# Resolution 522/2026 Explained: What Argentina's Tender Cancellation Actually Means On April 14, 2026, Argentina's Minister of Economy signed Resolution 522/2026 and cancelled the international tender to select an operator for the Citizenship by Investment program. This page explains what that resolution covered, what it left untouched, and why it is often misread as ending the program itself. - [Full program status timeline](https://www.argentinaresidencyvisa.com/argentina-citizenship-by-investment-program-status) ## What the tender was for In December 2025, Argentina launched an international tender (Concurso Público N° 34-0001-CPU25) to select an operator to design and run the Citizenship by Investment program. The tender was a procurement process for operational capacity — not a repeal of the decrees that created the program's legal framework. It closed on January 20, 2026, with six firms submitting bids. ## Why the tender was cancelled An evaluation commission recommended a winning consortium on March 5, 2026, but that recommendation never advanced to a formal contract award. Resolution 522/2026 cancelled the tender entirely. Public reporting around the resolution points to unresolved divergences between the approaches proposed by bidders and the government's public-policy objectives. No contract was awarded, and no compensation was owed to bidders under the terms of the cancellation. ## What Resolution 522/2026 did not do The resolution ended the procurement process. It did not repeal Decree 524/2025 (the administrative framework) or DNU 366/2025 (the investment-for-residency amendment to citizenship law). Those instruments remain separate from the cancelled tender. Treating the tender cancellation as a full program repeal conflates two different legal acts. ## What happens next No revised procurement timeline has been announced. Separately, DNU 366/2025 is before Argentina's Supreme Court after adverse rulings in two lower courts — a process that matters more to the program's core benefit than the cancelled operator tender. For the full chronological record of confirmed events, see the program status page. Opening day not verified. An operational public application channel has not been established in this review. Bond hold term status: not-verified.