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Business residence permit. A foreign business applicant files with Lesotho immigration using medical form, police clearance, certified work permit, personal and company tax clearance, applicant and company letters, trader’s licence, employment contract, passport and entry-stamp copies, qualifications, applicable visa certificate and six months of bank statements; company directors also supply a memorandum.

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Business residence permit

Residence permit in the business category if approved; the listed work permit and trade licence are prerequisites, not rights granted by this filing.

Who qualifies

  • A foreign business applicant files with Lesotho immigration using medical form, police clearance, certified work permit, personal and company tax clearance, applicant and company letters, trader’s licence, employment contract, passport and entry-stamp copies, qualifications, applicable visa certificate and six months of bank statements; company directors also supply a memorandum.
    Lesotho government, residence-permit service charter

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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It could fit.

A foreign business applicant files with Lesotho immigration using medical form, police clearance, certified work permit, personal and company tax clearance, applicant and company letters, trader’s licence, employment contract, passport and entry-stamp copies, qualifications, applicable visa certificate and six months of bank statements; company directors also supply a memorandum.

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 work permit, trade licence and both tax clearances before residence application.
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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. 2032
    Apply for citizenship

    With a language test.

  3. 2033
    Citizenship

    The decision usually takes 6 months.

Language
Adequate Sesotho or English.
Time away
Five continuous years of lawful residence on valid permits immediately before applying, with an intention to continue living permanently in Lesotho.
Two passports
Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.
  • The two-year residence permit can be renewed; five continuous lawful years open citizenship without surrendering the old nationality.
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 business registration and activity documents, then begin the published permit application.Open gov.ls ↗
  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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