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Foreign merchant authorization and long-stay visa. A US citizen intending to conduct commerce must obtain the foreign merchant authorization before activity. For a stay up to one year, the police lists direct long-stay visa filing with the Migration Division or a Burkinabe diplomatic mission using a valid passport, two photos, signed visa application and information form; the published commerce page does not provide a full authorization document checklist.

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Foreign merchant authorization and long-stay visa

Commercial-activity authorization and, if separately granted, a one-year long-stay visa; neither approval is automatic from the other.

Who qualifies

  • A US citizen intending to conduct commerce must obtain the foreign merchant authorization before activity. For a stay up to one year, the police lists direct long-stay visa filing with the Migration Division or a Burkinabe diplomatic mission using a valid passport, two photos, signed visa application and information form; the published commerce page does not provide a full authorization document checklist.
    Burkina Faso Service Public, authorization for foreign commercial activity
  • The National Police states that a long-stay visa can be filed directly with its migration administration or an overseas mission and lists the basic application documents.
    Burkina Faso National Police, long-stay visa procedure

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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It could fit.

A US citizen intending to conduct commerce must obtain the foreign merchant authorization before activity. For a stay up to one year, the police lists direct long-stay visa filing with the Migration Division or a Burkinabe diplomatic mission using a valid passport, two photos, signed visa application and information form; the published commerce page does not provide a full authorization document checklist.

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What it takes.

Time
Ask the issuing authority for its current processing time.
Cost
Check the issuing authority's current fee schedule before filing.
The hard part
The merchant authorization's full application evidence and current issuance channel require confirmation with the competent agency.
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The road past the first permit.

Any permanent residence or citizenship requires a separate application under its own rules.

  1. 2027
    Route candidate

    The residence and work authorization sequence still needs verification.

  • We have not yet confirmed this country’s road from residence to citizenship.
  • We have not yet confirmed how this route counts toward residence or citizenship.
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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. Gather business registration and activity documents, then begin the published permit application.Open service-public.gov.bf ↗
  2. Round up the papers.
    • 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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Or let us run it.

$900for your first year as a founding member. Then $399 a year, automatically.Standard first year: $1,200. Everyone renews at $399.One membership, the whole family. Accounts and activation included.

15 steps, from the first paper to every renewal. You do 4 of them: send what we ask for, sign, and show up. We run the rest, and keep every permit renewed on time. Accounts and activation are included, whether you move now or keep the plan ready. Accounts depend on provider availability. Government, record and approved third-party charges are extra.

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