How to Apply for Ordinary Resident Card In Benin

Apply for Ordinary Resident Card In Benin By Online

  1. The applicants who meet the requirements should visit an Directorate of Emigration and Immigration office close to you and get an application form.
  2. Send the completed form along with the supporting documents (listed in the following) to the official in charge to be verified and processed.
  3. Make sure you pay the application fees
  4. 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

How to Apply for Ordinary Resident Card In Benin
How to Apply for Ordinary Resident Card In Benin

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.

External Links

(ministry of immigrants)

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