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Class D general trade shareholder permit. A shareholder in a general-trade company needs the company’s certified three-month bank statement and valid trading licence, plus passport, photo, police and tax clearance and current immigration status.

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Class D general trade shareholder permit

Entry permit for the approved trade activity for 6, 12, 24 or 36 months.

Who qualifies

  • A shareholder in a general-trade company needs the company’s certified three-month bank statement and valid trading licence, plus passport, photo, police and tax clearance and current immigration status.
    Uganda immigration, Class D

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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It could fit.

A shareholder in a general-trade company needs the company’s certified three-month bank statement and valid trading licence, plus passport, photo, police and tax clearance and current immigration status.

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
Published fees: US$1,250 for 6 months, US$2,500 for 12, US$5,000 for 24 or US$7,500 for 36.
The hard part
Establishing a licensed trade company with a bank history before applying.
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Citizens by 2048.

If your first permit is issued in 2027 and you keep living there, this is the road.

  1. 2027
    First residence permit

    3 years, renewable for 3 years at a time.

  2. 2047
    Apply for citizenship

    With a language test.

  3. 2048
    Citizenship
Language
Adequate knowledge of a prescribed Ugandan vernacular language or English.
Time away
Twenty years in total, including continuous residence throughout the 24 months immediately before applying, with an intention to remain permanently.
Two passports
It depends on the rules at the time and on your home country.
  • The shareholder permit can run up to 36 months and renewed residence counts, but citizenship still needs twenty years and the final 24 months continuous.
  • How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.
  • Whether you can keep your current citizenship depends on the rules at the time and your home country.
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 class d general trade shareholder permit procedure and assemble the listed filing documents.Open immigration.go.ug ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • The business plan, and the endorsement or approval it needs
    • 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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