Algeria

Study visa

Entry for study for the period placed on the visa; the study visa itself does not grant employment authorization.

Who qualifies

• Apply at the Algerian mission for the applicant’s habitual residence with enrolment at a state-approved institution and scholarship or other support evidence, plus standard passport, insurance and photo documents.
  Algerian Foreign Ministry, entry visas
• The Foreign Ministry caps visa-authorized presence at 90 days per entry and 180 cumulative days per year.
  Algerian Foreign Ministry, entry visas

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

This visa doesn’t lead to a passport.

1. 2027
   First residence permit

   0.25 years, renewable for 0.25 years at a time.

2. 2028
   Renew the permit

   Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 0.25 years.

Language

No named language exam; the Nationality Code instead asks the applicant to prove assimilation into the Algerian community.

Time away

At least seven consecutive years of habitual and lawful residence by the filing date, and residence in Algeria when the naturalisation decree is signed.

Two passports

Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.

• Time on this program does not count toward permanent residence or citizenship; the family would need to switch to one that does.
• The visa permits no more than 90 days per entry and 180 days a year; only a later residence authorization can build the seven consecutive lawful years.