10 Easiest Cities to Get Residency in 2026

Citizens of about 95 countries stay a full 365 days visa-free with no paperwork — the world's most generous welcome.

Almost uniquely easy: a USD 35 ordinary visa extends indefinitely under the EB suffix — but it never becomes permanent residence.

Cambodia's ordinary visa extends indefinitely, and two years of it earns a free Angkor pass — but never permanent residence.

Among the most accessible programmes anywhere — the Friendly Nations Visa now runs two years provisional then permanent, with no meaningfully enforced minimum stay.

The strongest residency case in South America for someone without capital. Temporary residence for up to two years asks for identity, an entry stamp, a birth certificate and police records — and no income threshold, bank statement or deposit of any kind. Solvency is tested only at the permanent conversion, documentarily, under twelve categories that explicitly include remote workers. The catches are a consular visa most Western nationalities need for residence despite being visa-free as tourists, and a conversion window that closes three months before your carnet expires.

Exactly the national rules — temporary residence with no income test and no deposit, then a documentary solvency check at the permanent conversion — with one purely logistical penalty. Migraciones has admission offices in ten Paraguayan cities and none of them is in Central department outside the capital, so every appointment means the Sede Central at Caballero 201, open 07:00–14:30 strictly by order of arrival, with carnets collected from a second address on Azara.

Identical national rules to Asunción — temporary residence with no income test, no deposit, and a documentary solvency check only at the permanent conversion — with one genuine local advantage: a full Oficina de Admisión de Extranjeros on Avda. Rogelio Benítez, so residents of Alto Paraná file locally instead of travelling to the capital. Brazilians should weigh the cheaper MERCOSUR track carefully: it saves Gs 585,385 but carries no cédula for two years and a single ninety-day window to convert.

Shares the UAE's accessible Remote Work and 10-year Golden Visa routes to long-term residency.

A one-year Remote Work Visa or a 10-year Golden Visa make long-stay residency unusually accessible.

The full Portuguese menu — D7 for passive income, D8 for remote work at four times the minimum wage — and the region's own AIMA office is here.