Permanent Settlement programs
165 official permanent settlement routes across 105 countries — each figure dated and cited from a government source.
Angola
Autorização de Residência Permanente (Permanent Residence — 10 years of consecutive temporary residence) — Angola: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Autorização de Residência Temporária (Temporary Residence Authorisation — 2-year, indefinitely renewable) — Angola: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Antigua And Barbuda
Austria
LTR-EU Intra-EU Mobility — Daueraufenthalt-EU of another Member State (§ 49 NAG) — Austria: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Niederlassungsbewilligung – ausgenommen Erwerbstätigkeit — Austria: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Other forms of settlement (Austria) — Austria: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Permanent Residence — EU (Daueraufenthalt-EU) — Austria: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)long-term resident – EU — Austria: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)settlement permit - artists — Austria: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Belgium
Bosnia And Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Chile
China
D visa — China: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card — Category 2 Senior Professional / Academic — China: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card — Category 3 Major / Outstanding Contribution — China: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card — Category 6 Unmarried Minor Child of Chinese Citizen / PR — China: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Dominican Republic
Dr Congo
El Salvador
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
EU Long-Term Residence Permit — Germany: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Permanent EU Residence Permit (Section 9a AufenthG) — Germany: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Settlement Permit (Niederlassungserlaubnis) — Germany: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Settlement Permit — German Graduate (2-year fast track) — Germany: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Kazakhstan
Issuance of permit to foreign IT specialists for permanent residence in the Republic of Kazakhstan — Kazakhstan: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Issuance of permit to foreigners and stateless persons for permanent residence in the Republic of Kazakhstan — Kazakhstan: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Permanent Residence Permit in the Republic of Kazakhstan — Kazakhstan: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Netherlands
Long-Term EU Resident Permit (LTR-EU, Directive 2003/109) — Netherlands: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Permanent Residence Permit — Netherlands: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Permanent residency based on Withdrawal Agreement — Netherlands: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
New Zealand
North Macedonia
Norway
Panama
Permiso de Residente Permanente en Calidad de Autoridades, Ministros, Rabinos, Pastores, Lideres o Religiosos de Otras Denominaciones — Panama: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Residente Permanente en Calidad de Religioso al Servicio de la Iglesia Católica y Ortodoxa — Panama: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Poland
Document certifying the right of permanent residence — Poland: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Permanent Residence Permit — Poland: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Permit for residence of a long-term EU resident — Poland: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Residence permit for a long-term resident of the EU — Poland: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Portugal
AR para Titulares do Estatuto de Residente de Longa Duração de outro EM — Portugal: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Autorização de Residência Permanente (Art. 80.º REPSAE) — Portugal: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Estatuto de Residente de Longa Duração - UE (ERLD) — Portugal: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
Sao Tome And Principe
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Spain
CERTIFICADO DE RESIDENCIA PERMANENTE DE CIUDADANO DE LA UNIÓN EUROPEA — Spain: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Long-term residence - EU — Spain: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Long-term residence card — Spain: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)National long-term residence — Spain: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Residencia de larga duración nacional — Spain: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Residencia de larga duración-UE — Spain: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)