# 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. *[Interactive tool on the HTML page: liquidity-worksheet. See the canonical HTML for the live tool.]* ## Founder liquidity worksheet *Founder liquidity planning questions* | Planning question | Why 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](/guides/argentina-citizenship-by-investment-source-of-funds) for traceability examples, the [tax page](/guides/argentina-citizenship-by-investment-tax-residency) for residence distinctions and the [cost page](/guides/argentina-citizenship-by-investment-cost) for household calculations. - [Source-of-funds examples](https://www.argentinaresidencyvisa.com/guides/argentina-citizenship-by-investment-source-of-funds) - [Tax residency rules](https://www.argentinaresidencyvisa.com/guides/argentina-citizenship-by-investment-tax-residency) - [Household cost examples](https://www.argentinaresidencyvisa.com/guides/argentina-citizenship-by-investment-cost) ## Sources - [S1: Economy Ministry, October 2 announcement](https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/luis-caputo-anuncio-la-puesta-en-marcha-del-programa-de-ciudadania-por-inversion-de) — Announced contribution/bond amounts, family categories, Q4 intake target (officially-announced) - [S4: Law 27,802, Article 194](https://www.argentina.gob.ar/normativa/nacional/ley-27802-423680/texto) — Income-tax residence treatment for investment naturalization (stated-in-legislation) ## Related - [Source of funds](https://www.argentinaresidencyvisa.com/guides/argentina-citizenship-by-investment-source-of-funds) - [Tax residency](https://www.argentinaresidencyvisa.com/guides/argentina-citizenship-by-investment-tax-residency) - [Cost examples](https://www.argentinaresidencyvisa.com/guides/argentina-citizenship-by-investment-cost) --- Opening day not verified. An operational public application channel has not been established in this review. Bond hold term status: not-verified.