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Lusophone Citizen Status

Guinea-BissauFree movement

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Which citizenship, status or regional agreement creates the person's right to move/reside?

Law 7/2008 creates the Lusophone Citizen Status for nationals of CPLP Member States in Guinea-Bissau.

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  • Law 7/2008, article 2
    Para efeitos do presente diploma, considera-se cidadão lusófono o nacional de qualquer dos Estados membros da Comunidade dos países de Língua Portuguesa.

Under which circumstances can the person reside: worker, self-employed, student, jobseeker, self-funded person or another recognised basis?

A Lusophone citizen with recognised domicile in Guinea-Bissau has the right of establishment and access to private economic activity on the same terms as a national, including industrial, commercial, agricultural, craft and liberal-profession activity.

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  • Law 7/2008, article 10
    O cidadão lusófono com domicilio na Guiné-Bissau tem direito de estabelecimento e acesso a qualquer actividad económica privada

What entry, registration or residence-document formalities remain?

The law provides specified visa exemptions, transit eligibility, multiple-entry and long-duration visas, and a special identification card for a Lusophone citizen whose domicile is legally recognised. It does not publish the current application authority, form, fee or processing time for domicile recognition or the card.

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  • Current national application mechanics for recognised domicile and the special card are not published in the captured authorities.
  • Law 7/2008, article 15
    tem direito, mediante pagamento da mesma quantia exigida para o bilhete de identidade de cidadão nacional, a cartão especial de identificação

Which non-member-country family members can accompany or join, and what broad rights do they receive?

The spouse and minor children of a Lusophone citizen domiciled in Guinea-Bissau may enter under the family-reunification framework defined by law. Dependent family members cohabiting with the citizen have access to public health, education, training and justice on the same terms as nationals.

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When do permanent/long-term rights arise and what continuity, absence or retention conditions matter?

The status is tied to recognised domicile and the law supplies a special identification card, but the official statute does not set a permanent-residence timeline, continuity or absence test, renewal period, or retention rule.

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Limits of the record
  • No permanent or long-term residence timeline, absence test, renewal period or retention rule is stated in Law 7/2008.

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

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