{"id":193,"date":"2018-06-12T19:05:42","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T19:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/?page_id=193"},"modified":"2023-08-11T06:26:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T06:26:39","slug":"free-visa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/free-visa\/","title":{"rendered":"visaFree Visa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Courtesy establishing visa<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Documents required:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Note verbale addressed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation drawn up by the organization (Embassy or other institution)<\/p>\n<p>Letter from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Community Development and Public Security recommended by the Commissioner General for Migration<\/p>\n<p>Passport photocopy<\/p>\n<p>Current visa photocopy (or access stamp)<\/p>\n<p>Passport photo<\/p>\n<p><strong>NB: Other documents are required depending on the rank of the person.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Price: Free<\/p>\n<p>Validity: 2 years<\/p>\n<p>2.<strong>Transfer of courtesy establishing visa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Documents required:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Note verbale addressed to the Ministry of foreign affairs and Development Cooperation drawn up by the organization (Embassy or other institution)<\/p>\n<p>Letter from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Community Development and Public Security recommended by the Commissioner General for Migration<\/p>\n<p>Passport photo<\/p>\n<p>Official Application letter to the Commissioner General for Migration (CGM)<\/p>\n<p>New passport photocopy<\/p>\n<p>Current settlement visa photocopy<\/p>\n<p>Expired or lost passport photocopy<\/p>\n<p><strong>NB: Other documents are required depending on the rank of the person.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Price: Free<\/p>\n<p>Validity: 2 years<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Certified copies of courtesy<\/strong> <strong>establishing<\/strong> <strong>visa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Documents required:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Note verbale addressed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation drawn up by the organization (Embassy or other institution)<\/p>\n<p>Letter from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Community Development and Public Security recommended by the Commissioner General for Migration<\/p>\n<p>Requesting Letter written by one of the parents addressed to the official application letter to the Commissioner General for Migration (CGM)<\/p>\n<p>The establishment visa photocopy of the father or mother of the child<\/p>\n<p>The child&#8217;s father&#8217;s or mother&#8217;s passport photocopy<\/p>\n<p>The child&#8217;s passport photocopy<\/p>\n<p>The child&#8217;s current visa Photocopy<\/p>\n<p>Birth certificate of the child<\/p>\n<p>Child&#8217;s passport photo<\/p>\n<p><strong>NB: Other documents are required depending on the rank of the person.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Price: Free<\/p>\n<p>Validity: 2 years<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.Diplomatic establishing visa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Only for the diplomatic passport holders *<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Documents required:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Note verbale addressed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation drawn up by the organization (Embassy or other institution)<\/p>\n<p>Letter from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Community Development and Public Security endorsed by the Commissioner General for Migration<\/p>\n<p>Diplomatic passport photocopy<\/p>\n<p>Current visa photocopy (or access stamp)<\/p>\n<p>Passeport photo<\/p>\n<p>Price: Free<\/p>\n<p>Validity: 3 years<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Certified copies of permanent resident visa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These certified copies are required for minor children whose parents have a permanent resident visa*<\/p>\n<p><strong>Documents required:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Requesting Letter written by one of the parents addressed to the Commissioner General for Migration (CGM)<\/p>\n<p>The permanent resident visa photocopy of the father or mother of the child<\/p>\n<p>The child&#8217;s father&#8217;s or mother&#8217;s passport photocopy<\/p>\n<p>The child&#8217;s passport photocopy<\/p>\n<p>The child&#8217;s current visa photocopy<\/p>\n<p>Birth certificate of the child<\/p>\n<p>Child&#8217;s passport photo<\/p>\n<p>Price: Free<\/p>\n<p>Validity: 99 years<\/p>\n<p>Entry visa<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Transfer of the permanent resident visa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Documents required:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Requesting Letter of addressed to the CGM<\/p>\n<p>Photocopy of new passport<\/p>\n<p>Photocopy of current permanent resident visa<\/p>\n<p>Photocopy of expired or lost passport<\/p>\n<p>NB: Other documents required depending on the rank of the person.<\/p>\n<p>Price: Free<\/p>\n<p>Validity: 99 years<\/p>\n<p>Entry visa<\/p>\n<p>7.<strong>East African Community (EAC) access visa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Documents required:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the citizens of East African Community (EAC) member countries<\/p>\n<p>Passport or other travel document Photocopy<\/p>\n<p>The access stamp photocopy<\/p>\n<p>Passport photo<\/p>\n<p>Price: Free<\/p>\n<p>Validity: 1 to 6 months<\/p>\n<p>8.<strong>Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL) access visa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Documents required:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the citizens of the Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL) member countries<\/p>\n<p>Passport or other travel document photocopy<\/p>\n<p>The access stamp photocopy<\/p>\n<p>Passport photo<\/p>\n<p>Price: Free<\/p>\n<p>Validity: 1 to 3 months<\/p>\n<p>9. <strong>East African Community (EAC) study visa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Documents required:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the students from the East African Community member countries<\/p>\n<p>Student card or other document<\/p>\n<p>Passport photocopy<\/p>\n<p>Current visa or access stamp photocopy<\/p>\n<p>Passport photo<\/p>\n<p>Price: Free<\/p>\n<p>Validity: 1 year<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Courtesy establishing visa Documents required: Note verbale addressed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation drawn up by the organization (Embassy or other institution) Letter from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Community Development and Public Security recommended by the Commissioner General for Migration Passport photocopy Current visa photocopy (or access stamp) Passport &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-193","page","type-page","status-publish",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5661,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/193\/revisions\/5661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}