{"id":7343,"date":"2025-04-09T09:01:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T09:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.test.gov.zw\/?p=7343"},"modified":"2025-04-09T09:01:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T09:01:35","slug":"spouse-residence-permit-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zimimmigration.gov.zw\/?p=7343","title":{"rendered":"Spouse Residence Permit Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Spouse Residence Permit Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Residence permit application form (I.F.S) fully completed.<\/li>\n<li>Close relative guarantee form to be completed by local spouse.<\/li>\n<li>Application letter addressed to the Chief Director of Immigration (CDI) from foreign spouse and support letter from local spouse requesting for residence permit.<\/li>\n<li>Passport bio data page.<\/li>\n<li>2 passport sized photos certified as a true likeness of applicant.<\/li>\n<li>Proof of accommodation and residential status of guarantor.<\/li>\n<li>Proof of funds by guarantor.<\/li>\n<li>Copy of marriage certificate.<\/li>\n<li>Copy of children birth certificate \/ passports (if applicable).<\/li>\n<li>Police clearance from country of origin\/last permanent residence not older than six months.<\/li>\n<li>Statutory non-refundable fee of US$500 and US$300\/dependent.<\/li>\n<li>Radiological certificate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Spouse Residence Permit Extension<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Application letter addressed to the Chief Director of Immigration (CDI) from foreign spouse and support letter from local spouse requesting for residence permit.<\/li>\n<li>Copy of current permit.<\/li>\n<li>Statutory non-refundable fee of US$300 and US$300\/dependent.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Spouse Residence Permit (Permanent)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Application letter addressed to the Chief Director of Immigration (CDI) from foreign spouse and support letter from local spouse requesting for residence permit.<\/li>\n<li>Copy of current permit.<\/li>\n<li>Statutory non-refundable fee of US$500 and US$300\/dependent.<\/li>\n<li>Local Police clearance not older than 6 months.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>TAKE NOTE: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Copies of all documents should be sufficiently authenticated; those from outside Zimbabwe should be notarized in the prescribed manner whilst those from Zimbabwe should be certified by a Commissioner of Oaths.<\/li>\n<li>All translations should be in English and all copies of the original to be tendered.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If spouse is accompanied by dependents, the following should be submitted:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Marriage certificate<\/li>\n<li>Birth certificate for all children<\/li>\n<li>Police clearance for those above 18 years<\/li>\n<li>Passport biodata<\/li>\n<li>2 passports sized photos\/dependent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spouse Residence Permit Requirements Residence permit application form (I.F.S) fully completed. 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