Which residence permit gives you the most freedom?

We rank temporary residence across 70 countries by travel reach, the days required to keep the permit, the path to permanent residence and citizenship, resident rights, and renewal stability. Travel value uses the same GDP-and-international-arrivals weighting as Passport Power.

RankCountry · temporary statusResidence scoreTravel · Presence · Path · Rights · StabilityDays to keep

1 DE

74.7

74.4

74.2

73.7

≤ 6 mobusiness-in-poland.eu 5 BE

73.2

73.2

≤ 6 moguichet.public.lu 7 SK

72.2

71.9

—migrationsverket.se 9 NL

71.7

71.7

≤ 7 moudi.no

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11 DK

70.7

≤ 6 monyidanmark.dk 12 EE

70.7

≤ 6 molegalabi.ee 13 RO

70.7

≤ 6 moigi.mai.gov.ro 14 BG

69.7

≤ 30 molegex.bg 15 CZ

69.2

≤ 6 moipc.gov.cz 16 PT

69.2

≤ 6 molvpadvogados.com 17 IT

67.7

≤ 6 moitalianvisa.it 18 IS

66.9

≤ 3 mowork.iceland.is 19 FR

66.8

183 d/yrservice-public.gouv.fr 20 CA

66.7

66.7

≤ 6 mofragomen.com 22 LV

66.2

≤ 6 mopmlp.gov.lv 23 ES

65.9

—poderjudicial.es 24 AT

64.7

≤ 6 mooesterreich.gv.at 25 LT

64.7

≤ 6 molawyerslithuania.com 26 SI

64.7

≤ 6 moimmigrantinlaw.com 27 GR

63.1

183 d/yrglobalcitizensolutions.com 28 MT

63.1

183 d/yrpapilioservices.com 29 HR

61.4

≤ 1 moexpatincroatia.com 30 LI

61.2

≤ 4 mogesetze.li 31 AM

59.5

58.0

—vietnam.acclime.com 33 MX

57.5

55.2

—immi.homeaffairs.gov.au 35 PA

55.0

—nomadcapitalist.com 36 GB

52.0

≤ 6 moilrtracker.com 37 UY

49.8

≤ 6 mouyresidencias.com 38 KR

49.4

≤ 12 momrvisakorea.com 39 AR

49.3

≤ 6 monewlandchase.com 40 CL

49.0

48.8

48.8

≤ 24 mocostarica-immigration.com 43 NZ

48.5

—immigration.govt.nz 44 US

48.2

47.6

—lmiconsultancy.com 46 MA

46.5

—moroccan-visa.com 47 PH

46.5

—immigration.gov.ph 48 IE

46.0

—irishimmigration.ie 49 JP

45.8

≤ 12 moenglish.visajapan.jp 50 TW

45.6

45.2

≤ 6 moe-albania.al 52 SG

45.0

44.6

—tielandtothailand.com 54 KZ

42.2

≤ 6 moinvest.gov.kz 55 RS

42.2

≤ 6 modjordjevic-lawyer.co.rs 56 UA

41.9

≤ 6 movisitukraine.today 57 TR

41.5

≤ 4 moglobalcitizensolutions.com 58 MK

41.2

≤ 6 moresidencies.io 59 EG

41.0

—eg.andersen.com 60 HK

41.0

40.9

≤ 6 moblog.wego.com 62 ZA

39.5

—migrationlawyers.co.za 63 QA

39.4

≤ 6 moqataridcheck.com 64 RU

38.8

183 d/yrgw2ru.com 65 ME

38.2

38.0

38.0

90 d/yrhudsonmckenzie.com 68 CY

36.0

≤ 3 mogk-lawfirm.com 69 AE

35.5

34.2

≤ 6 moexpathub.ge

Scored on the life you’ll actually live

“Days to keep” — the physical-presence rule that keeps the status alive — is the column no other index publishes. It’s also exactly what Countly counts.

Score = 35% × Travel + 25% × Presence + 20% × Path + 10% × Rights + 10% × Stability

Travel · 35%

What it unlocks

Schengen-wide 90/180, waivers for permit holders in Mexico, Georgia, the Balkans, the Gulf — computed against the same destination weights as the passport board.

Schengen ≈ 28 doors
+ waiver destinations

Presence · 25%

The days it costs

From seven days a year on a golden visa to “don’t leave for six months” — rules vary by status; check the responsible authority before relying on one.

None 100 · ≤14 d/yr 90
12 mo 75 · 6 mo 55
≥183 d/yr 25

Path · 20%

Where it leads

Years to permanent residency, years to citizenship, and whether you may keep your original one.

Citizenship ≤5y 85+
Dual forbidden −15

Rights · 10%

What you get meanwhile

Work access, family reunification, and public healthcare.

Work · family · health

Stability · 10%

How predictable renewal is

Permit duration, renewal friction, and how reliably the status can continue while its conditions remain met.

Renewal · duration · friction

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