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Residencia por Pensionado. Temporary residence for retirees with a regular pension from a government, international body, or foreign employer.

Free · The law behind every answer · Checked Sep 27, 2026

Residencia por Pensionado

Temporary residence, up to 3 years through the entry-permit route, otherwise 1-year renewable.

Who qualifies

Whether you keep your U.S. citizenship depends on the route you take later.

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Does it fit your family?

2 questions, from the program’s own rules.

Steady monthly income, from any source?

Not legal advice.

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What it takes.

Income
At least $1,800 a month, steady and documented.
Time
Weeks to a few months.
Cost
Government fees plus legalisation and translation.
The hard part
Documenting the pension as a genuine third-party benefit rather than personal savings.

Dollar figures are converted from the local currency at the rate the program’s research used; the official figure is in the local currency.

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Citizens by 2030.

If your first permit is issued in 2027 and you keep living there, this is the road.

  1. 2027
    First residence permit

    1 year, renewable for 1 year at a time.

  2. 2028
    Renew the permit

    Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.

  3. 2029
    Renew the permit

    Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.

  4. 2029
    Apply for citizenship
  5. 2030
    Citizenship
Time away
Two years of continuous residence immediately before applying, filed before a federal judge. The 2025 decree's rule that any trip abroad breaks the clock was struck down in court, and the electoral court annulled the decree's move of citizenship to the immigration service on 30 June 2026; keep trips short and documented until judges settle a reading.
Two passports
Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.
  • Same road as the rentista permit: naturalisation after 2 years of continuous residence, before permanent residence at 3.
  • The official Ley 346 text on argentina.gob.ar still shows art. 2 as rewritten by DNU 366/2025 ('continuous and legal' residence, handled by Migraciones). After the 30 June 2026 ruling, cases went back to federal judges; the court text itself was not read, only press reports.
  • Language and civics: Ley 346 sets no test; whether individual judges check Spanish is practice, not law.
  • Before the decree, the Supreme Court (Ni I Hsing, 2009) held the 2 years need not be under a formal residence permit; from memory, not re-read today.
  • Ley 346 asks for no renunciation of a former nationality; no official page stating dual citizenship outright was read.
  • No official decision-time figure; federal court waits vary by district.
  • How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.
The law behind these dates
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Living there.

Time you must spend there
None for renewal; the naturalisation clock's zero-exit rule was struck down in mid-2026 litigation, but minimize absences until the law settles, as with Rentista.
Tax
The foreign pension may be taxed once tax resident, depending on treaty coverage.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

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Start today.

  1. Request an appointment with the DNM or a consulate and submit pension documents.Open argentina.gob.ar ↗
  2. Round up the papers.
    • Proof of steady income: at least $1,800 a month
    • Request your FBI Identity History Summary
    • Health cover for the move
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Or let us run it.

$900for your first year as a founding member. Then $399 a year, automatically.Standard first year: $1,200. Everyone renews at $399.One membership, the whole family. Accounts and activation included.

19 steps, from the first paper to the passport. You do 4 of them: send what we ask for, sign, and show up. We run the rest, and keep every permit renewed on time. Accounts and activation are included, whether you move now or keep the plan ready. Accounts depend on provider availability. Government, record and approved third-party charges are extra.

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