What other major conditions apply, how is the status obtained, and what renewal, document-validity, retention or loss rules matter?
The work-permit categories require the application form, passport copies, three recent passport photographs, the work permit and a copy, employer identification or company registration, and a certified copy of the matching employment contract. The employment-contract exception covers employers, foreign-company representatives or agents, and news-agency correspondents without a representative office in Lebanon. Egyptian nationals are excluded. The listed fees are LBP 108,000,000 per year for a three-year first-category work permit, LBP 72,000,000 per year for a three-year second-category permit, and LBP 216,000,000 for the two-year first-category option. The page says two-year work-permit holders receive one-year residence, renewable for the second year while the same permit remains valid. The standard passport requirement is at least three years for the three-year option or two years for the two-year option. Its notes say residence is limited to passport validity when the passport is valid for more than eighteen months but less than two years, or more than two-and-a-half years but less than three years. The page does not establish an indefinite underlying status or general retention rules.
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Limits of the record- The official page gives no effective date for this provision; the live text was captured on 12 September 2026 and legal currency remains unverified.
- GS5 > Permanent Residence > Holder of a Three-Year Work Permit / Holder of a Two-Year Work Permit and Notes
Holder of a Three-Year Work Permit (First or Second Category Only)
First Category:
LBP 108,000,000 per year.
Second Category:
LBP 72,000,000 per year.
- GS5 > Permanent Residence > Holder of a Three-Year Work Permit / Holder of a Two-Year Work Permit and Notes
• Complete the approved application form.
- GS5 > Permanent Residence > Holder of a Three-Year Work Permit / Holder of a Two-Year Work Permit and Notes
• A colored copy of a passport valid for at least three years, plus two photocopies.
- GS5 > Permanent Residence > Holder of a Three-Year Work Permit / Holder of a Two-Year Work Permit and Notes
• Three recent passport-size photographs.
- GS5 > Permanent Residence > Holder of a Three-Year Work Permit / Holder of a Two-Year Work Permit and Notes
• A three-year work permit with at least two years and six months of remaining validity at the time of application, together with a copy.
- GS5 > Permanent Residence > Holder of a Three-Year Work Permit / Holder of a Two-Year Work Permit and Notes
• A copy of the employer's ID (or the Commercial Registration Certificate if the sponsor is a legal entity).
- GS5 > Permanent Residence > Holder of a Three-Year Work Permit / Holder of a Two-Year Work Permit and Notes
• A certified true copy of the three-year employment contract (except for employers, representatives or agents of foreign companies, or correspondents of news agencies that do not have a representative office in Lebanon).
- GS5 > Permanent Residence > Holder of a Three-Year Work Permit / Holder of a Two-Year Work Permit and Notes
This residence permit is not granted to Egyptian nationals.
- GS5 > Permanent Residence > Holder of a Three-Year Work Permit / Holder of a Two-Year Work Permit and Notes
Holder of a Two-Year Work Permit (First Category Only)
LBP 216,000,000
- GS5 > Permanent Residence > Holder of a Three-Year Work Permit / Holder of a Two-Year Work Permit and Notes
• Regarding two-year work permits, holders are granted a one-year residence permit, provided that the same permit is valid for renewal of the residence permit for the second year.
- GS5 > Permanent Residence > Holder of a Three-Year Work Permit / Holder of a Two-Year Work Permit and Notes
• A colored copy of a passport valid for at least two years, plus two photocopies.
- GS5 > Permanent Residence > Holder of a Three-Year Work Permit / Holder of a Two-Year Work Permit and Notes
• A copy of the employer’s ID (or a commercial registration extract if the sponsor is a legal entity).
- GS5 > Permanent Residence > Holder of a Three-Year Work Permit / Holder of a Two-Year Work Permit and Notes
• A certified true copy of the two-year employment contract (except for employers, representatives or agents of foreign companies, or correspondents of news agencies that do not have a representative office in Lebanon).
- GS5 > Permanent Residence > Holder of a Three-Year Work Permit / Holder of a Two-Year Work Permit and Notes
• If the passport validity is less than two years and more than one and a half years, the residence permit is granted according to passport validity.
- GS5 > Permanent Residence > Holder of a Three-Year Work Permit / Holder of a Two-Year Work Permit and Notes
• If the passport validity is less than three years and more than two and a half years, the residence permit is granted according to passport validity.
