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Family Accompaniment - Minor Child

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Which family relationships qualify?

A minor child is listed among the family members who may benefit from family accompaniment or family reunification measures, where the foreigner whose family they belong to is to stay in Cameroon for more than three months.

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Limits of the record
  • In this article the more-than-three-months condition attaches to the foreigner being accompanied or joined, not to the accompanying relative; the decree separately limits family accompaniment itself to a period not exceeding three months.
  • chars 42868-43230
    ARTICLE 46.- Peuvent bénéficier des mesures d'accompagnement ou de regroupement familial, les personnes suivantes, membres de la famille de l'étranger devant séjourner plus de trois (03) mois au Cameroun - le conjoint ; m - les enfants mineurs ou ceux ayant la majorité, mais poursuivant encore des études;

Who may sponsor or bring the family member, and what immigration/citizenship status must that person hold?

The sponsor or joining relative must already be admitted in stay or resident status in Cameroon.

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Limits of the record
  • The source gives no monetary amount or formula for sufficient housing/resources.

What is important for proving marriage, partnership, parentage, custody, dependency or another qualifying relationship?

A candidate for family accompaniment or family reunification must produce, in support of the file, all the documents proving that a family relationship exists between them and the family member they intend to accompany or join.

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Limits of the record
  • The article does not name which document proves the parentage, custody or guardianship of a minor child.
  • The article gives no list of acceptable documents and no legalisation or verification step.
  • chars 43275-43559
    ARTICLE 47.- L'étranger candidat à l'accompagnement familial ou au regroupement .p familial, est tenu de produire à l'appui de son dossier, toutes les pièces prouvant qu'il existe un lien de parenté entre lui et la famille qu'il entend accompagner ou rejoindre.

What important financial, accommodation, insurance or maintenance responsibilities apply?

The sponsor is expected to have housing and stable, sufficient resources available in Cameroon. No numerical income threshold is provided in the decree.

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Limits of the record
  • The regulation does not specify a formula, minimum balance, or separate insurance requirement.

How does the application work at a high level, what rights does the family member receive, how long does the status last, and how can it become independent or longer-term where officially stated?

Family accompaniment is for a period not exceeding three months. The accompanying relative files at the competent diplomatic mission or consular post. The decree does not set a work right for the accompanying person.

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Limits of the record
  • No longer accompaniment period or accompanying-family work permission is stated.

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

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