Apply for Ordinary Resident Card In Benin By Online
- The applicants who meet the requirements should visit an Directorate of Emigration and Immigration office close to you and get an application form.
- Send the completed form along with the supporting documents (listed in the following) to the official in charge to be verified and processed.
- Make sure you pay the application fees
- You will then be issued with a receipt/acknowledgement slip and you will be notified on when you should re-visit the office to collect the resident card.
Required Documents For Apply for Ordinary Resident Card
ECOWAS Members
- Certificate of residency (Head District) and Certificate of residency (Head of village or district)
- Attestation of medical exam not more than 3 (03) month, signed by a physician from the Health Centre of the Republican Police situated at Vedoko in Cotonou
- Extracts from an incriminating record from the origin country, or last residence: not more that three (03) months
- Evidence of professional activity, studies or study in Benin or membership in an order of a denominational or professional
- Photos of colour ID on white backgrounds (04)
- A photocopy of the travel or passport book, depending on the situation This passport should be at minimum the age of six (06) months old.
- Costs of assembling this file (an amount that is equivalent to costs in effect at when the file was requested: refer to the costs)
- Card for Consular (photocopy)
Outside ECOWAS:
- Certificate of residency (Head of district) plus Certificate of residency (Head of village or district)
- Attestation of medical exam that is less than 3 (03) three months signed by a physician from the Health Centre of the Republican Police situated at Vedoko in Cotonou
- Extracts from an incriminating record from the origin country or the last residence: not more than 3 (03) months
- Evidence of professional activity, studying or study in Benin or membership in an order of a denominational or professional
- Color ID photos on white backgrounds (04)
- A photocopy of the passport or travel book , as the case may be. the passport must have at least the age of six (06) months old.
- Costs of assembling this file (an amount that is equivalent to costs in effect at when the file was requested: refer to the costs)
- Card for Consular (photocopy)
- Quitus (for communities that are subject to it)
- Deposit for repatriation to be made payable in cash to the Treasury (except for citizens of those countries who have entered into guarantees of cancellation of sureties with Benin
- Any other documents that might require the authorities.
Office Locations and Contacts
Directorate of Emigration and Immigration:
Address: 1278, avenue Jean-Paul II Quartier Zongo Nima
PO Box 03 BP 3380 COTONOU
Phone: (+229) 21 31 56 44
Fax: (+229) 21 31 36 10
E-mail: dei@gouv.bj
Website: Link
Eligibility
Foreigners who meet the following criteria:
- Have received two times the resident temporary card (twice the validity card for one year)
- Be morally upright
- It is not a minor (under 18.)
Fees
ECOWAS — CFA 50,000
Outside ECOWAS – CFA 250,000
Validity
- The validity period is 3 years.
Requirements Information
- The details of the applicant
- Expected duration of stay in Benin
- Nationality
- Information on the passport
- Professional details
- Education details
- Contact detail
- Physical address is in Benin
- Employer details (if applicable)
- Financial details (Bank statement)
- Medical report
Need to have the Document
- Anyone who’s stays within Benin over the period of three (03) months is required to get a residence permit, excluding minors younger than 18 (18) years old and only in certain circumstances, such as diplomats, and other such.