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Rwanda

P2 holiday or post-study work permit. A student at a recognized Rwandan higher education institution seeking holiday work, or a recent graduate, needs an employment contract, CV, employer recommendation and police clearance; graduates also provide an academic certificate.

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P2 holiday or post-study work permit

Work permit for up to one year in the qualifying student or recent-graduate situation.

Who qualifies

  • A student at a recognized Rwandan higher education institution seeking holiday work, or a recent graduate, needs an employment contract, CV, employer recommendation and police clearance; graduates also provide an academic certificate.
    Rwanda immigration, study and research permits

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
Published application fee: RWF 20,000.
The hard part
A qualifying Rwandan study history and local employment contract are required.
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Citizens by 2043.

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

  1. 2027
    First residence permit

    1 year, not renewable.

  2. 2042
    Apply for citizenship

    With a civics test.

  3. 2043
    Citizenship
Civics
Knowledge of and respect for Rwandan culture and national values, assessed in the acquisition process.
Time away
At least fifteen consecutive years of lawful residence while physically living in Rwanda, proved with residence permits.
Two passports
Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.
  • The holiday or post-study work permit lasts up to one year; it counts while valid, but another lawful status is needed to complete fifteen consecutive years.
  • How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.
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. Open the official p2 holiday or post-study work permit procedure and assemble the listed filing documents.Open migration.gov.rw ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • The signed job offer, salary, and recognized qualifications
    • Request your FBI Identity History Summary
    • 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 US citizen aged 19 or older who has just graduated from a recognised Rwandan higher-education institution and has a local employment contract: P2 permit, personal pickup, foreigner identity card and each renewal with the same employer; holiday work, other work-permit classes and dependants are separate.

15 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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