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Malawi

Student permit. A foreign national intending to study or conduct educational research at an approved Malawian institution applies with the student-permit form and supporting documents at Immigration Headquarters or a regional office.

Free, with the law behind every answer

Student permit

Permission to enter and study at an approved institution; the permit is limited to the approved study activity.

Who qualifies

  • A foreign national intending to study or conduct educational research at an approved Malawian institution applies with the student-permit form and supporting documents at Immigration Headquarters or a regional office.
    Malawi immigration, student permit

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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It could fit.

Student permit 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 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
Admission to an approved institution and immigration approval.
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Citizens by 2035.

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. 2034
    Apply for citizenship

    With a language test.

  3. 2035
    Citizenship
Language
Adequate English and one prescribed Malawian vernacular language.
Time away
More than seven years of residence in Malawi, supported by lawful-status records; the official guidance publishes no separate maximum-absence count.
Two passports
Usually not: new citizens are asked to give up their other citizenship.
  • Lawful study residence is not excluded from the seven-year rule, though the permit remains tied to the approved course.
  • 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 student permit procedure and assemble the listed filing documents.Open immigration.gov.mw ↗
  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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