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Which citizenship, status or regional agreement creates the person's right to move/reside?

Bolivia is a Member Country of the Andean Community, and CAN Decision 878 (Andean Migration Statute) gives Andean citizens the right to obtain temporary or permanent residence in a Member Country other than their own. The Statute states it applies immediately from its entry into force without needing implementing regulations.

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Limits of the record
  • This is Andean Community law (CAN Decision 878), not a Bolivian statute; the Decision itself defers fees, family definitions and formalities to each Member Country's internal rules, so Bolivian practice may add conditions.
  • The capture does not show a Bolivian implementing instrument; the Statute's own Art. 34 preserves more favourable internal rules, so what Bolivia applies in practice is not proven by this source.

Under which circumstances can the person reside: worker, self-employed, student, jobseeker, self-funded person or another recognised basis?

The basis is Andean citizenship itself: an Andean national may apply for Andean Temporary Residence, which authorises stay for up to two years, and may do so either at the consulate of the destination country or, if already in the country, before the migration authority, regardless of the migratory status under which they entered.

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Limits of the record
  • This is Andean Community law (CAN Decision 878), not a Bolivian statute; the Decision itself defers fees, family definitions and formalities to each Member Country's internal rules, so Bolivian practice may add conditions.

What entry, registration or residence-document formalities remain?

The application for Andean Temporary Residence requires a travel document valid for at least six months, police/judicial/criminal record certificates from the country of nationality (and from any country of residence in the previous five years), a record certificate from the receiving country if the applicant is already there, payment of the service fee, and a written statement of intent to reside. Documents must be apostilled or certified by the consulate of the country of origin.

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Limits of the record
  • This is Andean Community law (CAN Decision 878), not a Bolivian statute; the Decision itself defers fees, family definitions and formalities to each Member Country's internal rules, so Bolivian practice may add conditions.
  • The fee amount is set by each Member Country's internal legislation and is not stated in this source.
  • The source does not state which Bolivian office receives the application or what processing time applies.
  • Comunidad Andina — Decisión N° 878 (Estatuto Migratorio Andino), Gaceta Oficial del Acuerdo de Cartagena N° 4239, 12 de mayo de 2021, Artículo 21
    Artículo 21.- Requisitos para la Residencia Temporal Andina. Para obtener la Residencia Temporal Andina los ciudadanos andinos deberán presentar la siguiente documentación: i) Documento de viaje válido y con una vigencia mínima de seis (6) meses con el que ingresará o ingresó al país de inmigración; ii) Certificado vigente que acredite la carencia de antecedentes policiales y judiciales o penales en el País Miembro de su nacionalidad o en los que hubiera residido el nacional andino peticionario durante los cinco años anteriores a su llegada al País Miembro de recepción, según sea el caso; iii) Certificado que acredite la carencia de antecedentes policiales y judiciales o penales del nacional andino peticionario en el País Miembro de recepción, si se encuentra en su territorio al momento de formular su solicitud ante la autoridad de migración correspondiente; iv) Pago de la tasa retributiva de servicios, conforme lo dispongan las respectivas legislaciones internas, propendiendo por establecer una tasa equivalente entre los Países Miembros, y; v) Manifestación escrita del propósito de establecer su residencia temporal en el País receptor. Los documentos exigidos para la solicitud de Residencia Temporal Andina se deben presentar legalizados conforme a la Convención para Suprimir la Legalización de los Documentos Públicos Extranjeros (Convención de la Haya sobre la Apostilla); o, en su defecto, certificados por la oficina consular del país de origen.

Which non-member-country family members can accompany or join, and what broad rights do they receive?

Family members who are not nationals of a Member Country are issued a residence permit of the same duration as that of the person they depend on, provided they submit the documentation set out in the Decision and have no impediments. If their nationality requires a visa to enter, they must apply for residence through the consular authority unless the receiving country's internal rules make that unnecessary. The official source does not state which relatives count as family members.

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Limits of the record
  • This is Andean Community law (CAN Decision 878), not a Bolivian statute; the Decision itself defers fees, family definitions and formalities to each Member Country's internal rules, so Bolivian practice may add conditions.
  • Who counts as a family member is defined by each Member Country's internal law (Art. 1(xii)); this source does not state Bolivia's definition.

When do permanent/long-term rights arise and what continuity, absence or retention conditions matter?

Andean Permanent Residence authorises indefinite stay. It is applied for before the competent authority of the country of immigration within the ninety days before the Andean Temporary Residence expires, with a travel document, a police/judicial/criminal record certificate from the receiving country, proof of lawful means of subsistence and payment of the service fee. The official source does not state continuity or absence rules.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • This is Andean Community law (CAN Decision 878), not a Bolivian statute; the Decision itself defers fees, family definitions and formalities to each Member Country's internal rules, so Bolivian practice may add conditions.
  • Art. 9 makes local voting rights subject to each Member Country's internal rules; this source does not state what Bolivia grants.

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

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