As we finish writing this article in May 2022, Lebanon is undergoing general parliamentary elections. For the second time in history, Lebanese citizens living outside its territory are allowed to vote. A worldwide campaign led by different governmental as well as civil society organizations has resulted in a threefold increase in diaspora voter registration in comparison with the previous elections. Whereas in 2018 just under 80,000 persons had registered to vote, in 2022 this number climbed to a little over 225,000, or 6% of the total electorate (Dagher, 2022). The Lebanese diaspora has been formed by different migratory waves starting from the late 19th century, spreading throughout the world. For South America alone, rough estimates evaluate people of Lebanese descent at around 4 million in Brazil (more than in Lebanon itself), and 1 million in Argentina (Hage, 2021). Only a minority of these have retained or reobtained Lebanese citizenship. Despite the South American diaspora being one of the largest demographically, it had the lowest number of registered voters for both elections (as well as the lowest growth in participation between elections: 4,183 individuals in 2018 and 5,587 in 2022). The Lebanese diaspora in Argentina did not manage to achieve the threshold of a minimum of 200 registered voters to administer an overseas voting station in 2022. Although we are not concerned here with a decrease in participation, this event presents us with the opportunity to examine the process of acquisition of extra-territorial citizenship among the descendants (of the second and third generation) of Lebanese immigrants to Argentina…