Most CBI cost pages itemise a six- or seven-figure donation paid in a single wire. Argentina has none. The cash cost is a flat $4,000 21 CBI advisory fee plus roughly $1,200 to $2,500 in government and third-party filing fees, against a documented $1,500-per-month income floor and two years of continuous in-country residency before naturalization. Smallest fee in the portfolio. Largest time investment.
Framing
Argentina is not a CBI program. It is a residency-to-citizenship pathway. There is no government contribution; you prove income, you live the timeline, you naturalize.
Demonstrated passive income from a foreign source. ~$1,500/month floor, set regulatorily at five times the Argentine minimum salary. Four to eight months from engagement to DNI.
DNM state fees (temporaria submission)
~$110
Paid at filing via RaDEX.
Apostille fees (home country)
Varies
Typically $20–$50 per document. Budget for 2-4 documents.
Sworn Spanish translations
$300–$800
Certified public translator. Mandatory for all non-Spanish documents.
Annual renewal fees (years 2-3)
~$110 x 2
Budget for two renewals before permanent status.
21 CBI advisory fee
$4,000
Flat engagement fee. Bitcoin-denominated. Covers file strategy, source-of-funds structuring, apostille coordination, sworn translation management, RaDEX filing support, and biometric scheduling.
Typical all-in first-year total
$1,200–$2,500
Before 21 CBI fee. Excludes travel, accommodation, and in-country setup costs.
The 21 CBI advisory fee is a flat $4,000, payable in Bitcoin (BTC, Lightning) or USDT. Live BTC/USD equivalents at the Cost Calculator.
Same income floor of ~$1,500 per month, sourced from a government or private pension rather than passive investment yield. Same 4 to 8 month processing window. Same two-year naturalization timeline under Law 346 Article 2. The cost ledger above applies in full; only the source-of-income documentation differs. We route applicants into rentista or pensionado depending on which fits their income profile.
Rentista is not an investment. It is a demonstrated cash flow.
Minimum Qualifying Flow
What Qualifies as Passive Income
Bitcoin yield strategies (Lightning routing fees, node yield, covered-call premiums, institutional lending distributions) can qualify if they produce documented, third-party-verifiable periodic payments. We structure the documentation; your yield stays your yield.
Argentina’s CBI framework was established by Decrees 366/2025 and 524/2025. Operational capacity was paused on April 14, 2026 when the Ministry of Economy cancelled Tender 34-0001-CPU25 via Resolution 522/2026. The legal framework remains in force; the operational pipeline does not.
Pre-cancellation public signaling referenced approximately USD 500,000 as a contribution floor, but that number was never codified and we will not quote it as if it were. Eligible investment vehicles, source-of-funds standards, and processing timeline are not published either. We will update this section within 72 hours of any official government announcement.
For applicants who want to be in queue when the framework reopens, we maintain a waitlist and publish a 72-hour update on this page when an official announcement lands. Until then, rentista or pensionado is the buildable pathway.
BTC, Lightning, and USDT are our payment rails for the $4,000 flat advisory fee; credit cards and bank transfers also accepted as needed. The flat-fee structure on Argentina replaces our standard 5%-of-government-fees model, because there is no government contribution to take a percentage of.
Argentine government filing fees (DNM state fees, annual renewals) are paid in Argentine pesos at filing via RaDEX. That is the Argentine state’s rule, not 21 CBI’s framing; we coordinate the peso conversion at the point of filing. Translation and apostille fees are paid directly to the providers in whatever currency they accept.
Argentine rentista review focuses on the monthly arrival of foreign passive income into a Central-Bank-registered Argentine account. Source-of-wealth posture for Bitcoin yield is documented the same way we document it everywhere else: origin (mining, purchase, salary, business), custody (which wallets, which exchanges, since when), on-chain analysis, reconciliation against bank or exchange records. The Bitcoin-yield documentation matters for the income stream; the Bitcoin-position documentation matters for the bank account on the receiving end.
The full methodology is public: Bitcoin source-of-funds methodology.
At $4,000 flat advisory plus roughly $1,200 to $2,500 in government and third-party filing fees, Argentina is the lowest-cost program 21 CBI advises on. The trade-off is time: two continuous years of in-country residency before naturalization. Every other program in the portfolio buys speed with capital; Argentina spends time instead of money. The Argentine passport that lands on the other side ranks #15 globally, with 168 visa-free destinations including the Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, Japan, and South Korea.
If Argentina is the right shape (rentista first, naturalization in year three, CBI when and if it reopens), the next step is a confidential call. We will give you our honest reading of fit, income documentation strategy, and two-year residency posture against your specific situation. Encrypted. No obligation.
Adam Juchniewicz, CEO, 21 CBI
