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Cabo Verde will now allow short stays in the archipelago of up to 90 days for citizens of member states of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), Mozambique included, according to legal changes introduced to implement the mobility agreement.
According to the amendment to the law on the legal regime for the entry, stay, exit and expulsion of foreigners, as well as the respective legal status, in force as of today, Cabo Verde now provides among the mobility modes the “CPLP Short Stay”.
“Citizens of CPLP member states are guaranteed entry to the country for short stay with visa exemption, under the conditions provided in the CPLP Agreement on Mobility”, with “a maximum duration of 90 days”, admitting, however, the possibility of requiring the presentation of means of subsistence.
Since 2019 Cabo Verde has exempted from visas, for periods of up to 30 days, tourists from nearly 40 countries, including Portugal and Brazil, upon payment of an airport security fee on arrival at national airports.
This amendment, approved by the government and parliament, and promulgated by the president of the country, José Maria Neves, also establishes the “CPLP Temporary Stay”, with the granting of a visa of up to 12 months for citizens of member states of the community who wish to stay in Cabo Verde “for professional reasons”.
Also instituted is the “CPLP Residency” visa and the “CPLP Residency Authorization”, according to the same amendment, in which “special rights are recognized in relation to other foreigners, enjoying treatment advantages in the entry and stay in the country”.
“Essentially, this draft law changes the legal regime for the entry, stay, exit and expulsion of foreigners to incorporate the special treatment regime that is given to citizens of CPLP member states,” reads the preamble of the legislative amendment, published on May 8, consulted by Lusa and which came into force on Tuesday.
It adds that the aim is to allow “the maximum mobility in the CPLP space, not only as an instrument to strengthen relations of friendship and cooperation between states”, but also because “it is of fundamental relevance to sectors such as culture, education, science, technology and innovation, and also by the exceptional dynamics that intra-community tourism can give to the economic and business sector in general.
“It opens up new horizons for individuals and institutions in their search for solutions and in their pursuit of undertakings of the most varied nature, strengthening relationships and reinforcing complicity,” it added.
It also exempts nationals of CPLP member-states holding diplomatic, official, special and service passports from visa requirements, subject to administrative authorization and requests for entry for temporary stays by certain professional categories, citizens of CPLP member-states and “confers the right of residence in Cabo Verde to citizens of CPLP member-states”, provided that “no entry ban measure is imposed on the applicant and he does not constitute a threat to national order, security or public health”.
“It is important to look, therefore, not only at the advantages that Cabo Verde is willing to consent to for the benefit of citizens of other member states of the CPLP, but also at the overall advantages that result for Cabo Verde and its citizens from being part of a much larger area, historically and culturally close, with an intensity of flow of people, goods and services that mobility naturally entails,” the text of the amendment justifies.
It also intends to “provide for the possibility of the residence visa also having the purpose of providing remote work by subordinate workers and independent professionals, to individuals or legal entities with their domicile or head office outside national territory”, as well as “the exemption of proof of tax and social security status to citizens to whom the residence permit has been granted or renewed in the scope of extraordinary regularisation processes, within the framework of the exceptional regime”.
In addition to Cabo Verde, the CPLP includes Portugal, Brazil, Timor-Leste, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Angola and Mozambique.
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