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Independent-worker stay card. A foreign independent worker filing with DGDI needs commercial approval and proof that the required administrative formalities were completed, plus legalized housing attestation, host identity copy and recent utility bill.

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Independent-worker stay card

A two-year stay card for approved independent activity; sector permissions remain separate.

Who qualifies

  • A foreign independent worker filing with DGDI needs commercial approval and proof that the required administrative formalities were completed, plus legalized housing attestation, host identity copy and recent utility bill.
    Gabon DGDI, demande de carte de séjour form

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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It could fit.

A foreign independent worker filing with DGDI needs commercial approval and proof that the required administrative formalities were completed, plus legalized housing attestation, host identity copy and recent utility bill.

Every door that fits your family

Not legal advice.

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What it takes.

Time
Ask the issuing authority for its current processing time.
Cost
The DGDI form lists FCFA 150,000 for the two-year card plus a country-specific repatriation deposit; current amounts must be confirmed.
The hard part
Obtaining commercial approval and documenting all activity registrations.
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The road past the first permit.

Any later 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. Prepare the business or independent-activity documents, then begin the published residence process.Open dgdi.ga ↗
  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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