Retirement residence
Retirement and passive-income routes, grouped by outcome.
33 countries currently offer a mapped retirement, pension, or passive-income residence route. 29 have a recorded path beyond temporary residence. Open a country guide for income rules, work restrictions, and official sources.
26 count toward citizenship · 3 toward PR · 4 TR
Can feed citizenship 26
The permit itself is not citizenship; qualifying time can count toward ordinary naturalization.
- Argentina2 programmes · from ARS 1.8M/mo
- Aruba1 programme · from AWG 4.2k/mo
- Caribbean Netherlands1 programme · from USD 2.1k/mo
- Chile1 programme · from USD 1k/mo
- Colombia2 programmes
- Costa Rica1 programme · from USD 1k/mo
- Curaçao1 programme
- Cyprus1 programme
- Dominican Rep.2 programmes · entry thresholds vary
- Ecuador1 programme
- El Salvador2 programmes · entry thresholds vary
- Greece1 programme · from EUR 3.5k/mo
- Honduras1 programme · from USD 1.5k/mo
- Kenya1 programme · from USD 2k/mo
- Mauritius1 programme · from USD 2k/mo
- Nicaragua1 programme · from USD 1k/mo
- Panama1 programme · from USD 1k/mo
- Peru1 programme · from USD 1k/mo
- Portugal1 programme · from EUR 920/mo
- San Marino1 programme
- Sint Maarten1 programme
- South Africa1 programme · from ZAR 37k/mo
- Spain1 programme · from EUR 2.4k/mo
- Switzerland1 programme
- Turks and Caicos Islands1 programme
- Uruguay1 programme
Can lead to permanent residence 3
A recorded path reaches permanent residence, but its time is not currently recorded as counting toward citizenship.
Temporary stay only 4
No PR or citizenship credit is currently recorded for these programmes.
Ended programmes 1
Ended retirement and passive-income programmes remain listed as historical context, not current options.