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Multiple citizenships: what they mean for your move to Argentina
Holding two or three passports almost always makes relocation easier — but it raises a few questions worth settling early: which passport to enter with, which country's paperwork to gather, and what happens when you eventually want Argentine citizenship.
The good news: Argentina is relaxed about multiple citizenship. You will not be asked to give up your Israeli, Ukrainian, US or any other passport — neither for residency nor for naturalization.
Which passport to enter with
The golden rule is consistency. The passport you enter with becomes your migration record, and your residency is filed under it. Don't switch passports between trips while your paperwork is in progress — to the migration office it looks like two different people.
Pick the passport by two criteria: visa-free entry (citizens of the US, Israel, Ukraine, the EU and most of Latin America get 90 visa-free days in Argentina) and the country whose documents are easiest for you to obtain and apostille.
Documents: every citizenship adds paperwork
Residency requires police clearance certificates from the countries you've recently lived in, and a birth certificate from your country of birth. Multiple citizenships often mean multiple jurisdictions where you'll order documents and get apostilles.
- Birth certificate — from the country you were born in, apostilled
- Police clearance — from countries of residence in recent years
- Everything gets translated by a sworn translator (traductor público) in Argentina
- A name change in one of your passports will require a linking document
Argentine citizenship as an addition, not a replacement
After two years of continuous legal residence you can apply for citizenship. Argentina does not require renouncing your existing passports — you simply add one more. The Argentine passport gives visa-free access to the EU, the UK, Japan and most of the world.
One nuance: inside Argentina, the state regards you as Argentine. After naturalization you enter and leave Argentina on your Argentine passport, while your other passports keep working everywhere else.