Employer-sponsored route for a foreign national contracted by the Angolan state or an entity established in Angola for remunerated professional activity.
Eligibility: 2Documents: 1Report facts: 9
Middle Africa · Immigration
Angola
Angola sits in Middle Africa. Its immigration system runs 17 distinct routes — led by family, long-term residence and short stays and visits, each set out in official law. 16 of them cite an official government source, shown on the route with the date we last read it. Who actually qualifies depends on your full profile.
1 further route is recorded for Angola but not shown here — its details are still under review.
- Immigration routes
- 17across 11 route categories, each set out in official law
- Source-cited routes
- 16 of 17cite an official government source, with the date we last read it
- Largest category
- Family3 of the 17 routes — see them under Family below
- Region
- Middle Africa
- Capital
- Luanda
- Population
- 39,040,039
- Official language
- Portuguese
- Currency
- AOA
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
Source-cited pathways
Immigration routes
All 17 routes, grouped by purpose — 16 of 17 cite an official government source directly. Any route below without one says so on the route.
Work
1 route
Investment
1 route
Route for an investor, representative or proxy executing a private-investment proposal registered by the competent Angolan authority.
Eligibility: 3Documents: 2Process & costs: 3Report facts: 4
Talent and merit
1 route
Temporary stay for scientific research, university mobility or university-extension work in Angola.
Eligibility: 3Process & costs: 2Report facts: 6
Study
1 route
Study route for a person attending an Angolan school or training centre, obtaining a qualification, or undertaking an approved internship.
Eligibility: 2Process & costs: 1Report facts: 7
Family
3 routes
Family reunification for a relative of a person holding a valid Angolan residence authorization.
Documents: 2Report facts: 10
Temporary stay and potential residence route for the foreign spouse of an Angolan citizen.
Documents: 2Report facts: 10
Family accompaniment for a relative of a holder of a study, medical-treatment, investor or work visa.
Documents: 1Process & costs: 1Report facts: 9
Long-term residence
3 routes
Permanent residence for a foreign national who has completed ten consecutive years of temporary residence in Angola.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 1Process & costs: 2Report facts: 6
Residence authorization following the residence visa or a specific statutory exception.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 1Process & costs: 2Report facts: 8
Initial settlement visa for a foreign national who intends to establish residence in Angola and then apply for a residence authorization.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 1Report facts: 10
Culture, faith and volunteering
1 route
Temporary stay for a defined mission with a religious institution or non-governmental organization in Angola.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 1Report facts: 8
Short stays and visits
2 routes
Urgent temporary entry where the foreign national has a justified need to enter Angola quickly.
Process & costs: 1Report facts: 9
Temporary entry for family, business prospecting, scientific or technological contact, recreation, sport or culture, subject to nationality-based visa exemption.
Process & costs: 1Report facts: 10
Humanitarian protection
2 routes
Protection route for a foreign national or stateless person seeking asylum under the Convention and broader African refugee definitions.
Documents: 2Process & costs: 2Report facts: 6
Temporary protection for a person granted subsidiary humanitarian protection or involved as a victim in qualifying criminal or labour proceedings.
Documents: 1Process & costs: 2Report facts: 6
Medical treatment
1 route
Multiple-entry route for medical treatment in an Angolan public or private hospital unit.
Process & costs: 1Report facts: 8
Transit
1 route
Temporary entry for a foreign national who must pass through Angola to reach another destination.
Process & costs: 1Report facts: 9
Official sources
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