Residence routes by passport 2026: how 100 places are entered

The way in, on your passports.

How each of the 100 addresses is entered on the passports you hold: on arrival, by a permit, with conditions, or by a quota.

In short, current to September 2026

An EU passport enters 47 of the 100 addresses on arrival. A passport outside the groups listed enters none that way.
69 addresses offer a residence by investment route, 2 addresses offer a citizenship by investment route, 70 addresses offer a founder & talent route.
The same address can be a walk in on one passport and a quota on another, which is why the passport is asked first.

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 September 2026. Updated 1 October 2026. Cite as: Patrician.ch, Residence routes by passport 2026: how 100 places are entered, patrician.ch/routes/, September 2026.

Each line is the residence rule as published for that address, indicative for 2026. It states the rule and does not assess an application. Published comparison research, not immigration advice.

The 100 addresses, by passport.

Passport	On arrival	A permit	With conditions	Quota or discretion
An EU passport	47	17	17	19
A UK passport	1	23	63	13
A US passport	18	23	47	12
A Swiss passport	10	24	64	2
A UAE passport	2	21	47	30
A Canadian passport	0	23	64	13
An Australian passport	2	23	62	13
A Singaporean passport	1	23	46	30
A Japanese passport	1	23	63	13
An Israeli passport	1	23	63	13
Any other passport	0	23	47	30

The passports themselves, side by side: all 66 passports. The investment routes, country by country: residence by investment.

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Questions

The short answers.

How does the route finder work?

It reads the published residence rule of each of the 100 addresses against the passports you pick and sorts them into 4 groups: entered on arrival, by a straightforward permit, by an application with conditions, or by a quota or a discretionary grant.

With 2 passports in a household, each address takes the easier of the 2. It states the published rule and does not assess whether a person qualifies.

How many places can an EU citizen move to without a permit?

47 of the 100 addresses on the board are entered on arrival with an EU passport, and 17 more by a straightforward permit.

With a passport outside the groups listed, 0 are entered on arrival and 30 sit behind a quota or a discretionary grant.

Which kinds of route does it cover?

Residence by investment (69 addresses), Citizenship by investment (2 addresses), Founder & talent (70 addresses), Lump sum residence (26 addresses), Remote work visa (23 addresses).

Pick one and the 4 groups narrow to the addresses that offer it.

Can I put the route finder on my site?

Yes, free, with the Patrician.ch credit under it. Advisory firms run it under their own brand, with a form that sends the reader's passports and marked addresses to the firm.

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Tax figures use a simplified marginal model with indicative 2026 brackets for a non-US single filer, ignore social contributions, most deductions, wealth taxes, and treaties, and are not advice. Residence rules change often. Verify before acting.