shows why gross exit value is an inadequate budget.

Example: profitable company, limited personal liquidity

Another hypothetical owner has valuable shares in a growing company but little money outside the business. Paying from the company account may involve corporate authority, tax, banking and program questions. The final Argentina procedures must establish whether that structure is acceptable.

The owner should not assume that a high valuation satisfies a funding requirement or that corporate money can be treated as personal savings.

See the founder liquidity worksheet table below.

Founder liquidity worksheet

Founder liquidity planning questions
Planning questionWhy it matters
What has actually been paid to you?Distinguishes realized proceeds from future payments
Who owns the sending account?Identifies personal, corporate or third-party funding
What taxes and obligations remain?Prevents budgeting the gross figure as available capital
What documents connect the distribution?Supports an explainable funding history
What business cash must remain available?Assesses the commercial impact of committing capital

Do not turn this worksheet into a legal approval score.

Use the source-of-funds page for traceability examples, the tax page for residence distinctions and the cost page for household calculations.

Discuss your business funding structure

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Sources

Checked against the evidence register on the dates shown. Announced terms are not a final rulebook.

  • Economy Ministry, October 2 announcementAnnounced contribution/bond amounts, family categories, Q4 intake target Source date: 2026-10-02. Checked: 2026-10-06. Status: officially-announced.
  • Law 27,802, Article 194Income-tax residence treatment for investment naturalization Source date: 2026-03-06. Checked: 2026-10-06. Status: stated-in-legislation.

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