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| Field | 🇧🇯BeninBenin Resident Card: Ordinary and Privileged Residence |
|---|---|
| Country | Benin (BJ) |
| Route | Benin Resident Card: Ordinary and Privileged Residence |
| Route family | Other |
| Route type | residence |
| Summary | Guide to Benin ordinary and privileged resident cards under Decree 2026-049, including three-year and ten-year validity, eligibility progression and documents. |
| Last verified | 2026-09-17 |
| Official/supporting source count | 3 |
| Route guide | Open full guide → |
| Program availability | ActiveSource 1Source 2Source 3 |
| Best-fit work models | No approved structured valueSource 1Source 2Source 3 |
| Income requirement | Ordinary resident-card applicants must show sufficient means of subsistence, income-producing activity, employment/promise of employment, or applicable third-party support; no universal numeric floor is stated.As of 2026-10-09Source 1 |
| Savings requirement | Applicants may need to demonstrate means of subsistence or support guarantee; no universal bank-balance minimum is stated.As of 2026-10-09Source 1 |
| Investment requirement | Ordinary resident status does not require a universal investment amount. Property/business ties may support later privileged status after ordinary-card renewals; ZES investor status is separate.As of 2026-10-09Source 1 |
| Government fees | DEI lists ordinary cards at 50,000 FCFA for eligible ECOWAS nationals and 250,000 FCFA for non-ECOWAS nationals; privileged cards at 100,000 FCFA and 800,000 FCFA respectively.As of 2026-10-09Source 1 |
| Processing time | The DEI public procedure and Decree No. 2026-049 publish no fixed processing-time estimate for resident-card decisions. Law No. 2025-15 contemplates refusal when the applicable decision deadline expires, but the public DEI materials reviewed do not state a numeric service estimate.As of 2026-10-09Source 1Source 2 |
| Validity | Ordinary resident card is valid for three years; privileged resident card is valid for ten years.As of 2026-10-09Source 1 |
| Renewal | Ordinary card is renewable. Privileged status may be sought after two renewals of ordinary residence plus a qualifying durable connection; privileged card is renewable.As of 2026-10-09Source 1 |
| Family inclusion | Family/business circumstances affect required documentation; the published resident-card route does not establish automatic derivative status or uniform eligibility for every relative.As of 2026-10-09Source 1 |
| Spouse work rights | No spouse-specific work exemption is stated in the resident-card rules. A foreign national taking salaried employment in Benin must obtain a work permit beforehand, including a spouse who holds a resident card.As of 2026-10-09Source 1 |
| Local-work rules | Reviewed — unresolved: Previously reviewed structured value is not promoted because its cited source is not present in the current published route metadata.As of 2026-10-09 |
| Application location | Submit the resident-card dossier through DEI, complete the prescribed identification and any applicable verification steps.As of 2026-10-09Source 1 |
| Permanent-residence pathway | Privileged resident status is a later-stage category after two ordinary-card renewals plus a qualifying durable tie; it is not an immediate investment purchase route.As of 2026-10-09Source 1 |
| Citizenship pathway | Ordinary naturalisation generally requires five years of principal residence immediately before application plus statutory conditions; resident-card status alone does not confer citizenship.As of 2026-10-09Source 1 |
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