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Foreign Student Stay

BurundiStudy

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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What education or training is this pathway designed for?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the type of education or training this route is for.

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Limits of the record
  • Loi n°1/25 addresses non-EAC foreign students only through Art 50, the supervision duty of heads of educational establishments (cited in r2). Art 35's free one-year renewable stay is expressly limited to 'les étudiants citoyens de la Communauté Est Africaine', a different cohort. No provision names a level, field, degree cycle or type of education or training for foreign students, and Art 4 contains no definition of 'étudiant'; the only other schooling reference, 'la scolarité des enfants' in Art 99, is a factor weighed against removal. Searched the whole law for 'étudiant', 'enseignement', 'universit' and 'scolarit'.

What type of institution/course must accept or enrol the applicant?

The pathway runs through an educational establishment in Burundi: the heads of educational establishments must ensure that the foreign students in their establishments satisfy the conditions required by the legal provisions for their stay and their studies in Burundi.

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Limits of the record
  • Art 50 makes the establishment responsible for checking the student's position; it does not require accreditation, an offer letter or enrolment as a precondition of the stay.
  • Loi n°1/25 nowhere lists which institutions or courses qualify for a foreign student.
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    Les responsables des établissements d’enseignement Abajejwe amashure bategerezwa kwitwararika doivent veiller à ce que les étudiants étrangers, de la ko abanyeshure b’abanyamahanga canke Communauté Est Africaine ou de la CEPGL se trouvant abaturuka mu bihugu bigize Umuryango dans leurs établissements, remplissent les conditions w’ibihugu vya Afirika yo mu Buseruko canke requises par les dispositions légales pour leur séjour et abo mu bihugu bigize Umuryango w’ubutunzi leurs études au Burundi. mu karere k’ibiyaga binini bahiga bakwije ibisabwa n’amategeko kugira bashobore kuba bongere bige mu Burundi.

What are the most important financial or study-related conditions: tuition, funds, insurance, full-time study, attendance or equivalent?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the tuition, funds, insurance and study-attendance conditions.

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Limits of the record
  • No tuition, minimum-funds, health-insurance, full-time-study or attendance condition is set for non-EAC foreign students anywhere in Loi n°1/25. Art 30 does require a declaration of financial resources, a medical certificate and a bank bond, but it is addressed to 'l'étranger qui désire s'établir au Burundi' - the establishment route - and never mentions studies; Art 35's free stay is reserved to EAC students. Searched Arts 5-9, 29-37 and 50.

Can the student work? Under what major restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

Work is not automatic: under the 2022 joint ordinance on foreigners carrying on an activity in Burundi, no foreigner may carry on an activity without holding a work permit or, where applicable, a special work authorisation. The official source does not state a family position for foreign students.

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Limits of the record
  • The ordinance never mentions students: it sets no hours cap, no term-time restriction and no study-related work allowance.
  • Neither the ordinance nor Loi n°1/25 states a family position for foreign students.
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    Article 1 citoyens des Etats membres de la Communauté Est La présente ordonnance s’applique aux étrangers et Africaine. aux citoyens des Etats membres de la Communauté Article 5 Est Africaine exerçant une activité au Burundi. La Commission est composée par : Elle s’applique également aux travailleurs étrangers - Un représentant de la direction générale du travail n’ayant pas le statut de diplomates accrédités au (Présidence) ; Burundi œuvrant dans les missions diplomatiques et - Un représentant du service public de l’emploi consulaires ainsi que dans les organisations (Vice-présidence) ; internationales et dans la coopération technique. - Un représentant des services en charge de Article 2 l’immigration (Secrétariat) ; - Un représentant de l’inspection générale du Sans préjudice des principes de réciprocité des Etats, travail (Membre) ; aucun étranger ou citoyen d’un Etat membre de la - Un représentant de l’organisation la plus Communauté Est Africaine ne peut exercer une représentative des employeurs (Membre) ; activité, sans être en possession d’un permis de - Un représentant de l’organisation la plus travail ou d’une autorisation spéciale de travail, le représentative des travailleurs (Membre) ; cas échéant.

How long does the status last, how is it renewed, and what officially documented post-study work or residence possibilities exist?

The law does not itself fix the length of stay: the conditions for obtaining the entry visa, its duration and its validity are determined by an ordinance of the Minister responsible for migration. The official source does not state renewal conditions or post-study work or residence options.

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Limits of the record
  • The ministerial ordinance that fixes visa duration and validity is not part of this Bulletin, so no figure can be given.
  • No post-study work or post-study residence possibility is stated for foreign students anywhere in Loi n°1/25; Art 35's one-year renewable stay until the end of studies is reserved to EAC citizens.
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    Les conditions d’obtention du visa d’entrée, sa durée et lbisabwa kugira umuntu aronke uruhusha sa validité sont déterminées par une ordonnance du rumwemerera kwinjira mu gihugu, ikiringo Ministre ayant les migrations dans ses attributions. rumara rutarata igihe bitomorwa n’itegeko ry’Umushikiranganji ajejwe ivyerekeye ukwinjira n’ugusohoka igihugu

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