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Residence Card for Clergy or Approved Congregation Member

GabonCulture, faith and volunteering

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What exact activity, role or purpose qualifies?

The residence card covers ministers of religion (ministres du culte) and members of approved congregations.

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Limits of the record
  • The form does not define the activities a minister or congregation member may perform.
  • The DGDI form (print ref. 'Multipress Gabon D. 1218/15') shows no effective date; currency of the requirements not verified.

What organisation, institution, religious body, charity, teacher or host must support the activity?

The applicant must be a minister of religion or a member of an approved congregation, and needs an attestation from a leader officially recognised by the Government stating the functions and conditions of stay and that the congregation fully covers the applicant.

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Limits of the record
  • No list of approved congregations or recognised leaders is given.
  • The DGDI form (print ref. 'Multipress Gabon D. 1218/15') shows no effective date; currency of the requirements not verified.
  • https://dgdi.ga/images/NDCS-1.pdf
    *Ministres du culte et membres de congréga- tions agréées : attestation d'un responsable offi- ciellement reconnu par le Gouvernement, pré- cisant les fonctions et les conditions de séjour ainsi que sa totale prise en charge par la congré- gation ;

What proves the placement, role, affiliation, experience or cultural/religious/voluntary activity?

The leader's attestation must state the applicant's functions and conditions of stay, and an authorisation to practise issued by the Ministry of the Interior is also required.

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Limits of the record
  • The procedure for obtaining the Ministry of the Interior authorisation is not described.
  • The DGDI form (print ref. 'Multipress Gabon D. 1218/15') shows no effective date; currency of the requirements not verified.

Can the person receive salary, pocket money, accommodation, meals or reimbursement? Can they undertake other work?

The attestation must confirm that the congregation fully takes charge of the applicant (totale prise en charge). The official source does not state whether salary or allowances may be received or whether other work is allowed.

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Limits of the record
  • Whether the person may receive a salary or take other work is not stated.
  • The DGDI form (print ref. 'Multipress Gabon D. 1218/15') shows no effective date; currency of the requirements not verified.

How long can they stay, can they change host/activity, can family accompany, and can the status be extended?

The card is valid for 2 years, and the form provides for renewal applications. The official source does not state whether the host can be changed or whether family can accompany.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • Change of host/activity and accompanying family are not stated.
  • The DGDI form (print ref. 'Multipress Gabon D. 1218/15') shows no effective date; currency of the requirements not verified.

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

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