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Employee establishment visa. A foreign company employee who has spent at least six months in Burundi applies to the Commissioner General of Migration with an approved request letter, passport copy, copy of current visa, photo, employment contract, service certificate and employer undertaking. The Ministry says other documents may be required by status.

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Employee establishment visa

A two-year establishment visa if approved; the separate work-permit requirement and 2026 residence-card procedure are separate applications before work or continued stay.

Who qualifies

  • A foreign company employee who has spent at least six months in Burundi applies to the Commissioner General of Migration with an approved request letter, passport copy, copy of current visa, photo, employment contract, service certificate and employer undertaking. The Ministry says other documents may be required by status.
    Burundi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, establishment visa

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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Does it fit your family?

One question, from the program’s own rules.

Do you have a binding job offer in that country?

Not legal advice.

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What it takes.

Time
Processing runs from submission of the complete file to the issuing authority’s decision.
Cost
The Ministry lists US$500 for the establishment visa.
The hard part
Maintaining lawful stay for the initial six months and obtaining employer documentation.
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Citizens by 2038.

If your first permit is issued in 2027 and you keep living there, this is the road.

  1. 2027
    First residence permit

    2 years, renewable for 2 years at a time.

  2. 2037
    Apply for citizenship

    With a language test.

  3. 2038
    Citizenship
Language
Understanding of Kirundi as evidence of attachment and assimilation.
Time away
Permanent residence in Burundi for at least ten years, together with attachment to Burundi and either property or a profession there.
Two passports
Usually not: new citizens are asked to give up their other citizenship.
  • After the initial six months in Burundi, the two-year establishment visa is renewable and can build the ten years of permanent residence.
  • How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.
  • This country asks new citizens to give up their other citizenship.
The law behind these dates
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Living there.

Time you must spend there
The program sets no minimum number of days. Renewal still expects it to be your home.
Tax
Where you become tax resident follows the days you spend there and where your home is. We map it for your family before you move.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

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Start today.

  1. Secure the employer’s offer and supporting records, then begin the published work or residence application.Open mae.gov.bi ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • The signed job offer, salary, and recognized qualifications
    • Health cover for the move
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