Gabon - Apply for Resident Permit

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Procedure

How to Apply:

1. Visit the Directorate General for Documentation and Immigration (DGDI) office near you and express your interest at the service desk.
2. Application form can be obtained from the DGDI office, or download it via the DGDI website portal or click the link below to download,:(Application form)
3. Submit the completed duly filed application form along with the supporting documents (listed under “Required Documents” section) for verification and processing to the attending official at the DGDI.
4. Pay the required application fees.
5. If the authorized official is satisfied that all the documents are in order, the Information obtained from the application form will be entered into the DGDI data system.
6. You will then be notified of the outcome and be issued with the resident permit.

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Required Documents

In all cases provide the following documents

• A certified accommodation certificate (DGDI print)
• A copy of the identity card of the landlord
• A copy of the latest SEEG
• One colored photograph
  
  

Private sector employees:

• Proof of employment legalized
• A CDS request form to collect from DGDI
• A copy of the identity document from the employer
• A copy of the license and the payment receipt for the current year
  
  

Public sector contract workers:

• A copy of the decision to enter the Public Service
• A certificate of taking or resumption of service
  
  

Technical assistance staff:

• A copy of the mission order of the Ministry of Business
• Foreign from the country of origin (for new Venus)
• An original certificate signed by the cooperation service or other supervisory body based in Gabon
• A recent original certificate of employment signed by the person in charge of the position assignment
  
  

Self-employed workers:

• The Trade Agreement and proof that the holder has completed all the formalities required from administrations concerned
  
  

Renter owners:

• Land title or title annuity or pension served by a Gabonese organization.
  
  

Ministers of religion and members of approved congregations:

• Certificate from an official officially recognized by the Government, specifying the functions and conditions of stay as well as its total care by the congregation
• A license to practice issued by the Ministry of the Interior.
  
  

Foreigners married to a Gabonese (who do not have not yet acquired nationality)

• Photocopies proof of civil status
• Copy of the document identity of the Gabonese spouse
  
  

Family member of a resident:

• A copy the marriage certificate or family book
• Copy of the spouse's valid residence permit

Office Locations & Contacts

EMI-IMMIGRATION:
Directorate General for Documentation and Immigration (DGDI)
BP 1019 Libreville, Zone Industrielle d'Oloumi
Tel: (+241) 01 76 24 24/01 76 00 24
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: website

Eligibility

• Foreigners

Fees

• Invoice 150, 000 CFA francs Card fees + Deposit

Validity

• The permit is valid for 2 years

Documents to Use

(Application form)

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Processing Time

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Required Information

IDENTITY AND SIGNALING OF THE APPLICANT:

• Full names of the applicant
• Date of birth
• Gender
• Nationality
• Identification document number
• Marital status
• Spouse details (if applicable)
• Children details (if applicable)
• Residential address in Gabon
• Declaration by the applicant
  
  

SOCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL SITUATION

• Profession
• Name of the business/company
• Residential address of the business/company
• Individual employment authorization
  
  

INFORMATION RELATING TO THE STAY

• Old resident card details
• Date arrival/despatcher in Gabon
• Reason for stay
• Place of residence

Need for the Document

A Residence Permit is a document allowing its holder to stay in a foreigner country of which he or she is not a citizen.

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Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

(Directorate General for Documentation and Immigration (DGDI)

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