- Conditions for granting entrance visas for religion students

 

11) Religion students studying in religious universities and institutes that are recognized  in Lebanon (including those who are registered  in non-religious universities or specialty fields ), and from different sects, are granted a prematurely one month valid visas in order to obtain the terms of residence permit conditions, according to the following conditions:

a.     To obtain a prematurely approval issued by the General Directorate of the General Security based upon a request that the university or the institute applies to the General Directorate of the General Security, and not through the Lebanese delegations abroad.

b.    The religion student should have completed his 18 years old of age.

c.     The religion student should possess a registration statement in one of the religious universities or institutes that are recognized in Lebanon specifying the specialty field, the academic year that he intends to attend, and the total number of the academic years.

d.    To arrive to Lebanon at the beginning of the academic year (all visas requests must be applied during the month of September of every year, and every application applied after that period will be rejected).

e.     That he is coming to Lebanon directly from the country to which he holds its nationality, he is forbidden to enter in case of violation.

12) The religious universities and institutes are to provide the general directorate of the general security with lists containing the majors and the number of academic years for each major.

13) The assigned religious universities and institutes will sign an engagement that the religion student will leave at the end of the academic years after specifying them precisely, or when he commits any breach/ infringement to the residence regulations, or to any other crime.

14)  Temporarily and with regards to some particular security situations, and considering the situations of the countries that send workers, the student must not belong to one of the following nationalities:

(Pakistan – Afghanistan – Albania – Bosnia – India - Sri Lanka – Philippines -     Sudan – Egypt  - Chi Chan - Bangladesh - Algeria – Somalia - Iraq ).

 

 The Entrance of clergymen, volunteers and preachers in favor of charitable and  religious organizations and foundations of all kinds:

 

21) The terms and conditions of granting a visa to all clergymen, volunteers and preachers working in favor of charitable and religious organizations and foundations of all kinds, are applied according to the nationality of each one of them.

22) The granted visas are considered as touristic visas, which are not transferable into a residence permit, and do not entitle their holders to stay or live in Lebanon and they must leave upon the expiry of the visa's validity.

23) The clergymen, volunteers and preachers willing to live in Lebanon have to obtain a premature approval from the general directorate general security based on a request directly applied by the inviting party in Lebanon.

 

24) The party inviting a clergyman, a volunteer or a preacher should fulfill the conditions mentioned in the above articles: a-b-e, as for obtaining a premature approval in order to enter Lebanon, or as for requesting a residence permit.

25) The inviting party is to present an engagement to the general directorate general security in which it specifies the kind of the religious activities that the clergyman, volunteer or the preacher will exercise in Lebanon, the location and the period of the activity. In addition to that, the inviting party is to sign an engagement that they will leave when the validity of the residence permit expires.

 

 

- Notes

         What is meant by the inviting party are: the presidencies of the Lebanese sects, the legally licensed charitable and religious organizations and foundations.

 

The fulfillment of fees:

 

1) The religion students are receipted the same entrance fees alike all students.

2) The clergymen, volunteers and preachers are receipted the normal entrance fees (without work/job).

 

 

- The provisions are also applied on the female religion students, nuns, female preachers and volunteers.