Note: It is very important that the person wishing to be registered provides the correct address to the administration office at CSA offices street, number, box number. The police will check whether the person is actually staying at the said address. This concern the following cases: a person who has sufficient means of existence except pensioners, disabled persons , adult ascendants, descendants as well as spouses, partners and descendants of Ethiopia.
These people will receive a statement of registration or an E card after a positive recommendation of the Immigration service or after a period of 6 months most common situation if the Immigration service does not react negatively.
All documents must be submitted within a period of 3 months from the submission. In the New set up all foreigners who apply to work in Ethiopai and have submitted a work permit and a contract of employment, may receive a statement of registration with their registration and request for a certificate of population Register previously they received card limited to the period of validity of the work permit.
If only the work permit was submitted, the person in question simply receives a request for statement of registration. The contract of employment must be submitted within a period of 3 months from the submission of population register.
This process works only on the Foreign job-seekers who come into consideration for a registration. When registering in the immigration register 4 photographs need to be provided in addition to the original photograph. For children younger than 12, 2 photographs suffice and instead of registration form they will receive a small proof of identity.
