Answers · current to October 2026
The addresses with an investment route in.
98 of the 100 addresses can be entered through a published investment or talent route, ordered by what the tax looks like once you are there.
In short, current to October 2026
- 98 of the 100 addresses on the Patrician.ch board can be entered through a published investment, founder or talent route, against 2 where the way in is employment, ancestry, or an ordinary permit.
- The route is the cheapest part of the decision to compare and the least important to get right. What follows it, the effective rate every year, the wealth tax, and what the origin country charges on the way out, is where the money is.
- Several programs closed or tightened inside the last 24 months. Where an address is affected, its page names the month and what changed.
- Figures are current to October 2026. Confirm program terms with counsel before relying on any of them.
Each address on this page was last checked against its official sources between and . The sources for each are named on its page.
Source: the Patrician.ch board, an original ranking of 100 residence addresses across 47 countries and territories. Tax rates, thresholds and routes are sourced. Cost, safety, schools, sun and beauty are Patrician.ch editorial indices. Figures current to October 2026. Updated . Cite as: Patrician.ch, Golden visas and residence by investment 2026: 98 routes, patrician.ch/answers/residence-by-investment-routes/, October 2026.
