Cape Verde

For a foreign national with a valid employment contract or promise of employment meeting Cabo Verde labour-law specifications.

For a foreign investor or entrepreneur carrying out an authorised, registered or licensed investment or economically relevant activity.

For a foreign national who formed a company, has a services contract for a liberal profession, or can lawfully carry out independent activity.

For teaching, research at a higher-education institution, or another highly qualified activity in Cabo Verde.

For a foreign national admitted and enrolled at a recognised higher-education institution in Cabo Verde.

For a parent who actually exercises parental responsibility for and supports a minor resident in Cabo Verde or a Cabo Verdean minor.

For the spouse, minor or dependent child, or adopted minor of a foreign national holding a valid Cabo Verde residence permit.

For a retired foreign national who intends to establish residence in Cabo Verde and meets the permanent-residence conditions.

— No eligibility summary published for this route yet

For a foreign national who has held temporary residence in Cabo Verde for at least five years and meets the permanent-residence conditions.

For a person who did not leave Cabo Verde after a prior residence right expired, under the special statutory branch.

For specified children of residents and people born or raised long-term in Cabo Verde who fall within the statutory special branches.

For a citizen of an ECOWAS member state to circulate in Cabo Verde without a visa or residence permit for up to ninety days.

For a temporary stay such as business or another qualifying non-residence purpose, with an ordinary or multiple-entry visa.

For a temporary tourism visit to Cabo Verde, using the tourism visa unless an exemption or free-circulation agreement applies.

For a person who is or was subject to wage or hours exploitation or particularly abusive working conditions and cooperates with authorities.

For a foreign national who is or was a victim of trafficking, migrant smuggling or facilitation of illegal immigration.

For a foreign national native of Cabo Verde after at least three years holding temporary residence and meeting the permanent conditions.

For a person with an illness requiring prolonged medical care where return would create a risk to the person's health.

For a traveller who disembarks in Cabo Verde while in transit to another country and whose nationality requires a transit visa.