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Six-Month Multiple-Entry Residence Permit Based on a Bank Statement

Six-Month Multiple-Entry Residence Permit Based on a Bank Statement is issued by General Directorate of General Security (Lebanon). VisaAI tracks 9 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.

Conditions you must meet

  • A six-month multiple-entry permit, granted on a Lebanese bank statementItem 11 — the rule the whole page rests on.
    11- Arab and foreign nationals are granted a six-month multiple-entry residency permit based on a bank statement from an open account at one of the Lebanese banks.
  • ONLY the named account holders may benefitItem 13. No application is accepted for anyone else on the same statement.
    13- Only the account holder(s) whose names appear in the bank statement may benefit from these instructions. No residency application is accepted for anyone else on the same basis.
  • Item 14: who cannot use this routeThe authority introduces its own exclusion list.
    14- The following persons are not eligible for these instructions:
  • Excluded: anyone given an order to leave the countryFirst exclusion.
    Those who have been given an order to leave the country
  • Excluded: holders of work residence permits of ALL typesThe authority enumerates them — grace period, annual or permanent work residency of any category, and the one-year temporary residency on a work undertaking.
    Holders of work residence permits of all types (work permit grace period, annual or permanent work residency of all categories, temporary one-year residency based on a work responsibility undertaking)

Documents you must provide

  • A valid identification document, with two colour copies certified at the centreItem 21 — swallowed by the old normaliser. The original is returned to the applicant.
    21- A valid identification document for the applicant, with two colored copies. The copies are to be certified by the head of the center after comparison, and the original document is returned to the applicant.
  • A notarised declaration that the applicant will not engage in any paid workItem 22, and it is what makes the work-permit exclusion coherent.
    22- A notarized declaration from a notary public stating that the applicant will not engage in any paid work.
  • A bank statement showing a minimum balance of LBP 1.5 billion, with three months of certified statementsLBP 1,500,000,000 · LBP 3 statement monthsItem 23 — swallowed by the old normaliser, and the entire financial basis of this route. The authority allows the equivalent in foreign currency at the Sayrafa rate.
    23- A bank statement showing a minimum balance of 1.5 billion Lebanese pounds (or its equivalent in foreign currency according to the “Sayrafa” platform), along with a bank-certified account statement for the last three months for the opened account.

Steps in the process

  • Apply at a regional centre secretariat, by request to the Director General, with a paid service feeItem 12 — one of the three items the old normaliser swallowed.
    12- Applications from concerned individuals are accepted at the secretariats of regional centers upon a “request to the Director General,” and a paid service fee is charged.

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