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South Sudan

Foreign-worker permit. Apply to the Labour Ministry with valid passport and entry visa, employer or institution materials, qualifications and employment contract as applicable.

Free, with the law behind every answer

Foreign-worker permit

If approved, a one-year work-permit smart card; residence and dependant status require separate applications.

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
The published application form costs US$100; the permit fee is separately assessed and not stated on the page.
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
Ability to speak one of South Sudan’s indigenous languages; no level or formal exam is specified.
Time away
Ten continuous, uninterrupted years of lawful residence immediately before applying, with an intention to remain permanently.
Two passports
Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.
  • The annual labour permit is not residence by itself; paired lawful immigration residence can build the ten continuous years required by the Nationality Act.
  • 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 foreign-worker permit procedure and assemble the listed filing documents.Open mol.gov.ss ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • The signed job offer, salary, and recognized qualifications
    • 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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