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Time to residency by country worldwide

189 countries in this ranking. The lowest value is Uruguay (1 year), the highest is Qatar (20 years), the median is 5 years.

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Thailand#14 of 189 · 3 years
First place
1 year
Uruguay
Median
5 years
Last place
20 years
Qatar
Time to residency by country worldwide
#Country
1
Uruguay1 year
2
Belize1 year
3
Russia1 year
4
Dominican Republic2 years
5
Chile2 years
6
New Zealand2 years
7
Ecuador2 years
8
Canada2 years
9
Panama2 years
10
Paraguay2 years
11
Colombia2 years
12
Grenada2 years
13
Argentina2 years
14
Thailand3 years
15
Vietnam3 years
16
Australia3 years
17
Christmas Island3 years
18
Hungary3 years
19
Norway3 years
20
Armenia3 years
21
Timor-Leste3 years
22
Cocos Islands3 years
23
Mauritius3 years
24
Fiji3 years
25
El Salvador3 years
26
Bolivia3 years
27
Falkland Islands3 years
28
Honduras3 years
29
Nicaragua3 years
30
Myanmar3 years
31
Peru3 years
32
South Sudan3 years
33
Norfolk Island3 years
34
Madagascar3 years
35
Germany3 years
36
Costa Rica3 years
37
Ethiopia3 years
38
Iceland4 years
39
China4 years
40
Brazil4 years
41
Åland Islands4 years
42
Sweden4 years
43
Mexico4 years
44
Morocco4 years
45
Antigua and Barbuda4 years
46
Finland4 years
47
Indonesia5 years
48
Spain5 years
49
Portugal5 years
50
Samoa5 years

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