Argentina: ordinary naturalisation

Two legal years without exits

Article 2(1), amended in May 2025, requires two continuous legal years immediately before applying. It expressly defines continuity as remaining in Argentina throughout those two years without any departure abroad. This is both a lawful-residence requirement and a strict physical-continuity condition.

Effective from 2025-05-29

Status, identity and lawful livelihood

The current service is for adult foreigners with temporary or permanent residence. It requires an Argentine DNI, occupation or lawful means of livelihood, an Argentine criminal-record certificate demonstrating no criminal record, and an express wish to become Argentine before Migraciones. Permanent residence is not the only accepted status.

Current administrative application

The amended law assigns naturalisation certificates to the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, coordinating identity registration with RENAPER. The current service starts through RaDEX and is described as partly in person. Registration and document upload lead to further instructions, not automatic approval or a wholly online grant.

Multiple nationality and foreign-law limits

Argentina's consular guidance states that already holding other nationalities does not itself prevent acquiring Argentine nationality and that Argentine nationality cannot be renounced. Effects on an existing foreign nationality depend on that country's law. The same consular page's court-process description is not used as current procedural authority.