The student residence is granted to students of religion in religious and theological universities and institutes that are officially recognized in Lebanon, from different sects according to the following:

1)   The student of religion should present within one month from the date of his entry to Lebanon to one of the regional districts in the General Directorate of the General Security an application for student residence enclosed with a statement from the institute or the university including the following:

A-  The academic year which the registered student is attending, as well as the number of the remaining academic years.

B-  An explicit and clear residence address in Lebanon, confirmed by the university or the institute.

C-  An explicit / express engagement allowing the General Directorate of the General Security to verify that the student's residence is at the given address, according to the common regulations and when necessary.

D-  A liability engagement signed by the student of religion and by the university or the institute in which he is registered, that he will not perform any non-academic and non-scholastic activity and to inform the General Directorate of General Security about any violation, the engagement should also include the condition of not marrying a Lebanese female throughout the period of his studies and residence in Lebanon.

E-  Specifying the source of the student of religion sustenance and the procedures of payment of the tuition fees.

2)   Presenting a statement of success of the previous academic year upon applying a renewal request for the residence. The student is allowed to repeat the same academic year only once, and in the case of repeated failure, he is notified of the decision that he has to leave the country. 

3)   The residence permit is granted until the 31 of July of every year and it is not renewable if the studies period is only for one year or if the student of religion is in his senior / last academic year. As for the student of religion who will continue their studies, they are granted after the date of 31 July a temporary residence permit valid for a period of three months with a return / presumption similar to other universities and institutes' students.

4)   The family members of the student of religion are not granted an entrance visa or a residence permit similarly to him unless in some exceptional situations such as illness (entering a hospital), and after the General Directorate of the General Security verifies that. 

5)   In case of a married couple of students of religion, they are not allowed to bring over their children to stay with them in Lebanon. 

6)   The inviting party of the clergyman, volunteer or preacher has to fulfill the previously mentioned articles: 1) 4) 5), for what concerns the request of obtaining a residence. 

N.B: What is meant by the inviting party: The heads of Lebanese confessions, and 

the religious and charitable institutions authorized by law.