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Ordinary resident card on independent support. A US citizen seeking ordinary residence must show means of subsistence or a third-party support guarantee, good character, a travel document valid more than one year from application, foreigner personal identification certificate, origin or last-residence criminal record for the first application, and the fee receipt. The 2026 decree gives the ordinary card a three-year renewable term.

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Ordinary resident card on independent support

Ordinary resident card for an approved stay; employment is not established by financial support alone.

Who qualifies

  • A US citizen seeking ordinary residence must show means of subsistence or a third-party support guarantee, good character, a travel document valid more than one year from application, foreigner personal identification certificate, origin or last-residence criminal record for the first application, and the fee receipt. The 2026 decree gives the ordinary card a three-year renewable term.
    Benin Presidency, decree 2026-049, arts. 17 and 19-22

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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It could fit.

A US citizen seeking ordinary residence must show means of subsistence or a third-party support guarantee, good character, a travel document valid more than one year from application, foreigner personal identification certificate, origin or last-residence criminal record for the first application, and the fee receipt. The 2026 decree gives the ordinary card a three-year renewable term.

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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
Obtaining the foreigner identification certificate and credible proof of long-term support.
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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 proof of independent means and identity records, then begin the published residence application.Open sgg.gouv.bj ↗
  2. Round up the papers.
    • Proof of how you will support yourselves
    • 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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