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ECOWAS Right of Establishment

LiberiaFree movement

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

ECOWAS Protocol A/P.1/5/79 relating to Free Movement of Persons, Residence and Establishment gives Community citizens the right to enter, reside and establish in the territory of Member States, to be achieved in three phases, of which Phase III is the Right of Establishment.

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  • The captured sources do not contain the instrument implementing Phase III or Liberian implementing rules for establishment.

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

The official residence protocol (A/SP.1/7/86) excludes from 'migrant workers' persons who become residents in their capacity of investor, or who carry out an economic activity as an employer; the residence basis for establishment is not set out in the official sources.

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  • The captured sources do not state the conditions under which a self-employed or establishing Community citizen may reside.

What entry, registration or residence-document formalities remain?

Community citizens who wish to reside in a host Member State must obtain an ECOWAS Residence Card or Residence Permit by applying to the Department of Immigration in accordance with national rules. The official source does not state registration formalities specific to the establishment route in Liberia.

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  • The source does not provide Liberian-specific administrative requirements or establishment registration details.
  • Article 5
    Citizens of the Community who are nationals of Member States admitted without visa into the territory of one Member State and desiring to reside in the territory of that Member State, shall be obliged to obtain an ECOWAS RESIDENCE CARD or a RESIDENCE PERMIT
  • Article 6
    The applicant for the RESIDENCE CARD or RESIDENCE PERMIT in the territory of any Member State, shall deposit with the Department of Immigration of the host Member State, an application for a Residence Card or Residence Permit in accordance with the rules and regulations existing in each Member State.

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 under the right of establishment, or what rights they receive.

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  • The source does not define eligible family members or their specific rights; it only mentions family members in the context of expulsion protections.
  • Article 13(1)
    Migrant workers and members of their families may not be affected by collective or en masse expulsion orders.
  • Article 14(1)
    Migrant workers and members of their families whose status comply with the residence requirements may only be expelled from the host Member State:

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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  • Searched Protocols A/P.1/5/79 and A/SP.1/7/86 for permanent or long-term rights tied to establishment; none stated.

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

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