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Mauritania

Private-sector residence card. Present a travel document valid more than six months and either a Labour Directorate certified contract or employer work certificate with a work permit signed by the Labour Director.

Free, with the law behind every answer

Private-sector residence card

If approved, a residence card tied to the documented private employment; duration and dependant coverage are set in the card decision.

Who qualifies

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 a complete file to the issuing authority’s decision.
Cost
Budget for document certification, police or medical records, translations and travel in addition to any charge collected at filing.
The hard part
Assembling the option-specific evidence and obtaining the issuing authority’s approval.
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Citizens by 2038.

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. 2037
    Apply for citizenship

    With a language test.

  3. 2038
    Citizenship
Language
Fluency in Arabic, Pulaar, Soninke or Wolof; the code sets no exam level.
Time away
Habitual residence in Mauritania for at least ten years at the time of applying.
Two passports
Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.
  • The renewable residence card keeps the employee lawfully resident; ten habitual years and fluency in a national language are still required.
  • 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. Open the official private-sector residence card procedure and assemble the listed filing documents.Open procedures.gov.mr ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • The signed job offer, salary, and recognized qualifications
    • 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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ISSUED TO

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