What is a residence permit really worth?

Passports get ranked every year. The documents millions of expats actually live on — never. This board scores 70 countries on what the permit unlocks, where it leads, and the days it costs to keep.

RankCountry · temporary statusResidence scoreTravel · Presence · Path · RightsDays to keep

1 CZ

81.8

≤ 6 moipc.gov.cz 2 DE

80.2

80.0

79.8

79.2

≤ 6 mobusiness-in-poland.eu 6 BE

78.8

78.8

≤ 6 moguichet.public.lu 8 SK

77.8

77.5

—migrationsverket.se 10 NL

77.2

≤ 6 moind.nl

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11 NO

77.2

76.2

≤ 6 monyidanmark.dk 13 EE

76.2

≤ 6 molegalabi.ee 14 RO

76.2

≤ 6 moigi.mai.gov.ro 15 BG

75.2

≤ 30 molegex.bg 16 PT

74.8

≤ 6 molvpadvogados.com 17 IT

73.2

≤ 6 moitalianvisa.it 18 FR

72.8

183 d/yrservice-public.gouv.fr 19 IS

72.5

≤ 3 mowork.iceland.is 20 CH

72.2

≤ 6 mofragomen.com 21 LV

71.8

≤ 6 mopmlp.gov.lv 22 ES

71.5

—echeverriaabogados.com 23 AT

70.2

≤ 6 mooesterreich.gv.at 24 LT

70.2

≤ 6 molawyerslithuania.com 25 SI

70.2

≤ 6 moimmigrantinlaw.com 26 GR

68.8

183 d/yrglobalcitizensolutions.com 27 MT

68.8

183 d/yrpapilioservices.com 28 HR

67.0

≤ 1 moexpatincroatia.com 29 CA

66.7

66.5

≤ 4 mogesetze.li 31 SG

58.0

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 AM

48.3

≤ 6 moarmenian-lawyer.com 45 US

48.2

47.6

—lmiconsultancy.com 47 MA

46.5

—moroccan-visa.com 48 PH

46.5

—immigration.gov.ph 49 IE

46.0

—irishimmigration.ie 50 JP

45.8

≤ 12 moenglish.visajapan.jp 51 TW

45.6

45.2

≤ 6 moe-albania.al 53 TH

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

35.2

≤ 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.

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” — the exact rule, from the immigration authority, scored on flexibility.

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 · 20%

What you get meanwhile

Work access, family reunification, public healthcare — plus permit stability and renewal friction.

Work · family · health
+ stability of renewal

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