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US-origin ranking · 2026

The easiest countries to move to from the US, ranked.

We scored 42 countries on how easy the move from the US actually is, using verified data, not vibes: what the cheapest visa costs to file, how fast it clears, how much paperwork it wants, and what setting up on the ground runs. Georgia tops the list.

Countries ranked
42
Easiest
Georgia
Score 78/100
Scored on
4 factors
Plus double-tax risk
Every figure
Sourced
From the Nomad data set
Michael KaufmanCo-founder, Nomad Lifestyle. Moved LA to Costa Rica.
Countries ranked by ease of moving from the US, with the factors behind each score
1. Georgia78$2004 wks2 docs$1,500+?
2. Canada75$3001 wks3 docs$4,000+Yes
3. Morocco73$2004 wks4 docs$2,000+Yes
4. Turkiye72$3004 wks3 docs$3,000+Yes
5. Estonia70$3002 wks3 docs$4,500+Yes
6. Israel69$5001 wks3 docs$3,000+Yes
7. South Korea68$2003 wks3 docs$6,000+Yes
8. Thailand65$553 wks6 docs$5,000+Yes
9. Mexico64$562 wks6 docs$6,000+Yes
10. Vietnam63$2001 wks5 docs$3,000+No
11. Belize62$1504 wks9 docs$3,000+No
12. New Zealand62$5202 wks3 docs$6,000+Yes
13. Brazil60$1004 wks6 docs$3,500+No
14. Colombia60$654 wks4 docs$4,000+No
15. Malaysia58$1,0605 wks2 docs$3,000+Yes
16. Chile57$1006 wks6 docs$4,000+Yes
17. South Africa56$4008 wks4 docs$3,000+Yes
18. Argentina55$1004 wks7 docs$3,000+No
19. Australia55$6004 wks2 docs$8,000+Yes
20. United Kingdom55$4043 wks4 docs$8,000+Yes
21. Netherlands54$834 wks8 docs$8,000+Yes
22. France53$554 wks10 docs$8,000+Yes
23. Ireland53$656 wks6 docs$7,000+Yes
24. Croatia51$3004 wks7 docs$4,000+Yes
25. Italy50$574 wks11 docs$8,000+Yes
26. Japan50n/a4 wks5 docs$10,000+Yes
27. Hungary49$664 wks9 docs$4,000+No
28. Indonesia (Bali)49$1,5003 wks6 docs$4,000+Yes
29. Spain49$663 wks10 docs$9,000+Yes
30. Taiwan49$2002 wks7 docs$5,000+No
31. Malta48n/a1 wks9 docs$12,000+Yes
32. Panama48$2504 wks10 docs$5,000+No
33. Czech Republic46$1158 wks8 docs$5,000+Yes
34. Uruguay46$30026 wks4 docs$6,000+No
35. Greece45$5004 wks7 docs$8,000+Yes
36. Cyprus44n/a4 wks9 docs$5,000+Yes
37. Germany43$868 wks9 docs$7,000+Yes
38. Singapore43n/a3 wks3 docs$15,000+No
39. United Arab Emirates43$1,1002 wks9 docs$8,000+No
40. Dominican Republic42$8008 wks9 docs$3,000+No
41. Costa Rica34$8004 wks8 docs$8,000+No
42. Portugal33$1,5008 wks4 docs$10,000+Yes
Ease score is 100 minus the mean percentile across the factors (lower filing cost, faster processing, lighter paperwork, cheaper setup rank easier), nudged by double-tax risk. Sort any column.
How we ranked them

The method, in the open.

We only ranked countries where we have a mapped US corridor and at least three of the four factors measured, so the list never implies data it does not have. For each factor, a country is scored by where it falls among the others, then the scores are averaged and flipped so a higher number means an easier move.

The factors: the cheapest long-stay visa you can file, how fast that route clears, how many documents the lightest route asks for, and what setup on the ground costs from the US. Double-tax risk nudges the score, because a treaty gap is a real cost of the move. Income requirements are deliberately left out of the score: only about a third of routes state one, and scoring on a mostly-missing figure would mislead.

Every figure traces to the Nomad knowledge graph, the same verified data behind our State of Moving Abroad report. Easy to file is not the same as easy to qualify for, and this is a starting point, not tax or immigration advice.

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