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Fastest Routes to an EU Passport (2026)

When speed matters most: these EU routes lead to a passport fastest, from citizenship by descent to the residency tracks that naturalise soonest.

  1. 1

    Spain

    Digital Nomad Visa · leads to permanent residency → citizenship

    2–6 months
    Time to status
  2. 2

    Portugal

    Digital Nomad Visa · leads to permanent residency → citizenship

    2–6 months
    Time to status
  3. 3

    Portugal

    D7 Visa · leads to permanent residency → citizenship

    4–9 months
    Time to status
  4. 4

    Ireland

    Citizenship by descent · leads to citizenship

    9–24 months
    Time to status
  5. 5

    Portugal

    Golden Visa · leads to permanent residency → citizenship

    12–24 months
    Time to status
  6. 6

    Italy

    Citizenship by descent · leads to citizenship

    12–36 months
    Time to status
  7. 7

    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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