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Investment-project expatriate work permit. An Ethiopian investment project seeking an expatriate in a key technical role submits authenticated qualifications and experience, employment contract, local employee replacement plan, passport and appropriate work or business visa; regulated sectors need competence approval.

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Investment-project expatriate work permit

Work authorization for the specified investment-project position; residence authorization is separate.

Who qualifies

  • An Ethiopian investment project seeking an expatriate in a key technical role submits authenticated qualifications and experience, employment contract, local employee replacement plan, passport and appropriate work or business visa; regulated sectors need competence approval.
    Ethiopian Investment Commission, service requirements

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
Published Commission issuance fee: US$100; visa and residence charges are separate.
The hard part
Showing the specialized role and a credible plan to transfer skills to Ethiopian staff.
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Citizens by 2032.

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

  1. 2027
    First residence permit

    1 year, renewable for 1 year at a time.

  2. 2031
    Apply for citizenship

    With a language test.

  3. 2032
    Citizenship
Language
Able to communicate in one language of Ethiopia’s nations and nationalities.
Time away
Established domicile in Ethiopia and lawful residence for the four years immediately before applying; the applicant must give up any other nationality and take the oath.
Two passports
Usually not: new citizens are asked to give up their other citizenship.
  • The work authorization is separate from immigration residence; only years with both valid can build Ethiopia’s four-year domicile 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. Open the official investment-project expatriate work permit procedure and assemble the listed filing documents.Open investinethiopia.gov.et ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • The signed job offer, salary, and recognized qualifications
    • Health cover for the move
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