Citizenship by marriage questions

[Stevied]

Hi Everyone,

My wife is Argentine, and we both live in the US. I have had my DNI/permanent residency for many years. If I wanted to get citizenship (obviously through my marriage), can anyone outline the process for this situation (already have DNI). Will I have to provide all the documentation I provided to get my DNI, or is it a more streamlined (haha, I know, it’s Argentina!) process if you already have the DNI?

 

[steveinbsas]

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I found the following link about one second after I wrote the words "married" and "citizenship" and checked the box to search only in titles:

Got married! Now how to get citizenship?

Married my love in the Catholic Church a few months ago and finally got it done in the governments eyes there with the lovely ladies at the registro civil. Can somebody point me in the direction of where to go now to finally start getting legal here?

baexpats.org

 

[Stevied]

Thanks Steve. I did review that thread as well as a few others. It still wasn’t clear if the same documents have to be resubmitted, so was trying to get clarification on that.

 

[MarshallE]

Hi Everyone,

My wife is Argentine, and we both live in the US. I have had my DNI/permanent residency for many years. If I wanted to get citizenship (obviously through my marriage), can anyone outline the process for this situation (already have DNI). Will I have to provide all the documentation I provided to get my DNI, or is it a more streamlined (haha, I know, it’s Argentina!) process if you already have the DNI?

If you do not live in Argentina full time you will not receive citizenship, even if you are married and have a DNI. It's not possible to apply and then wait outside the country till you're approved, you will be rejected by the judge.

 

[Quilombo]

I naturalized via marriage to an Argentine and as others have said, you gotta be inside the country, the judge/their secretaries will order your broder crossing history data from Migraciones, mine was the entire thing, all the way back to the early 2010s wen I entered via a Brazil, TAM flight number and all.

 

[Stevied]

Ok, thanks, I didn’t realize there was a residency requirement. I am retired so can travel to Argentina anytime I wish, but if it’s residency they require, then no…especially as I don’t want to be subject to taxation. Strange requirement….not even Italy has that requirement. My wife was posted overseas as a foreign ministry employee, so living in Argentina is no option.