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Guinea

Self-supported nonworking stay. A foreigner who proves they can live on their own resources and undertakes not to perform work requiring authorization may seek a temporary stay card marked visiteur; a long-stay visa may be required and admission applications go to the competent consular mission.

Free, with the law behind every answer

Self-supported nonworking stay

Temporary nonworking stay for no more than one year at a time.

Who qualifies

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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It could fit.

A foreigner who proves they can live on their own resources and undertakes not to perform work requiring authorization may seek a temporary stay card marked visiteur; a long-stay visa may be required and admission applications go to the competent consular mission.

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
Showing sufficient independent resources without relying on unauthorized work.
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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

    1 year, renewable for 1 year at a time.

  2. 2032
    Apply for citizenship

    With a language test.

  3. 2033
    Citizenship
Language
Mastery of at least one Guinean national language; elderly refugees and stateless people have a narrow exemption.
Time away
Habitual lawful residence in Guinea for the five years before filing and residence in Guinea when the decree is signed.
Two passports
Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.
  • The annual nonworking visitor card can build habitual residence while means and lawful status are maintained for five years.
  • How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.
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. Gather the required proof of independent means or property, then begin the published residence process.Open mspc.gov.gn ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • Proof of how you will support yourselves
    • 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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