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TogoFree movement

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

The legal right is ECOWAS Community citizenship under the founding Protocol A/P.1/5/79 on Free Movement of Persons, Residence and Establishment: Community citizens have the right to enter, reside and establish in the territory of Member States.

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

Under the first phase of the Protocol (abolition of visas and entry permits), a Community citizen visiting for up to ninety (90) days may enter free of visa requirements through an official entry point, i.e. a self-funded/short-visit basis without a residence purpose being required.

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What entry, registration or residence-document formalities remain?

Formal registration is minimal at entry: the traveller needs a valid travel document and an international health certificate, and enters visa-free through an official entry point. A citizen wishing to stay beyond ninety (90) days must obtain permission for an extension of stay from the appropriate authority, and Member States reserve the right to refuse admission to a Community citizen falling within a category of inadmissible immigrant under national law.

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

In the event of expulsion, the security of the citizen concerned as well as that of his family must be guaranteed and his property protected and returned to him. The Protocol does not itself set out a positive right for non-member-country family members to accompany or join a Community citizen exercising this visa-free entry right.

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Limits of the record
  • The Protocol protects the citizen's family only in the expulsion context; it does not itself state a positive right for family members to accompany or join a Community citizen under this visa-free entry regime.

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

The Protocol does not state when permanent or long-term rights arise, nor any continuity, absence or retention rules. Visa-free entry covers visits of up to ninety (90) days; a citizen who needs to stay longer must obtain permission for an extension of stay from the appropriate authority.

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Limits of the record
  • The Protocol names the 90-day limit and the need for an extension but does not itself set a maximum extension period or renewal procedure — that is left to the appropriate national authority.
  • Togo — Protocol A/P.1/5/79, Article 3(2)
    2. A citizen of the Community visiting any Member State for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days shall enter the territory of that Member State through the official entry point free of visa requirements. Such citizen shall, however, be required to obtain permission for an extension of stay from the appropriate authority if after such entry that citizen has cause to stay for more than ninety (90) days.

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

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