The requirements regarding the applicants for a Lebanese visa or residency permit for religious men, students, missionaries or volunteers will be highlighted in the following section.

1- The conditions regarding students in religion applying for a Lebanese visa:

11- The students in religion regardless of their religion, and whether they are enrolled in an accredited universities or accredited religious institutions in Lebanon (even those whose studies or universities are not religious), are granted an entry visa for a month prior to their entry

111- An authorization prior to the entrance granted by the general security in virtue of a requested presented by the university or the institution in question. The latter can’t apply via a Lebanese delegation abroad

112- The interested party has to be 18 years old or more

113- Attestation of enrollment in an accredited university or an accredited religious institution in Lebanon. The type of degree has to be specified in the attestation, as well as the period and semesters indicated.

114- The interested party has to enter Lebanese territories in the beginning of the academic year (the visa have to be applied for, a month before the beginning of the academic year).

115- The interested party has to come the country of which he holds the nationality. If this is not the case, he cannot enter Lebanese authorities.

12- The universities and religious institutions have to hand over to the general security: the lists of all the degrees as well as the required academic period, and the semesters indicated to each degree.

13- The universities and religious institutions have to sing an attestation of departure when the interested party finished the required academic years or semesters indicated. His departure has to be ensured if there is an infraction regarding his visa, or if he committed a crime.

14- In virtue of security concerns regarding both Lebanon and the countries of origin of the students in question, only the following nationalities are temporarily excluded: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Albanian, Bosnian, Indian, Sri Lankans, Philippine, Sudan, Egyptian, Chechen, Bangladesh, Algerian, Somalian, Iraqi.


2-The conditions required to grand a residency permit for students in religion:

 21-The residency permit is granted for students in religion regardless of their religion, if they are enrolled in a university or in a religious institution that is accredited in Lebanon. The following conditions are required:

211- After a month of his entry in Lebanon, the interested party has to show up at a regional bureau of the general security, where he will apply for a residency permit, handing out the application and the required documents.

212- The interested party has to hand out an attestation establishing that he has passed the previous year. The student cannot repeat his year more than once. If he fails to do so, he will have to leave the Lebanese territory.

213- If the students are married, their children will not have a residency permit in virtue of their own, and cannot hence live with them.

22- A residency permit – multiple entries can be requested one time a year and for 3months only.


3- Men of religion, missionaries, and volunteers are permitted to enter in virtue of a request done by the religious institution, the charitable institution or the university in question:

31- The requested conditions are based on the nationality of each applicant.

32- The visas granted according to the article 31 are assimilated to touristic visas that cannot be transformed into residency visas. The interested party has to leave when the validity period of the visa comes to an end.

33- Men of religion, volunteers, and missionaries that wish to reside in Lebanon have to request a previous authorization delivered by the general security in virtue of a requested addressed by the host institution.

34- The host institution has to ensure the above-mentioned conditions 111, 112, 115, 211, and 213, for an entry visa or a residency permit.

35- The host institution has to sign an attestation that specifies the type of activity in question, the location of the project and the period indicated for the latter. The date of departures has to be specified in a second attestation that will also be signed by the host institution. These attestations will have to be handed out to the general security.

 

Comments:

The host institution: Religious leaders, universities, or charitable institutions that are legally accredited in Lebanon.

 

4- The costs:

Students in religion: 250 000 L.B.P

Men of religion, missionaries and volunteers: 300 000L.B.P

 
5- The above-mentioned instructions are also related to nuns, and students, volunteers, or missionaries that are women.