Azerbaijan or Timor-Leste
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| Azerbaijan | Timor-Leste | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary in IT | — | — |
| Citizenship | 5 years | 10 years |
| Partner can work | yes | — |
| Parents | — | doable |
| Pets | — | — |
| Pet limit | no limit | no limit |
| Quarantine | — | — |
| Residence permit fee | — | — |
| Rent, 2 bedrooms | $ 663 · estimate | $ 274 · estimate |
| Basket | $ 18,5 | $ 20,6 |
| Life expectancy | 74.58 | 67.9 |
| Homicides/100k | 1.99 | 4.07 |
| Natural hazards, 0–10 | 4.1 | 3.3 |
How the two sets of routes differ
Long-stay routes in this reference: Azerbaijan — 33, Timor-Leste — 11. Types present in both: work, study and investment. Azerbaijan adds: family and talent.
Fees, thresholds and deadlines
Azerbaijan: fees range from 10 to 1,400 AZN. Routes stating an income threshold: 8; the lowest is 100,000 AZN a month. Routes with a published decision deadline: 33; the shortest is 3 days. Timor-Leste: fees range from 20 to 150 USD. Routes with a published decision deadline: 2; the shortest is 15 days.
Beyond the first permit
Permanent status: Azerbaijan after 2 years, Timor-Leste after 10 years. Citizenship: Azerbaijan after 5 years, Timor-Leste after 10 years. Timor-Leste allows a second citizenship, Azerbaijan does not.
Azerbaijan in brief
Azerbaijan is a Caspian country on the border of Europe and Asia with its business centre in Baku. Residence is built around the temporary residence permit (Migration Code, art. 45.1): close kinship with a citizen of the country, investment from AZN 500,000, real estate, a bank deposit or securities from AZN 100,000, employment with a work permit, study, or entrepreneurship. The permit is valid for up to a year and is renewable; after 2 years of continuous residence, the right to a permanent residence permit arises — a status valid for 5 years with an unlimited number of renewals. Naturalisation requires a further 5 years of permanent residence and knowledge of the state language; dual citizenship is not recognised by law, and voluntary acquisition of another citizenship is an independent ground for loss of Azerbaijani citizenship through the courts. Outside Baku, the economy rests on industry (Sumgayit), agriculture, and tourism (Ganja, Sheki, Lankaran); the country lies in a zone of high seismic activity.
Timor-Leste in brief
Timor-Leste is a state independent since 2002 that uses the US dollar as its official currency: the country has no currency of its own. The official languages are Portuguese and Tetum; Indonesian and English are recognised as working languages (Constitution of the RDTL, s. 159). A significant share of the state budget is financed by transfers from the Petroleum Fund (Fundo Petrolífero), managed by the Central Bank of Timor-Leste on revenue from the Timor Sea's oil and gas fields; according to the Central Bank, the fund's balance stood at US$18.75 billion as of 31 May 2026 (bancocentral.tl/en/petroleum-fund). The country lies in the seismically active Pacific Ring of Fire — the INFORM index rates the country's earthquake risk at 5.8 out of 10 and tsunami risk at 3.9 out of 10. Malaria and dengue are endemic across most of the territory (World Health Organization). The legal framework for foreigners' temporary and permanent stay is the Migration and Asylum Law No. 11/2017 (as amended by Law No. 10/2021); the country belongs to the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), but as of the date checked the declaratively adopted CPLP mobility agreement is not reflected in the migration authority's official list of visa exemptions.
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