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Compare Investment Residency Programs

Evaluate 33 investment residency and citizenship pathways by eligibility, minimum investment, processing time, visa type, and route to citizenship. Choose a destination by lifestyle first.

Ireland
Fast Track
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Ireland

Europe

Critical Skills Employment Permit

Skilled Worker Visa

Popularity70%

Ireland's Critical Skills Employment Permit fast-tracks residency for highly skilled workers in sectors facing talent shortages.

Min. Investment

Salary-based

Processing

1–2 months

EU access
English-speaking
Thriving tech sector
Citizenship path in 5 years
Ireland
Fast EU PR
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Ireland

Europe

Immigrant Investor Programme

Investor Residency

Popularity72%

Ireland's Immigrant Investor Programme is one of the fastest credible routes to an EU passport, granting permanent residency after just 2 years of qualifying business investment and full citizenship in 5 — with unique combined access to both the EU single market and the United Kingdom.

Min. Investment

€100,000

Processing

6–12 months

Permanent residency in just 2 years
EU passport after 5 years — visa-free to 190+ countries
Unique combined access to EU single market and the UK
Citizenship path in 5 years

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