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Residence Visa for Unlimited Stay

HaitiLong-term residence

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What exact status does accumulated residence lead to?

This is a residence visa that gives the holder a right to an unlimited stay in Haiti, subject to any lawful expulsion measure. It is described as a direct visa category, not as a status obtained automatically after accumulating residence.

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What qualifying residence period is required and when does the period begin?

The official law does not make this visa conditional on completing a qualifying residence period: it defines the residence visa itself as granting an unlimited stay. Therefore no accumulation start date applies to this route under the cited rule.

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Which types of residence count fully, partially or not at all where the official rules specify this?

The official law defines a direct residence-visa category and does not establish a residence-accumulation test for it. It therefore does not classify prior residence types as counting fully, partially or not at all for this route.

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What absence/continuity rules affect accumulation of the qualifying residence period?

Because the cited rule grants an unlimited-stay residence visa directly rather than through an accumulated qualifying period, it states no absence or continuity rule for accumulating residence under this route.

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What other major conditions apply, how is the status obtained, and what renewal, document-validity, retention or loss rules matter?

The Ministry responsible for the interior alone grants residence visas. The application begins at the Haitian consulate with the prescribed supporting material. After arrival, a resident must apply for a stay permit within 48 hours; the permit is valid for the 1 October–30 September fiscal year and is renewed annually. The underlying residence visa is described as permitting unlimited stay but remains subject to expulsion measures. The official source does not state refusal, revocation or absence-based loss rules.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured sources do not establish a complete current refusal, revocation, absence-based loss or appeal regime.

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