Explore the easiest countries to move to: open visas for remote workers, retirees and people with their own income, with cost and safety.
Ranked by open visas that don't need a local job: remote work and freelancer visas, then retirement and passive income visas, from official immigration sources.
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45% of US prices · Territorial · 5 years to citizenship
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Southern Europe
Southern Asia
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Southern Europe
South-eastern Asia
Caribbean
Melanesia
Western Asia
Western Africa
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Southern Asia
Eastern Africa
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Caribbean
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Polynesia
Western Europe
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Northern Africa
Polynesia
Melanesia
Northern Africa
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Central America
Middle Africa
Western Africa
Micronesia
South America
Eastern Europe
Caribbean
Middle Africa
South America
Western Asia
Caribbean
Western Asia
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Central America
Western Asia
Western Asia
Northern Africa
Caribbean
Eastern Africa
Central Asia
Polynesia
Eastern Asia
Western Asia
Northern America
Western Asia
South America
Northern Europe
Northern Europe
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Northern Europe
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Southern Asia
Eastern Europe
Melanesia
Western Africa
Western Asia
Western Asia
Caribbean
Western Asia
South America
Northern Africa
Northern Europe
Caribbean
Eastern Africa
Polynesia
Western Africa
Central Asia
Southern Europe
Caribbean
Western Africa
Northern Europe
Southern Asia
Eastern Europe
South America
Northern America
Eastern Africa
Eastern Europe
Southern Europe
Melanesia
Caribbean
Southern Asia
Caribbean
Melanesia
Western Africa
Western Europe
Australia and New Zealand
Western Europe
Western Europe
Western Europe
Northern Europe
Northern America
Western Africa
Northern Europe
Eastern Africa
Western Africa
Northern Europe
Caribbean
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Northern Europe
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Western AsiaHow it sorts: each thing you pick scores every country from 0 to 1 (live for less: the World Bank's price level against the US; lower tax: no income tax or a territorial system first, then remittance, then a worldwide system by its top rate; easy residency: open nomad, freelancer, passive income or retirement visas; fast citizenship: fewer years to naturalize, less if dual citizenship isn't allowed; start a company: a low corporate tax; fast internet: M-Lab's median download, from 5 Mbps (empty) to 150 Mbps (full) on a log scale; safe: the US travel advice, with Levels 1 and 2 both counting as everyday travel; visa-free on my passport: your passport's rule for the country), and the countries sort by the average. With nothing picked, it's a balance of cost, tax, residency and safety.
Prices: the World Bank's purchasing power conversion factor over the exchange rate (WDI, CC BY 4.0). Tax: the territorial tax map's classification and each country's rates. Citizenship and residency: official immigration sources in the visa finders' tables. Safety: the US State Department's advisories, read 2026-09-29. Internet: M-Lab's open speed tests over the last 12 months. Videos and photos from Pexels, Coverr, Pixabay and Wikimedia Commons, credited on each country.
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Which countries let you move without a job offer?
Ranked by open visas that don't need a local job: remote work and freelancer visas, then retirement and passive income visas, from official immigration sources.
In this guide, I'll show you:
- The top 15 countries, and why each ranks where it does
- How the ranking works
- More ways to compare countries
Open any country for its full guide, with visas for your passport, tax and costs.
TL;DRKey takeaways
Easiest Countries to Move To: the ranking
- Thailand – 2 remote work visas, a retirement or passive income visa, about 31% of US prices
- Argentina – a remote work visa, a retirement or passive income visa, about 46% of US prices
- Ecuador – a remote work visa, a retirement or passive income visa, about 42% of US prices
- Panama – a remote work visa, a retirement or passive income visa, about 45% of US prices
- Greece – a remote work visa, a retirement or passive income visa, about 60% of US prices
- Portugal – a remote work visa, a retirement or passive income visa, about 60% of US prices
- Spain – a remote work visa, a retirement or passive income visa, about 64% of US prices
- Bulgaria – a remote work visa, about 23% of US prices
- Sri Lanka – a remote work visa, about 27% of US prices
- Indonesia – a remote work visa, about 29% of US prices
- Malaysia – a remote work visa, about 32% of US prices
- Kazakhstan – a remote work visa, about 33% of US prices
- Philippines – a retirement or passive income visa, about 33% of US prices
- Kenya – a remote work visa, about 34% of US prices
- Mauritius – a remote work visa, about 39% of US prices
How the ranking works
How it sorts: each thing you pick scores every country from 0 to 1 (live for less: the World Bank's price level against the US; lower tax: no income tax or a territorial system first, then remittance, then a worldwide system by its top rate; easy residency: open nomad, freelancer, passive income or retirement visas; fast citizenship: fewer years to naturalize, less if dual citizenship isn't allowed; start a company: a low corporate tax; fast internet: M-Lab's median download, from 5 Mbps (empty) to 150 Mbps (full) on a log scale; safe: the US travel advice, with Levels 1 and 2 both counting as everyday travel; visa-free on my passport: your passport's rule for the country), and the countries sort by the average. With nothing picked, it's a balance of cost, tax, residency and safety.
More ways to compare countries
Easiest countries to move to FAQs
Questions about it? Here's what to know.
The countries at the top of the list have 2 or more open visas that don't need a local job offer.
Which one is easiest for you depends on your passport and income; pick yours in the finder.
Yes, with a remote work, freelancer, passive income or retirement visa.
Each asks for a minimum income; the country pages list them.
I've lived in Cambodia, Colombia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela and Vietnam.
I'm a permanent resident of Panama, my home base.
Navid Moazzez
AI business strategist & AI OS builder
Navid Moazzez helps creators and founders master AI and build their own AI Operating System (AI OS) to automate their business and life.
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