POSTERN

Côte d’Ivoire

Employee resident card. A non-ECOWAS worker must pre-enrol online and provide a valid passport or consular card, online sponsorship form, an ONECI residence certificate less than six months old, payment receipt and original employment attestation.

Free, with the law behind every answer

Employee resident card

A resident card for an established employee. Employment authorization is a separate filing.

Who qualifies

  • A non-ECOWAS worker must pre-enrol online and provide a valid passport or consular card, online sponsorship form, an ONECI residence certificate less than six months old, payment receipt and original employment attestation.
    Côte d’Ivoire ONECI, first resident-card application

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
ONECI lists FCFA 300,000 for other non-ECOWAS nationals, including US citizens; employment authorization is a separate filing.
The hard part
Obtaining employer attestation and the residence certificate before enrolment.
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Citizens by 2033.

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

  1. 2027
    First residence permit

    5 years, renewable for 5 years at a time.

  2. 2032
    Apply for citizenship
  3. 2033
    Citizenship
Time away
Habitual residence for the five years before filing and continued habitual residence when the decree is signed.
Two passports
It depends on the rules at the time and on your home country.
  • The non-ECOWAS resident card documents the employee’s lawful residence; five habitual years open the discretionary naturalisation application.
  • 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. Secure the employer’s offer and supporting documents, then begin the published work-permit process.Open oneci.ci ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • The signed job offer, salary, and recognized qualifications
    • Health cover for the move
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Postern can run this for you.

$900for your first year as a founding member. Then $399 a year, automatically.One membership, the whole family. Bank accounts and help putting your plan into action are included.

Postern runs it for one adult US citizen lawfully in Abidjan, filing within three months of entry, with an already issued and paid ONECI sponsorship attestation, an original ONECI address certificate and complete employee papers: standard Plateau residence-card enrolment, actual card collection and each timely same-category renewal; sponsorship, address certification, employment permission, company formation, penalties and dependants are separate.

13 steps, from the first paper to the passport. 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. Opening your bank accounts there is included, whether you move now or keep the plan ready. Government fees, record fees and other costs you approve are extra.

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