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Best EU Plan-B Routes (2026)

A Plan B in the EU works best when it's fast and needs little of your time. These rank highest on exactly that.

  1. 1

    Greece

    Golden Visa · leads to residency

    3–9 months
    Time to status
  2. 2

    Ireland

    Citizenship by descent · leads to citizenship

    9–24 months
    Time to status
  3. 3

    Italy

    Citizenship by descent · leads to citizenship

    12–36 months
    Time to status
  4. 4

    Portugal

    Golden Visa · leads to permanent residency → citizenship

    12–24 months
    Time to status
  5. 5

    Spain

    Citizenship in 2 years · leads to citizenship

    24–48 months
    Time to status

Ranked by time to status from our sourced dataset. Figures are cited on each program's page with the date last verified.

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