Rankings — expatriation news
All our news in the Rankings section: reforms, conditions and figures, with their sources and dates, newest first.
Rankings
Golden visas: the gap in processing times between Italy and Portugal
According to IMI's tracking tool, golden visa and citizenship-by-investment applications resulted in very different processing times in the second quarter of 2026. Italy tops the ranking, while Portugal comes last.
· Editorial team
Rankings
Passports: France stays in the world top 5
The French passport offers some of the widest visa-free access in the world. But a mobility ranking measures one specific thing — and only one — and the displayed rank is the most fragile figure of all.
· Editorial team
Rankings
Quality of life: Switzerland tops the 2026 rankings
Switzerland regularly dominates quality-of-life rankings. These league tables measure real things, but they take into account neither the cost of entry, nor the obligations borne by a resident, nor how hard it is to find housing there.
· Editorial team
Rankings
Cities: Singapore and Zurich top the rankings for expatriates
City rankings for expatriates regularly put Singapore and Zurich at the top. They measure real things, but from the point of view of an executive whose employer pays for housing and school — which changes everything.
· Editorial team
Rankings
Expats: Dubai in the top 3 destinations for 2026
Dubai tops the expatriation destinations cited by surveys. This ranking describes a flow, not a recommendation: what attracts people is not necessarily what suits them.
· Editorial team
Rankings
Tax: the ten most popular 0% jurisdictions
Lists of tax-free jurisdictions circulate widely, and they mislead on one point: none of these destinations can be accessed remotely. All of them now require a genuine presence to have any effect.
· Editorial team
Rankings
Safety: the safest cities for expatriates in 2026
Urban safety rankings rest on inconsistent methodologies and averages that hide what matters most. For an expatriate, the relevant question is not the city but the neighbourhood and the lifestyle.
· Editorial team
Rankings
Nomads: the best cities for remote work in 2026
City rankings for remote workers measure cost and connectivity. They ignore the two variables that really decide: time difference and the tax residency threshold.
· Editorial team
Rankings
Healthcare: the best systems for expatriates
Comparing healthcare systems makes no sense for an expatriate: what matters is what they are entitled to, and what they will have to pay. Four configurations cover almost every situation.
· Editorial team