POSTERN

Cameroon

Study or long internship stay. A foreign student or long-term trainee needs a long-stay entry visa, proof of subsistence and accommodation, and a pre-enrolment or enrolment certificate from the teaching or training institution legalized by the competent national authority.

Free, with the law behind every answer

Study or long internship stay

Long-stay admission for studies or a long internship; qualifying students may obtain a stay card, not a resident card.

Who qualifies

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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It could fit.

Study or long internship stay 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
Budget for the application documents, certification, police or medical records and travel in addition to any charge collected at filing.
The hard part
Securing and legalizing the institution’s acceptance document.
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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.
  • Student stay-card years can satisfy the five-year naturalisation residence test, but students cannot obtain the ten-year resident card through study alone.
  • 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. Obtain admission or current enrolment evidence, then begin the published study-permit process.Open spm.gov.cm ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • The degree or admission letter, and proof of funds
    • Request your FBI Identity History Summary
    • Health cover for the move
    • A lease or other proof of where you’ll live in Cameroon
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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.

Options open to you today →
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ISSUED TO

YOUR FAMILY

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