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Family Visit Visa

AlgeriaShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

Foreign travellers within the visa requirement must obtain a visa in advance from an Algerian diplomatic or consular post. The official source exempts an unspecified traveller scope and does not list the exempt nationalities.

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Limits of the record
  • The source does not identify the nationalities or traveller classes exempt from obtaining a visa in advance.
  • The source does not establish whether electronic authorisation is available.
  • The source mentions only an exceptional emergency regularization visa on arrival, not a normal visa-on-arrival rule for family visitors.
  • L110–L116
    L110: # Entry visa to Algeria L111: L112: 1. Except those not subject to this formality, foreigners wishing to travel to Algeria must previously obtain a visa from diplomatic and consular posts. L113: L114: L115: L116: 2. Foreigners can obtain diplomatic, service, courtesy, press, tourist, business, study, work, temporary work, family, medical, cultural, transit visas.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

This route covers a family visit involving accommodation provided by a member of the applicant’s Algerian family.

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  • L116 and L122
    L116: 2. Foreigners can obtain diplomatic, service, courtesy, press, tourist, business, study, work, temporary work, family, medical, cultural, transit visas.
  • L122
    L122: 5. The application for a family visa will be accompanied by the certificate of accommodation drawn up by a member of the Algerian family of the applicant and legalized by the Town Hall of the place of accommodation of the inviting person in Algeria.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

The general visa rules set a maximum stay of 90 days at each entry and a cumulative limit of 180 days per year. They list validity periods of 90 days, 180 days, one year and two years, and provide for single or multiple entries depending on visa type and the case. The source does not confirm which validity or entry option a particular family visa receives.

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Limits of the record
  • The source presents these as general visa rules and does not specify which validity periods or entry options are available for a family visa in a particular case.
  • L157–L164
    L157: 16- Duration of visa: L158: L159: - Duration of visa validity: 90 days, 180 days, one (01) year and two (2) years. L160: - Duration of stay: the maximum duration of stay authorized at each entry into Algeria is 90 days, which may, exceptionally, be extended not to exceed 90 days. The actual cumulative stay may not exceed 180 days per year. L161: L162: - Duration of stay of the transit visa is 07 days. L163: L164: 17- Number of entries: single entry or multiple entries depending on the type of visa and depending on the case.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

Required evidence includes a passport valid for at least six months, a passport photocopy, two recent identity photographs, the stated identity documents, and a travel-insurance and repatriation-assistance certificate. A family-visa application must include an accommodation certificate drawn up by a member of the applicant’s Algerian family and legalised by the town hall for the inviting person’s place of accommodation. A foreign applicant residing in the country of application must also provide a residence card and photocopy.

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Limits of the record
  • The source does not identify a funds requirement or onward-travel evidence for the family visa.
  • The phrase “identical identity documents” is not explained in the captured page.
  • L117–L118
    L117: 3. Visa application forms can be downloaded from the websites of the diplomatic and consular posts. They must be completed in duplicate and accompanied by: a passport, valid for at least of six months, passport’s photocopy, two (02) recent identity photos, identical identity documents, a travel insurance and repatriation assistance certificate. L118: They must be submitted to the Embassy or Consulate of the applicant's usual place of residence, accompanied by the additional documents indicated according to the type of visa requested.
  • L121–L122
    L121: 4. The applicant originating from a foreign country and residing in the host country will provide in support of his application, the residence card and its photocopy L122: 5. The application for a family visa will be accompanied by the certificate of accommodation drawn up by a member of the Algerian family of the applicant and legalized by the Town Hall of the place of accommodation of the inviting person in Algeria.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

The application form is downloaded from a diplomatic or consular post’s website, completed in duplicate and submitted with the required documents to the embassy or consulate for the applicant’s usual place of residence. A visa may be extended in Algeria under unspecified conditions; the general stay rule says an exceptional extension must not exceed 90 days and cumulative actual stay must not exceed 180 days per year. An authorised authority may exceptionally issue a regularisation visa on arrival in an emergency, but the source does not provide the procedure or eligibility rules.

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Limits of the record
  • The source does not state the conditions, application authority, documents, procedure or fee for an in-country extension.
  • The source does not establish whether a family visa can be changed to another immigration status.
  • The authority, procedure and eligibility rules for the exceptional emergency regularization visa on arrival are not specified.
  • L117–L118
    L117: 3. Visa application forms can be downloaded from the websites of the diplomatic and consular posts. They must be completed in duplicate and accompanied by: a passport, valid for at least of six months, passport’s photocopy, two (02) recent identity photos, identical identity documents, a travel insurance and repatriation assistance certificate. L118: They must be submitted to the Embassy or Consulate of the applicant's usual place of residence, accompanied by the additional documents indicated according to the type of visa requested.
  • L148–L160
    L148: 13. A regularization visa could be issued on arrival, exceptionally and in case of emergency, by the authorized authorities. L149: 14. The visa applicant pays the chancery fees, the amount of which varies according to the country. In application of the principle of reciprocity, the nationals of certain countries are exempt from paying chancery fees. L150: L151: L152: L153: L154: L155: 15. Extension of the visa on the spot: the visa can be extended in Algeria under certain conditions. L156: L157: 16- Duration of visa: L158: L159: - Duration of visa validity: 90 days, 180 days, one (01) year and two (2) years. L160: - Duration of stay: the maximum duration of stay authorized at each entry into Algeria is 90 days, which may, exceptionally, be extended not to exceed 90 days. The actual cumulative stay may not exceed 180 days per year.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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