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Medical Treatment Visa

AlgeriaMedical treatment

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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What medical treatment/purpose does the route cover and which applicant role does it address: patient, donor or another medical purpose?

The Ministry lists a medical visa among Algeria's entry visas, but this overview does not detail the treatments or patient roles it covers.

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  • Medical-specific scope is not supplied.
  • Entry visa to Algeria, item 2
    Foreigners can obtain diplomatic, service, courtesy, press, tourist, business, study, work, temporary work, family, medical, cultural, transit visas.

What acceptance, appointment, referral, treatment plan or healthcare-provider documentation is important?

Algerian visa regulations issue the medical visa to a foreigner who holds a medical certificate, a document covering the medical costs (prise en charge des frais médicaux) and the written agreement (accord) of the receiving healthcare establishment, together with a hotel booking or accommodation certificate and proof of resources for the duration of care. Algerian consular posts implement this by requiring the medical certificate and a copy of the receiving establishment's agreement (Embassy in The Hague, list updated 20/06/2025). No official text sets a template, treatment-plan, referral or appointment-date requirement for that agreement.

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Limits of the record
  • Décret 66-212 (as amended by Décret présidentiel 03-251, 2003) is the application decree of Ordonnance 66-211, which Loi 08-11 art. 51 (2008) repealed; Loi 08-11 art. 7 refers visa procedures to regulation and no later regulation was found on joradp.dz (checked via JO PDFs and Perplexity as a search aid). The MFA's current entry-visa page, the MFA foreigner guide (which cites the 2008 law) and consular posts reproduce the same document list, but the decree's formal validity was not independently confirmed.
  • The official texts do not specify the form or content of the receiving establishment's agreement (no template, no requirement to state diagnosis, treatment plan, appointment date or estimated cost), nor who must issue the medical certificate.
  • Consular document lists vary by post (The Hague page is dated 20/06/2025; the Paris and Brussels medical-visa pages returned no body content on 2026-09-22) and each post reserves the right to request further documents.

How must treatment costs, living costs and insurance be demonstrated?

The general application checklist includes travel insurance and repatriation assistance.

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Limits of the record
  • Treatment financing and maintenance evidence are not specified for this medical visa.

Can a carer/companion accompany the patient? Who qualifies and what separate/linked permission applies?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm whether a companion may accompany the patient and under what permission.

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Limits of the record
  • The separate family-visa description does not establish a medical-companion route.

How long can the patient stay, what happens if treatment continues longer, and what official extension or follow-up mechanism exists?

Submit through the embassy or consulate for your usual residence. The general overview distinguishes a maximum stay per entry of 90 days from a cumulative limit of 180 days per year.

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Limits of the record
  • The medical visa's specific validity, extension grounds and follow-up rules require confirmation.

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

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