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Privileged Resident Card

BeninLong-term residence

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What exact status does accumulated residence lead to?

The route is a Benin ordinary resident status for a foreigner whose basis is the route-specific legitimate interest, income-generating activity, or means/support position identified in the route name and the decree.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured decree is not a complete route dossier; additional procedural, family, fee, exemption, employer, institution, or effective-date details may require other official sources.

What qualifying residence period is required and when does the period begin?

Privileged resident status may be possible after the ordinary resident card, which is valid for three years, has been renewed twice, if the Article 18 conditions are met. The official source does not state when the qualifying period begins.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured decree is not a complete route dossier; additional procedural, family, fee, exemption, employer, institution, or effective-date details may require other official sources.

Which types of residence count fully, partially or not at all where the official rules specify this?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm which types of residence count towards privileged resident status.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured decree is not a complete route dossier; additional procedural, family, fee, exemption, employer, institution, or effective-date details may require other official sources.

What absence/continuity rules affect accumulation of the qualifying residence period?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm absence or continuity rules for the qualifying residence period.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured decree is not a complete route dossier; additional procedural, family, fee, exemption, employer, institution, or effective-date details may require other official sources.

What other major conditions apply, how is the status obtained, and what renewal, document-validity, retention or loss rules matter?

The ordinary resident card is valid for three years and is renewable; after two renewals, privileged status may be possible if Article 18 conditions are met.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured decree is not a complete route dossier; additional procedural, family, fee, exemption, employer, institution, or effective-date details may require other official sources.

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

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