EU Routes With No Residency Requirement (2026)
Can't (or won't) move yet? These EU routes ask for effectively no physical presence — citizenship by descent, or a golden visa with no minimum stay.
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Greece
Golden visaGolden Visa · leads to residency
0 days / yearPresence - 2
Italy
Citizenship by descentCitizenship by descent · leads to citizenship
0 days / yearPresence - 3
Ireland
Citizenship by descentCitizenship by descent · leads to citizenship
0 days / yearPresence
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