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Self-Employed Temporary Resident Card

TogoStarting a business

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Is this for a founder, startup entrepreneur, self-employed person, freelancer, company owner or another business profile?

The route is for a foreign person who wants to settle or work in Togo on their own account.

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What must actually exist or be demonstrated: business plan, company, innovation, clients, contracts, economic activity, job creation or other substance?

The applicant must establish the self-employed activity through a Togo unique enterprise-creation card, plus the enterprise, personal and social tax-clearance documents.

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What investment, capital, income, revenue, funding or viability evidence is central to this pathway?

The decree requires financial resources sufficient to subsist during the stay and a personal tax clearance; it does not state a minimum investment amount or revenue threshold.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured decree does not state a minimum investment, revenue or viability threshold.

What business/self-employed activity may the holder conduct? Are there important restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

The holder may settle or work in Togo for their own account, subject to the additional documents for independent workers and the general residence-card rules. The decree does not clearly establish family work rights.

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Limits of the record
  • Family work rights are not stated for this route.

What approval/application sequence applies, how long is the status granted, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction is officially stated?

Beyond the general 3-year renewable residence card, Togo offers a 5-year 'privileged' residence permit for categories including foreign investors, renewable depending on circumstances and conditions case by case; investors specifically must have an approved investment plan and a registered company in Togo. Neither this nor the general card establishes an automatic path to permanent settlement -- it is a renewable-status mechanism, not a stated citizenship or permanent-residence pathway.

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Limits of the record
  • No numeric investment threshold and no automatic permanent-residence or citizenship pathway are stated by this source.
  • DGDN (Togo), Residence permit page, English version, Types de carte de séjour, 5 years
    The privileged type residence permit is a residence permit that is issued by Togo to certain categories of people, such as foreign investors, highly qualified people, temporary workers and their family members. It allows its holder to stay and work in Togo for a long period (5 years), renewable depending on the circumstances and conditions applicable to each case. The criteria and conditions for obtaining the privileged type residence permit may vary depending on the category of person concerned. For example, foreign investors must have an approved investment plan and a registered company in Togo, while highly qualified individuals must have a recognized professional qualification and a job offe

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