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Ivory CoastFree movement

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Which citizenship, status or regional agreement creates the person's right to move/reside?

Citizenship of any Member State of the Economic Community of West African States: Protocol A/P.1/5/79 relating to Free Movement of Persons, Residence and Establishment defines a citizen of the Community as a citizen of any Member State, and its first phase is the abolition of visas and entry permit.

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Under which circumstances can the person reside: worker, self-employed, student, jobseeker, self-funded person or another recognised basis?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the bases on which the person may reside.

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Limits of the record
  • Visa-free entry is a short visit right; searched Protocol A/P.1/5/79 for a residence basis attached to visa-free entry itself: none (residence bases sit in the residence-phase Supplementary Protocol, used in the residence-for-employment via).

What entry, registration or residence-document formalities remain?

A Community citizen entering another Member State must hold a valid travel document (a passport or other valid travel document with the holder's photograph issued by or for the Member State of citizenship, or a Community laissez-passer for its officials) and an international health certificate; Member States keep the right to refuse admission to a Community citizen who is an inadmissible immigrant under their laws.

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Limits of the record
  • The process for extending a stay beyond the visa-free period is not restated here, and Côte d'Ivoire's national border procedure is not in the captured sources.

Which non-member-country family members can accompany or join, and what broad rights do they receive?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm which non-member-country family members can accompany or join, or what rights they receive.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured treaty text does not establish every material element asked by this rectangle; current national implementation and unsupported family/permanent-right details remain open.

When do permanent/long-term rights arise and what continuity, absence or retention conditions matter?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm when permanent rights arise and the continuity or absence rules.

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Limits of the record
  • Searched Protocol A/P.1/5/79: no permanent or long-term right arises from visa-free entry; no continuity or absence rule.

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

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