32 routes
Bahamas
If you want to live in The Bahamas without working there - for example as a retiree or person of means - the annual residence permit lets you reside for a year at a time, renewably.
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Bahrain
Bahrain long-term renewable residence for property owners, retirees, talented individuals and long-term residents, issued by the NPRA.
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Belize
For retirees aged 40 and over with steady foreign retirement income: the QRP, run by the Belize Tourism Board, gives you residency in Belize - but heads-up, it is residency, not citizenship, and it does not normally count toward permanent residence.
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Brazil
Residence authorization for retired immigrants and recipients of a pension who can transfer a qualifying monthly income to Brazil, under CNIg Resolution 40/2019.
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Cambodia
For you if you are retired and aged 55 or over: the ER is the E-class retirement sub-class that lets you live in Cambodia long term by renewing the visa - though it does not lead to permanent residence.
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Costa Rica
Temporary residence for retirees who receive a guaranteed lifetime pension from a recognised source.
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If you receive a pension from abroad, the pensionado route gives you Dominican residence quickly - and it puts you on the fast track to permanent residence from your first card.
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Ecuador
For retirees with a foreign pension: this is the popular route to settle in Ecuador - and because Ecuador uses the US dollar, US-pension retirees carry no currency-exchange risk.
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Ecuador
For people with steady passive income: this route lets you settle in Ecuador on recurring income from lawful sources such as rentals or investments, without needing an Ecuadorian job.
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Fiji
For retirees and people with steady passive income aged 45 and over: this lets you live in Fiji on assured income from outside the country, without taking a Fiji job.
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Guatemala
For people with steady income or a pension: this residence lets you live in Guatemala on a stable foreign income (rentista) or a retirement pension (pensionado), without needing a local job.
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Honduras
Honduras residence categories for rentistas, pensioners and investors, with published income and investment thresholds.
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Mauritius
The Mauritius Premium Visa, administered by the Economic Development Board (EDB), is a long-stay visa for tourists, retirees or remote-working professionals (with their families) who wish to stay in Mauritius for more than six months and up to one year, renewable.
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Morocco
If you intend to live in Morocco on your own money without working - as a retiree, or on investment or rental income - the category the Ministry of Foreign Affairs publishes for you is the ordinary visa 'Visiteur'.
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Namibia
For retirees who can support themselves from their own means: this route lets you settle in Namibia on the strength of a stable income or assets, applied for through the Ministry of Home Affairs as a permanent residence basis.
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Panama
Permanent residence for retirees and pensioners receiving a guaranteed lifetime pension, a long-standing Panama route.
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Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea permanent residence classes for specified executives, investors, professionals, religious workers, retirees and PNG family cases.
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Paraguay
For people with stable passive income: this category lets you settle in Paraguay on your own recurring foreign income, beginning as temporary residence and converting to permanent residence later.
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Paraguay
For retirees: this category lets you settle in Paraguay on a certified pension or retirement income, starting as temporary residence and later converting to permanent residence.
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Peru
Peru's rentista category is the residence route for people whose money comes from a pension or from a standing stream of income rather than from a Peruvian job.
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Philippines
The Special Resident Retiree's Visa is a special non-immigrant visa issued by the Bureau of Immigration under the retirement programme run by the Philippine Retirement Authority.
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Portugal
Portugal's D7 residence visa — commonly called the retirement or passive-income visa — is available to third-country nationals who are not EU, EEA or Swiss citizens and wish to retire in Portugal, live off their own income, or perform religious functions or live in a religious community.
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San Marino
Atypical residence route for eligible pensioners from the EU, Switzerland or countries set by San Marino regulation who generate income abroad.
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Spain
Spain's non-lucrative residence, the residencia temporal no lucrativa, lets a foreign national live in Spain without working.
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Sweden
Sweden's employer-sponsored work permit (arbetstillstånd) lets a non-EU/EEA citizen work for a specific employer once they have a signed employment contract meeting Swedish collective-agreement or industry-standard terms, employer-provided insurance (health, life, industrial injury, occupational pension), and — unde…
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Thailand
Thailand's Long-Term Resident (LTR) Visa, administered by the Board of Investment through its Long-Term Resident Visa Unit, is a 10-year renewable visa offered under four categories — Wealthy Global Citizen, Wealthy Pensioners, Work-from-Thailand Professionals, and Highly-Skilled Professionals — aimed at attracting …
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Thailand
The Non-Immigrant Visa "O-A" (Long Stay) is Thailand's retirement visa.
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Togo
Togo does not run a separate retirement visa, but the DGDN publishes a distinct document checklist for the delivery of a residence card to a retired person, which makes the carte de séjour the working route for a retiree who wants to live in Togo.
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Tunisia
This is the Tunisian residence card for retirees - specifically, in the Interior Ministry's own words, for retirees exercising no salaried professional activity.
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Uruguay
This is not a residence permit in itself but the benefit Uruguay attaches to permanent residence for foreign retirees.
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Venezuela
The Visa de Transeúnte Rentista (TR-RE) is Venezuela's visa for people who live off income rather than work — the route a pensioner or a person with investment income uses.
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Yemen
Yemen tourist and ordinary consular visa check page reflecting the Embassy notice that tourist visas are not currently issued by the Washington mission.
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