Nicolas Laurin calculates that, on the reported terms, a fully financed US$800,000 bond costs more than the US$350,000 contribution.
Argentina CBI will divide and revive the industry in equal measure, argues Jeremy Savory, as buyers weigh price against permanence.
One bill would void citizenships already granted, another would keep them, and neither offers a refund.
Aly El Dakroury argues that governance, not marketing, will decide whether Argentina’s citizenship programme lasts.
The starting price is lower than what the media has been circulating, with a dependent-based pricing framework in play.
Onur Sümer of GSC International argues Argentina can borrow mechanisms from both precedents while inheriting the conditions of neither.
From Spain’s two-year Ibero-American track to Brazil’s one-year CPLP route: Here’s where the right first passport shortens the wait.
Pound for pound, one of the most powerful citizenship-by-investment propositions the market has seen. And passport power is the least interesting thing about it.
Some countries ask for a signature and a modest fee; others demand military service, an exit tax, or refuse to let go at all. Here’s your map of the nationality exit door.
A bloc-by-bloc map of the fastest realistic naturalization paths, ranked from quickest to slowest. Three speed tiers, one settlement footprint per passport, and a 2026 snapshot of what’s still in flux.
Paula Carello worked inside Argentina’s migration authority. She says the country isn’t close to ready for citizenship by investment.
Eleven months after creating the agency, Argentina puts someone at the desk. The program itself remains undefined.
Across the Americas, being born on national soil usually means citizenship on day one. In Brazil and Costa Rica, the parents benefit too.
Paraguay offers permanent residency from $150,000 via three new investment tracks; Argentina’s Caputo says a golden visa is in development.
The evaluation recommended a winner in March. Six weeks later the tender was dead after two losing bidders had filed challenges.
Six continents, six fastest routes to a new passport. CBI programs dominate where they exist. Where they do not, naturalization timelines decide the race.
Argentina’s CBI evaluation report is out. Four of six bidders were declared inadmissible.
Argentina has addressed what practitioners called the CBI program’s single largest fiscal obstacle: Automatic tax residency.
From the Caribbean to Central Asia and the Pacific, governments keep announcing CBI plans. Few have followed through.
Most people think of passports as keys to a single country. But what if one passport could open the door
