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Sierra Leone

Unified work and residence permit. A noncitizen taking work, services or gainful business must use Sierra Leone’s official Unified Permit portal. The portal calls for NCRA registration and a non-national ID, account creation, selection of work and, where needed, residence permits, upload of passport, employment letter and photo, payment and card collection.

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Unified work and residence permit

Work authorization and, if separately selected and approved, residence authorization. The portal says residence permits cover foreign nationals staying more than 90 days.

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 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 NCRA non-national identity card and employer evidence before filing.
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Citizens by 2043.

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. 2042
    Apply for citizenship

    With a language test.

  3. 2043
    Citizenship
Language
Adequate knowledge of a language indigenous to Sierra Leone.
Time away
Fifteen continuous years of residence immediately before applying, with an intention to remain and contribute to Sierra Leone.
Two passports
Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.
  • Work and residence are separate selections in the unified portal; only an approved residence permit builds the fifteen-year naturalisation period.
  • 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. Secure the employer’s offer and supporting documents, then begin the published work-permit process.Open unifiedpermit.gov.sl ↗
  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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