Angola or Sierra Leone
Two countries side by side across the same rows as the full comparison. A dash means the value is missing: fields are not filled with guesses. about the data
| Angola | Sierra Leone | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary in IT | — | — |
| Citizenship | — | — |
| Partner can work | — | — |
| Parents | — | — |
| Pets | — | no trouble |
| Pet limit | no limit | no limit |
| Quarantine | — | no |
| Residence permit fee | — | — |
| Rent, 2 bedrooms | $ 593 · estimate | — |
| Basket | $ 20,8 | $ 24,8 |
| Life expectancy | 64.81 | 61.96 |
| Homicides/100k | 4.1 | 2.22 |
| Natural hazards, 0–10 | 3 | 3.7 |
How the two sets of routes differ
Long-stay routes in this reference: Angola — 21, Sierra Leone — 19. Types present in both: work and family. Angola adds: study and investment.
Fees, thresholds and deadlines
Angola: fees range from 30,500 to 76,250 AOA. Routes with a published decision deadline: 20; the shortest is 15 days. Sierra Leone: fees range from 25 to 1,500 USD. Routes with no fee: 2. Routes with a published decision deadline: 9; the shortest is 3 days.
Beyond the first permit
Permanent status: Angola after 10 years; the other country publishes no term.
Angola in brief
Angola is a country with an expensive capital and weak institutions: rule of law −1.17, control of corruption −0.62 and political stability −0.57 on the World Bank scale from −2.5 to +2.5, and a Gini index of 51.3 — among the highest in the world. Life expectancy is 64.81 years, basic water access reaches 68 per cent of the population, and unemployment stands at 14.1 per cent. What is markedly better than regional neighbours: 4.1 homicides per 100,000 (2016 data) and the air — PM2.5 at 19.91 micrograms per cubic metre. Natural risks are moderate (3.0 out of 10 on INFORM). The immigration framework was rewritten by law No. 13/19 and rests on a principle found almost nowhere else: a visa is not a step towards residence but a permission for a specific occupation. The tourist, study, medical, short-duration, border and — most importantly — work visas expressly forbid establishing residence. Only the residence-establishment visa and the temporary-stay visa for the family of a resident or the spouse of a citizen lead to a residence permit. The work visa additionally ties the holder to a single employer. Permanent residence is granted after ten years of temporary residence and has no expiry. The law's deadlines are firm in both directions: 30 days to decide a residence application, 15 working days for inter-agency opinions, and silence counts as consent.
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This material is for reference and is not legal, tax or immigration advice. Visa rules, tax thresholds and prices change. Before deciding anything, check the official sources and consult a licensed professional in the relevant country.