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Study Entry Visa

DjiboutiStudy

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
  • Searched for the type of education/training. The only passage (Art.6(3) enrolment in an institution approved by the Ministry of National Education or of Higher Education and Research) is the certified r2 citation of this via; 'l'étranger étudiant doit faire la demande au préalable' does not state a study type.

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

The applicant must produce a certificate of enrolment or pre-enrolment at a public or private institution approved by the Ministry of National Education or the Ministry of Higher Education and Research.

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  • Loi 40/AN/19, study_entry clause
    d’un certificat d’inscription, de préinscription dans un établissement public ou privé agrée par le Ministère de Éducation Nationale ou le Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche

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

The applicant must show sufficient and stable means of subsistence (a guarantee of automatic transfers).

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

Foreign nationals holding a visa for study, health, tourism or personal reasons are not authorised to take up employment in Djibouti. The official source does not state the family position.

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  • Loi 40/AN/19, study_entry clause
    Les étrangers ayant obtenu des visas pour des motifs d’études, de santé, de tourisme ou d’ordre personnel ne sont pas autorisés à occuper des emplois en République de Djibouti

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

Djibouti immigration law does not specify a separate post-study work or residence pathway for students. The general residence card framework applies: a foreigner who continues to stay after 3 months must obtain a residence card, which is valid for up to 1 year and renewable.

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Limits of the record
  • No official provision for post-study work or residence transition is found in the supplied corpus.
  • The duration of the study visa itself is not specified; only the general long-stay visa validity (90 days to 12 months, renewable once) is stated.
  • Renewal procedures for the study visa are not detailed; only the general residence card renewal requirement is mentioned.
  • Article 18
    Tout étranger doit, s’il continue à séjourner en République de Djibouti après l’expiration d’un délai de 3 mois de séjour consécutif depuis son entrée sur le territoire, doit solliciter la délivrance d’une carte séjour délivrée dans les conditions prévues par la présente loi.
  • Article 21
    La durée de validité de la carte de séjour ne peut être supérieure à 1 an et ne peut dépasser la validité des documents de voyage. L’étranger doit quitter la République de Djibouti avant l’expiration de la durée de validité de sa carte à moins qu’il n’en obtienne le renouvellement.
  • Article 31
    Les étrangers ayant obtenu des visas pour des motifs d’études, de santé, de tourisme ou d’ordre personnel ne sont pas autorisés à occuper des emplois en République de Djibouti.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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