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Côte d’Ivoire

Student resident card. A non-ECOWAS student must pre-enrol online and provide a valid passport or consular card, sponsorship form, an ONECI residence certificate less than six months old, payment receipt and current-year attendance, enrolment receipt or student card.

Free, with the law behind every answer

Student resident card

A resident card during qualifying study; the card does not itself authorize employment.

Who qualifies

  • A non-ECOWAS student must pre-enrol online and provide a valid passport or consular card, sponsorship form, an ONECI residence certificate less than six months old, payment receipt and current-year attendance, enrolment receipt or student card.
    Côte d’Ivoire ONECI, first resident-card application

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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It could fit.

Student resident card needs admission to a qualifying course; the course and your passport then decide it.

What would settle itYour admission and the course’s eligibility under the destination’s rules.

Every option that fits your family

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
ONECI lists FCFA 300,000 for other non-ECOWAS nationals, including US citizens; tuition is separate.
The hard part
Obtaining current academic registration and sponsorship.
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Citizens by 2033.

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

  1. 2027
    First residence permit

    5 years, renewable for 5 years at a time.

  2. 2032
    Apply for citizenship
  3. 2033
    Citizenship
Time away
Habitual residence for the five years before filing and continued habitual residence when the decree is signed.
Two passports
It depends on the rules at the time and on your home country.
  • The Nationality Code does not exclude lawful student residence, though the card must remain backed by current enrolment.
  • How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.
  • Whether you can keep your current citizenship depends on the rules at the time and your home country.
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. Obtain admission or current enrolment evidence, then begin the published study-permit process.Open oneci.ci ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • The degree or admission letter, and proof of funds
    • Request your FBI Identity History Summary
    • Health cover for the move
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Postern can’t run this for you yet.

The official application forms, submission and recovery specification are not complete. Postern cannot run this application yet.

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ISSUED TO

YOUR FAMILY

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