POSTERN

Rwanda

U1 student permit. Foreign students need a travel document valid at least six months, school recommendation and sponsorship letter; adults also need original police clearance.

Free, with the law behind every answer

U1 student permit

Student permit valid for one year. The U1 permit authorizes study, not employment.

Who qualifies

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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It could fit.

U1 student permit needs admission to a qualifying course; the course and your passport then decide it.

What would settle itYour admission and the course’s eligibility under the destination’s rules.

Every option that fits your family

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; tuition is separate.
The hard part
Meeting the option-specific documentary conditions and securing approval.
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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, renewable for 1 year at a time.

  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 one-year student permit is lawful residence and can count toward Rwanda’s fifteen consecutive years while renewed without a break.
  • 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 u1 student permit procedure and assemble the listed filing documents.Open migration.gov.rw ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • The degree or admission letter, and proof of funds
    • 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 lawfully in Kigali with a Rwandan school's recommendation and sponsorship: U1 permit, personal pickup, foreigner identity card and each annual renewal; work and dependant applications are separate.

16 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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