Ireland tops Golden visa rankings with best citizenship in the World

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Ireland has taken second spot in Best citizenships rankings for 2019.  Ireland took second place in overall rankings of 190 countries and taken first spot among countries that offer golden visa schemes according to Best citizenships study.

 

The study took into account over 15 metrics such as healthcare, economy, GDP, freedom, human development, strong currency, naturalization time for citizenship, birthright citizenship, dual citizenship etc.. using a mathematical model.

 

Golden visa rankings

These countries have golden visas. Ireland requires EUR 1 million under immigrant investor scheme, UK requires GBP 2 million. Ireland does not have citizenship by investment program.

 

Country PBS score Rank
  Ireland (€1M) 112.03 1
  United Kingdom (£2M 109.83 2
  Spain (€500K) 108.96 3
  United States ($500K) 108.07 4
  Portugal (€350K) 107.69 5
  Italy (€500K) 107.08 6
 Luxembourg (€500K) 104.95 7
 Canada (C$1.2M) 103.92 8
 Australia (A$1.5M) 103.41 9
 Malta (€250K) 102.09 10

 

Overall Rankings

 

Citizenship PBS score Rank
  Germany 112.40 1
  Ireland 112.03 2
  Iceland 110.09 3
  United Kingdom 109.83 4
  Spain 108.96 5
  United States 108.07 6
  Portugal 107.69 7
  Italy 107.08 8
  France 106.24 9
 Luxembourg 104.95 10
 Canada 103.92 11
 Australia 103.41 12
 Malta 102.09 13
 New Zealand 101.81 15

 

 

The full report of the study is available here