Apply In Person

1. To Renew of Residence Permit for Immigrants, applicant has to approach the Ministry of Foreign Affairs location link or the applicant can approach Ethiopian Immigration Nationality and Vital Event Agency location link
2. An application form will be provided to the applicant by the respective officer.
3. Applicant has to fill in all necessary details in the application form.
4. Make sure the applicant has to prepare all the documents in hand that are listed under the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. Applicant has to attach the photocopies of the required document along with the application form.
6. Submit the application form along with the documents to the concerned officer.
7. After successful submission the authorities will verify your application and validate the submitted documents.
8. After verification process, authority will issue the Renewed Residence permit to the applicant in stipulated period of time.

• Copy of current resident permit
• Photograph
• Passport copy
• Visa copy

Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia.
Tele: (+251) 5-51-73-45
Fax: (+251) 5-51-43-00
Location link

Ethiopian Immigration Nationality and Vital Event Agency
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 (11) 665 0297
Email: residence-id-support@evisa.gov.et
Contact details link
Office location link

• An immigrant who needs to Renew of Residence Permit is eligible to make this application.

• Fee will be disclosed by the authority at the time of application submission.

• Validity of the renewed resident permit is decided based on the requirements.

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• The processing time may vary depending on the availability and correctness of the information provided.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• Applicant must complete the application form before submitting. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• Applicant must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.

• Full name, address.
• Date of birth.
• Passport details number.
• Passport expiry date.
• Nationality.
• Your detailed travel plans, such as dates, hotel address
• Health information such as your medical history and vaccinations, among others

• A residence permit (less commonly residency permit) is a document or card required in some regions, allowing a foreign national to reside in a country for a fixed or indefinite length of time.

• All governmental organizations, local companies, foreign companies, international organizations, NGOs and religious organizations intending to outsource foreigners or invite foreigners who need temporary residence ID are required to be registered online and approved by Ethiopian immigration nationality and vital events agency and have company reference code to apply for Temporary residence ID.

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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More information which might help people.