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V4 - Skilled Job-Search Visa

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

The V4 job-search visa is issued to a foreign skilled worker who is seeking employment in Rwanda and whose skills are on the occupations on demand list.

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Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The V4 (job search) visa is issued to a foreign skilled worker who is seeking employment and whose skills are on the occupations on demand list. The official source does not state whether a job offer, employer, sponsor or other employer involvement is required.

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  • The official source does not state whether a job offer, employer, sponsor or other employer involvement is required.

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The decisive characteristic is that the applicant is a foreign skilled worker whose skills are on Rwanda's occupations on demand list.

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What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

Work is not allowed on the V4 (job search) visa, and dependants are not allowed.

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How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The V4 visa is valid for 90 days, allows multiple entries and is renewable upon application; a change of status is allowed. Applications are made at the Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration, at a Rwandan diplomatic mission in the applicant's country of residence, or at another place determined by the Directorate General.

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  • https://www.migration.gov.rw/visa/visitors-visa
    V4-Job search
  • https://www.migration.gov.rw/visa/visitors-visa
    * Multiple entries WORK * Work is not allowed CHANGE OF STATUS * Allowed VISA VALIDITY * VALID FOR 90 DAYS VISA EXTENSION * It is renewable up on application
  • https://www.migration.gov.rw/visa/visitors-visa
    ELIGIBLE PERSON * This visa is issued to a foreign skilled worker who is seeking employment and whose skills are on the occupations on demand list. For more information click here DEPENDENTS * Not allowed WHERE APPLICATION IS MADE * At the Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration, at the office of a diplomatic mission of Rwanda in the applicant’s country of residence or at any other place as may be determined by the Directorate General.

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