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Residence Card for a Person Not Intending to Work

AlgeriaLiving from your own income

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Is this aimed at retirees, pensioners, financially independent people, passive-income holders or another profile?

This is aimed at a foreign national who wants to reside in Algeria, does not intend to carry out an economic activity, and can provide evidence of means of subsistence for the stay. The official page does not define the profile specifically as a retiree, pensioner, financially independent person, or passive-income holder.

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  • Section « Et selon le cas »
    Justificatifs des moyens de subsistance durant son séjour en Algérie dans le cas où le postulant n’a pas l’intention d’exercer une activité.

Which types of income/assets are accepted according to the official source?

The official source accepts documentary evidence of means of subsistence during the applicant’s stay in Algeria. It does not specify which particular types of income or assets qualify.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured official page does not identify particular accepted income or asset types, such as pensions, investment income, rental income, savings, or property.
  • Section « Et selon le cas »
    Justificatifs des moyens de subsistance durant son séjour en Algérie dans le cas où le postulant n’a pas l’intention d’exercer une activité.

What income, savings or financial-resources threshold applies and how does family affect it where officially specified?

Evidence of means of subsistence for the stay is required, but the official source states no minimum income or savings amount and gives no family-based adjustment.

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Limits of the record
  • No minimum income, savings balance, or other financial-resources threshold is stated in the captured official page.
  • No adjustment for a spouse, children, or other family members is stated for the initial residence-card application.
  • Section « Et selon le cas »
    Justificatifs des moyens de subsistance durant son séjour en Algérie dans le cas où le postulant n’a pas l’intention d’exercer une activité.

Can the holder work locally, run a business or perform other economic activity? What is the family position?

This evidentiary basis is for an applicant who does not intend to carry out an activity. The page separately requires proof of the relevant activity for commercial, industrial, craft, or professional cases, but it does not establish the later work or business rights of a holder admitted on the no-activity basis. It also gives no family activity rights.

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Limits of the record
  • The source does not establish whether a residence-card holder admitted on the no-activity basis is legally prohibited from later taking employment, operating a business, or carrying out another economic activity.
  • No family work or business rights are stated.
  • The source does not explain whether changing to an economic-activity basis is possible or what procedure would apply.
  • Section « Et selon le cas »
    Justificatifs des moyens de subsistance durant son séjour en Algérie dans le cas où le postulant n’a pas l’intention d’exercer une activité.

How long is the status granted, what is required for renewal, what physical-presence obligations matter, and what longer-term residence direction exists?

The ordinary foreign resident card is valid for two years. A ten-year card may be issued after at least seven years of continuous and lawful residence in Algeria; this direction can also cover the resident’s children who live with the resident and have reached age 18. The source lists additional documents for that ten-year application but does not state the renewal rules for the two-year card or explain how absences affect continuous residence.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured official page does not state a renewal procedure or renewal deadline for the two-year card.
  • It does not state a minimum physical-presence rule for retaining or renewing the initial card.
  • The seven-year rule requires continuous lawful residence, but the page does not explain how absences affect continuity.
  • The source says a ten-year card may be issued, so it does not establish an automatic entitlement.

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

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