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Free-Zone Company Director or Operational Executive Resident Card

DjiboutiStarting a business

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Is this for a founder, startup entrepreneur, self-employed person, freelancer, company owner or another business profile?

This route is for company directors: foreigners who show they are investors or directors of companies approved by the Port and Free Zones Authority or by the National Investment Agency (ANPI) can obtain a resident card.

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Limits of the record
  • Article 27 covers both investors and company directors in one provision; the captures do not define an "operational executive" profile.
  • The DPFZA passage concerns long-stay visas without a residence permit, not the resident card itself.

What must actually exist or be demonstrated: business plan, company, innovation, clients, contracts, economic activity, job creation or other substance?

The applicant must show the status of investor or of director of a company approved by the Port and Free Zones Authority or by the National Investment Agency (ANPI). The official source does not state any other business substance, such as a business plan, clients, turnover or job creation.

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Limits of the record
  • The DPFZA residence-card page applies to company employees generally; it states nothing specific to directors or operational executives.
  • https://dpfza.gov.dj/node/135
    The company must send a written request to the APZFD . In this request, the Director or the representative of the company must specify that he is the guarantor of this employee, and indicate the position occupied by the employee and mention the country of origin.
  • https://dpfza.gov.dj/node/135
    List of documents to provide: 2 passport photos ; Copy of long-stay visa for 12 months; Copy of passport ; Copy of license ; Copy of contract ; Complete the residence card form .

What investment, capital, income, revenue, funding or viability evidence is central to this pathway?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the investment, capital, income or viability evidence required.

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Limits of the record
  • No official source in the supplied corpus states any required investment amount, capital, income, revenue, funding, or viability evidence for this pathway.
  • Article 27
    Les étrangers justifiant de la qualité d’investisseur ou de dirigeant de sociétés agrées soit de l’autorité du Port et des zones franches soit de l’Agence Nationale pour l’Investissement (ANPI) peuvent obtenir une carte de résident selon les dispositions de la présente loi.

What business/self-employed activity may the holder conduct? Are there important restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the business activity the holder may carry out, its restrictions and the family position.

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Limits of the record
  • Searched for what activity a free-zone director may conduct or restrictions on it; none stated. The concurrent visa/residence/work-permit filing (old citation) is an application sequence and is used in r5; the DPFZA exemption for CEOs/senior executives is the certified r3 citation.

What approval/application sequence applies, how long is the status granted, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction is officially stated?

The long-stay visa holder must, together with the visa request, file a request for a residence permit and/or work permit (the work permit only for free-zone employees). Residence cards are valid annually, matching the calendar year. For renewal the company sends a written request to the APZFD with 2 passport photos, the original of the previous residence card and the completed form; issue takes 7 working days on a complete file, or 48 hours in an emergency with additional costs. The official source does not state a longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • No longer-term residence direction (permanent residence or citizenship) is stated.
  • https://dpfza.gov.dj/services/immigration/visas
    The holder of this visa must , concomitantly with his request, file a request for a residence permit and / or work permit (only for free zone employees ).
  • https://dpfza.gov.dj/node/135
    Residence cards are valid annually, corresponding to the calendar year
  • https://dpfza.gov.dj/node/135
    For any renewal of residence permits , the company must send a written request to the APZFD . The documents to be provided are : 2 passport photos ; Original of the residence card previously issued ; Form filled in with the residence card . A copy of this form is available at the APZFD office and can be downloaded from our site.
  • https://dpfza.gov.dj/node/135
    Deadline for issue : Allow a recovery period of 7 working days, depending on the time and date of receipt of the request, subject to a complete file. Emergency : 48 hours with additional costs

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

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