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Cameroon

Independent professional or commercial long stay. A foreigner intending independent professional, industrial, agricultural, commercial, craft or artistic activity needs an entry visa matching the intended duration and authorization for the activity wherever required; long stays also require proof of purpose, support and repatriation guarantee.

Free, with the law behind every answer

Independent professional or commercial long stay

Authorized long stay for the approved activity, with a separate stay-card application for qualifying adult residents.

Who qualifies

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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It could fit.

A foreigner intending independent professional, industrial, agricultural, commercial, craft or artistic activity needs an entry visa matching the intended duration and authorization for the activity wherever required; long stays also require proof of purpose, support and repatriation guarantee.

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
Budget for the application documents, certification, police or medical records and travel in addition to any charge collected at filing.
The hard part
Obtaining the sector authorization before filing the long-stay visa.
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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

    2 years, renewable for 2 years at a time.

  2. 2029
    Renew the permit

    Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 2 years.

  3. 2031
    Renew the permit

    Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 2 years.

  4. 2032
    Apply for citizenship
  5. 2033
    Citizenship
Time away
Five consecutive years of habitual residence through the filing date, with the applicant’s main interests still based in Cameroon when the decree is signed.
Two passports
Usually not: new citizens are asked to give up their other citizenship.
  • Authorized independent residence can build both the six-year resident-card option and the five-year citizenship residence period.
  • 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. Prepare the business or independent-activity documents, then begin the published residence process.Open spm.gov.cm ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • The business plan, and the endorsement or approval it needs
    • 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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