Lebanon · Other
Annual Residence
Annual Residence is issued by General Directorate of General Security (Lebanon). VisaAI tracks 17 official requirements for it, each traced to the government page that states it.
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Requirements change. Confirm every item on General Directorate of General Security (Lebanon)’s own page before you apply.
Each requirement below is written in plain English by VisaAI. The indented text beneath it is quoted from General Directorate of General Security (Lebanon)’s own page, so you can check what we say against what they say. Where a quotation shows “ ... ”, text has been left out.
Official forms
- Spouse and children of a category-2 worker: an application form filled and signedFirst row of the document list.
An application form filled and signed
Documents you must provide
- Spouse and children of a category-2 worker: a document proving the marriageListed for this circumstance.
A document to prove their marriage
- Spouse and children of a category-2 worker: a passport valid at least a year, plus 2 copiesQuoted with the authority’s own phrasing.
A passport valid for a year at the least + 2 copies of the latter
- Spouse and children of a category-2 worker: three ID photos, 4.5 × 3.5 cmThe dimensions are part of the requirement.
Three ID photos 4.5 * 3.5 cm
- Spouse and children of a category-2 worker: a copy of the worker’s annual residency permitListed for this circumstance.
A copy of the annual residency permit owned by the worker
- Spouse and children of a category-2 worker: a notarised attestation that they are not working, and that the head of the family supports minor childrenTwo attestations in one row, quoted whole.
An attestation done via a notary stipulating that the wife and kids are not working. An attestation that the head of the family is in financially in charge of the kids if they are minors.
- Parent of a Lebanese citizen: an official document proving family tiesListed for this circumstance.
An official document proving family ties
- Parent of a Lebanese citizen: a notarised attestation of no work, for those under 64Age-bounded, like the permanent-residence undertaking.
An attestation of absence of work done via a notary, for those who are aged less than 64 years
- Parent of a Lebanese citizen: an attestation that the Lebanese citizen is financially responsibleListed for this circumstance.
An attestation stating that the Lebanese citizen is financially responsible for the interested party
Government fees
- Spouse and children of a category-2 worker: the same fee as the workerStated as a relation rather than an amount, so it is quoted as one. No number is invented.
The same fees requested from the worker (husband)
- Category 1 annual work residence: LBP 108,000,000LBP 108,000,000The amount, quoted from the fee schedule.
Annual Work Residence Permit (Category 1) and family members ... LBP 108,000,000
- Category 2 annual work residence: LBP 72,000,000LBP 72,000,000The amount, quoted from the fee schedule.
Annual Work Residence Permit (Category 2) and family members ... LBP 72,000,000
- Category 3 annual work residence: LBP 24,000,000LBP 24,000,000The amount, quoted from the fee schedule.
Annual Work Residence Permit (Category 3) ... LBP 24,000,000
- Category 4 annual work residence: LBP 18,000,000LBP 18,000,000The amount, quoted from the fee schedule.
Annual Work Residence Permit (Category 4) ... LBP 18,000,000
- Annual student residence permit: LBP 15,000,000LBP 15,000,000The amount, quoted from the fee schedule.
Annual Student Residence Permit ... LBP 15,000,000
- Urgent paid service: LBP 4,900,000 per permit, on top of the legal feeLBP 4,900,000The authority states explicitly that this is IN ADDITION to the prescribed fee.
Urgent Paid Service Fee (processed by the Public Relations Department): LBP 4,900,000 per residence permit (in addition to the prescribed legal fee).
- A three-year permit is charged three times the annual feeA rule rather than an amount, and quoted as one.
In cases where a three-year residence permit may be granted, a fee equal to three times the annual residence permit fee shall be charged.
Official sources
- Annual Residence — Requirements, General Directorate of General Security (Lebanon)
- Residence Permit Application Fees — Fees, General Directorate of General Security (Lebanon)