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Special Economic Zone Resident Card (Carte ZES)

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What investment option or options qualify?

The Benin special economic zone route is based on admission of an investor to a zone regime. The law defines an investor as a Beninese or non-Beninese public or private legal person carrying out investment operations in a special economic zone, with admission subject to approval by the approval committee.

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  • The captured law does not establish a general family-inclusion rule, a general investor residence-renewal rule, or a citizenship pathway for this route; those points require separate authoritative verification.

What official minimum amount, tier or threshold applies to each relevant option?

The law does not state a single minimum capital amount for this route. It requires a project principally aimed at industrial production or transformation, industrial assembly, industrial or commercial infrastructure, or valorisation of national resources for export. An export-regime applicant must show a capacity to realise at least 80% of turnover from exports.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured law does not establish a general family-inclusion rule, a general investor residence-renewal rule, or a citizenship pathway for this route; those points require separate authoritative verification.

How long must the investment be maintained and what continuing ownership, investment or physical-presence conditions are important?

The investment must be carried out within the deadlines fixed in the approval, and the approval sets the particular conditions for implementation. If the investment is not completed within the prescribed period, the approval may be withdrawn; a motivated extension request may be submitted.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured law does not establish a general family-inclusion rule, a general investor residence-renewal rule, or a citizenship pathway for this route; those points require separate authoritative verification.

Which family members can be included where officially stated, and what broad residence/work rights result?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm which family members can be included or what residence or work rights they would have.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured law does not specify family inclusion or derivative rights.

What status is obtained, how is it renewed, what longer-term residence/citizenship direction is officially stated, and what happens to the investment when relevant?

Admission is an approval-based zone status rather than a general citizenship route. For foreign employees of admitted zone enterprises, the law provides a resident card valid for five years and renewable. The law does not state a citizenship pathway, a general investor residence-renewal rule or what happens to the investment. Resident cards may be withdrawn for a breach or threat to public order or security.

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Limits of the record
  • The five-year renewable card provision is expressly stated for foreign employees of admitted zone enterprises; a general investor residence renewal rule and citizenship pathway are not established in this capture.

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

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