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Visitor Temporary Stay Card

DjiboutiLiving from your own income

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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Is this aimed at retirees, pensioners, financially independent people, passive-income holders or another profile?

This residence card is issued to a foreign national who proves they can live off their own resources alone.

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  • Loi 40/AN/19, visitor clause
    La carte de séjour est délivrée à l’étranger qui apporte la preuve qu’il peut vivre de ses seules ressources

Which types of income/assets are accepted according to the official source?

The official source does not specify which types of income or assets are accepted for the Visitor Temporary Stay Card. It only requires proof that the foreigner can live from their own resources alone.

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Limits of the record
  • The official source does not enumerate accepted income or asset types.
  • Article 22
    La carte de séjour est délivrée à l’étranger qui apporte la preuve qu’il peut vivre de ses seules ressources

What income, savings or financial-resources threshold applies and how does family affect it where officially specified?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm an income, savings or financial-resources threshold or how family affects it.

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Limits of the record
  • No numeric threshold is provided.
  • No family-related adjustment is specified.
  • Article 22
    La carte de séjour est délivrée à l’étranger qui apporte la preuve qu’il peut vivre de ses seules ressources

Can the holder work locally, run a business or perform other economic activity? What is the family position?

The holder must undertake not to carry out any professional activity in Djibouti, except in cases provided for by Law n.133/AN/05/5eme L of 28 January 2006. The official source does not state the family position.

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  • Loi 40/AN/19, visitor clause
    qui prend également l’engagement de n’exercer à djibouti aucune activité professionnelle sauf dans les cas prévu par loi n°133/AN/05/5ème L du 28 janvier 2006

How long is the status granted, what is required for renewal, what physical-presence obligations matter, and what longer-term residence direction exists?

A foreigner staying beyond 3 consecutive months must apply for a residence card. The card's validity cannot exceed 1 year nor the validity of the travel documents, and the holder must leave Djibouti before it expires unless it is renewed; the card must be withdrawn or cancelled if the holder no longer meets the conditions of grant or is a threat to public order. The official source does not state the documents required for renewal, any physical-presence obligation or a longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • The documents required for renewal, any physical-presence obligation and any longer-term residence direction are not stated.

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

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