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Mauritania

Student residence card. Present passport valid more than six months and current public-school enrolment; private-school enrolment requires ministry certification.

Free, with the law behind every answer

Student residence card

If approved, residence for study; the status does not itself authorize employment.

Who qualifies

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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It could fit.

Student residence card 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 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 Nationality Code counts habitual residence without excluding students, so renewed student cards can contribute to the ten 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. Open the official student residence card procedure and assemble the listed filing documents.Open procedures.gov.mr ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • The degree or admission letter, and proof of funds
    • 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.

Options open to you today →
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ISSUED TO

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