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Citizenship
Program 2
Citizenship
Program 3
Citizenship

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Outcome

Legal outcome: Turkey Citizenship by Investment
Direct citizenship
Argentina Citizenship
Direct citizenship
St Kitts & Nevis Citizenship
Direct citizenship

Investment and cost

Minimum: Turkey Citizenship by Investment
From $400,000 · 6 routes
Argentina Citizenship
From $350,000 · 2 routes
St Kitts & Nevis Citizenship
From $250,000 · 4 routes

Qualifying routes

Real estate
Deposit
Business investment
Bonds
Investment fund

Government contribution
Bonds

Government contribution
Real estate

Known cost categories

Qualifying investment
Government fees

Qualifying investment
Government fees

Qualifying investment
Government fees

Timeline

Estimated timeline: Turkey Citizenship by Investment
3 to 5 months
Argentina Citizenship
Variable
St Kitts & Nevis Citizenship
4 months or more

Presence and renewal

Physical presence: Turkey Citizenship by Investment
None
Argentina Citizenship
None
St Kitts & Nevis Citizenship
None

Minimum stay: Turkey Citizenship by Investment
No residence requirement is stated for this citizenship route, before or after the grant.
Argentina Citizenship
None stated
St Kitts & Nevis Citizenship
None stated

Renewal: Turkey Citizenship by Investment
Retain the qualifying investment for at least 3 years on the real estate, deposit, bond, fund and pension routes.
Argentina Citizenship
Not applicable — citizenship is permanent
St Kitts & Nevis Citizenship
Not applicable — citizenship is permanent

Family

Who is included: Turkey Citizenship by Investment
Spouse, minor children, adult dependent children
Argentina Citizenship
Spouse, minor children, adult dependent children
St Kitts & Nevis Citizenship
Spouse, minor children, adult dependent children, parents

Conditions

Adult dependent children: Adult children who are dependent can be included (Turkish Citizenship Law No. 5901, Article 12). The law does not define dependency, so eligibility is assessed case by case.

Spouse: Joins by proving the family relationship and making an additional US$100,000 Treasury contribution.
Minor children: Each child under 18 joins with an additional US$25,000 Treasury contribution.
Adult dependent children: Unmarried and without children of their own. Each joins with an additional US$100,000 Treasury contribution. How and when the age limit is assessed has not been published.

Adult dependent children: Unmarried children aged 18 to 29 who are substantially supported by the main applicant or the spouse; children of any age with a qualifying mental or physical disability.
Parents: Parents of the main applicant or the spouse, aged 55 and over, who live with and are fully supported by the main applicant.

Main restrictions

Applicant

No prior Turkish residence or language requirement applies on the investment route.

Not specified

Principal applicant must be at least 18 years old.
Attend a virtual interview and submit biometric information.

Background: Turkey Citizenship by Investment
Pass Turkish national-security and public-order screening.
Argentina Citizenship
Pass the Agency's vetting of identity, the traceability and lawful origin of funds, assets and finances, jurisdictional risk, criminal and reputational records, and immigration history.
St Kitts & Nevis Citizenship
Hold no criminal record; the Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU) performs strict background checks and due diligence.

Qualification

The qualifying investment is verified by the authority responsible for the chosen route.

Make the non-refundable Treasury contribution of US$350,000, or buy the US$800,000 government bond, and prove the family relationship for each dependant you add.
Move every payment through the formal financial system, meeting anti-money-laundering, counter-terrorist-financing and financial-transparency standards.

Possess sufficient financial resources to make the required contribution or investment, and document its lawful source.

Risks and trade-offs

Material risks

Thresholds, fees and processing times change by regulation — the property minimum has risen before.
The qualifying investment must be held for three years; the regulation allows moving between qualifying investment types to complete the three years.
No visa-free Schengen or US travel on this passport.

Decreto (DNU) 366/2025, which created the investment route and the Agency, has been challenged in court. On 18 June 2026 a federal appeals court (Sala III, Cámara Nacional de Apelaciones en lo Civil y Comercial Federal) held it unconstitutional, as regards moving naturalisation from the courts, in one applicant's case and returned her request to a federal judge. On 30 June 2026 the Cámara Nacional Electoral declared the decree null in another applicant's case and told the Ministry of Security to instruct the National Directorate of Migration accordingly. Neither ruling examined the investment route itself, although the decree the Cámara Nacional Electoral declared null is the one that created it. The second case is reported to be before the Supreme Court.
The government bond ties up US$800,000; its terms have not been published, and press reports say it must be held for seven years and pays no interest. Advisers note that a lower entry price does not make a route the right one without comparing liquidity and opportunity cost.
Requirements, fees and processing estimates can change.

Requirements, fees and processing estimates can change.
The Public Benefit Option's contribution is paid after approval in principle, and the official texts state no refund terms for it; the regulations call the SISC non-refundable.
Citizens of, and persons ordinarily resident in, Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran, Iraq, North Korea and Russia are excluded from applying under the current Exclusion Order.
A property bought on a real estate route cannot be resold for seven years, a sale to another citizenship applicant needs a further approval (for a developer unit, Approved Private Real Estate status; for private real estate, the Federal Cabinet satisfied that substantial further investment was made in the property), and a holder who breaks these rules is liable to have citizenship revoked.

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