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General Ordinary Residence Card

Republic of the CongoLong-term residence

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What exact status does accumulated residence lead to?

Article 12 states that an ordinary resident is a foreigner or stateless person holding a resident card valid for one year and renewable.

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  • Law No. 29-2017, Article 12
    Article 12: "Est résident ordinaire, l'étranger ou l'apatride titulaire d'une carte de résident, dont la validité est d'un (1) an renouvelable."

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

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the qualifying residence period and when it begins.

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  • Searched Law 29-2017 captures for a qualifying prior-residence period for the ordinary card and when it starts. Art 10 only defines a resident by an intended stay over three months; Art 25's ten-year fragment names no status and is cited by the certain Privileged R2 answer. Not answered.

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

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm which types of residence count towards the qualifying period.

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

Continuity depends on timely renewal: an ordinary resident must leave the country when the card expires unless it is renewed immediately or a privileged resident card is issued. Failure to renew, because the request was late or refused, leads to removal measures (reconduite à la frontière).

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  • No rule on physical absences abroad (length or frequency) was found.
  • https://www.sgg.cg/JO/2017/congo-jo-2017-38.pdf
    Le résident ordinaire doit quitter le territoire national à l’expiration de la validité de sa carte de résident à moins qu’il en obtienne aussitôt le renouvellement ou qu’il lui soit délivré une carte de résident privilégié.
  • https://www.sgg.cg/JO/2017/congo-jo-2017-38.pdf
    Le défaut de renouvellement de la carte de résident, soit parce que la demande n’a pas été introduite dans les délais impartis, soit parce que celle-ci a été refusée, engendre l’application des mesures relatives à la reconduite à la frontière.

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

A regularly-entered foreigner wishing to reside must present themselves to the immigration authorities within fifteen days of entry (Article 22). The card is mandatory to carry (Article 30), is valid for one year, is renewable (Article 12), and renewal must be requested within the month preceding its expiry (Article 29).

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  • Article 22
    tout étranger, entré régulièrement sur le territoire de la République du Congo, et désirant y résider, doit dans les quinze (15) jours qui suivent son entrée, se présenter aux autorités de l'immigration
  • Article 30
    Le port de la carte de résident est obligatoire.
  • Article 12
    Est résident ordinaire, l'étranger ou l'apatride titulaire d'une carte de résident, dont la validité est d'un (1) an renouvelable.
  • Article 29
    Le renouvellement de la carte de résident doit s'effectuer dans le mois qui précède son expiration.

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

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