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Self-Employed Informal-Sector Work Permit

Equatorial GuineaStarting a business

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

The historical authority-hosted work-permit text describes a permit for foreign workers acting on their own account in the informal sector. Current Ministry evidence confirms work-permit files are still processed in 2026, and the 2023 budget still lists an informal permit fee, but the current class rule is not fully republished in the evidence found here.

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  • Current Ministry evidence confirms work-permit administration generally and the 2023 budget lists the informal permit fee; class-specific currentness and procedure remain incomplete.
  • Independent review is still pending; this is not ready/published.

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

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm what business substance must exist or be demonstrated.

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  • Not established: the correction failed a second independent check (NAO_RESPONDE: Inconsistent not_found: art.21.3 (1992) applies to any foreigner working on own account as comerciante, industrial, agricultor o artesano and requires proof of having applied for the authorisations required of nationals to set up/operate the activity; the same via's R3/R4 apply equally general own-account rules (art.25.2, art.20) with a residual, so R2 should carry art.21.3 with the same caveat.)

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

For own-account work permits, the authority assesses favourably that granting the permit creates new jobs for Equatoguineans or involves investment or contribution of assets that can promote national employment or improve its conditions.

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  • The captured text is Ley 6/1992 as amended by Ley 6/1999 (Boletín compilation hosted by the ILO); whether these provisions remain in force under current labour legislation is not shown in the captured sources.
  • No investment, capital or income amount appears in the captured text.
  • The text does not say how this 1992 rule applies to the informal-sector permit created in 1999.

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

An own-account permit records the commercial, industrial, agricultural or artisan activity the holder will carry out, specified by branch or speciality, and the locality where he intends to settle. An essential change in working conditions - including a change of residence, employer, or activity or profession - requires a new work permit following the procedure for first applications. The official source does not state the family position.

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  • The captured text is Ley 6/1992 as amended by Ley 6/1999 (Boletín compilation hosted by the ILO); whether these provisions remain in force under current labour legislation is not shown in the captured sources.
  • The captured sources do not state the family position for this permit.
  • The text does not say how these 1992 rules apply to the informal-sector permit created in 1999.

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 informal-sector work permit costs 25,000 FCFA and is valid for one year; renewals of work permits in general must be requested at least thirty days before the expiry date. The official source does not state a longer-term residence direction.

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  • The captured text is Ley 6/1992 as amended by Ley 6/1999 (Boletín compilation hosted by the ILO); whether these provisions remain in force under current labour legislation is not shown in the captured sources.
  • The source does not state whether the informal permit itself is renewable.
  • No longer-term residence direction 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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