Working Visa of Cape Verde

Welcome to the forum.

Unless you have a specialist skill that no one else in Cape Verde has then you will not find work there.
Unemployment is very high amongst locals so outsiders have no chance.

Go online and do some research.

Hi there,

There is no such thing as a working visa in Cape Verde. What you need is a residency visa if you wish to live and work in Cape Verde. To obtain a residency visa, you must first come to Cape Verde as a tourist from another ECOWAS country. Once you have the visitors visa, you must then find a job. Once you have a job (or start your own company), you can then apply for a residency visa which will allow you to stay anywhere from 90 days to 1 year. The cost is €50. You will then simply renew the residency visa for €50 each time it expires.

As far as jobs, if you do not speak the local language (krioulo) or the official language (Portuguese), you will not get a job EXCEPT in the tourism industry which is centered on the islands of Sal and Boavista. Sal has more infrastructure. It also has many more foreign-owned companies, and more expats. English is the common language spoken among foreigners (tourists and expats) in Sal and Boavista, so since you speak English, Sal is where you should first start looking for a job. There is a lot of information about living and working in Cape Verde which you can find in this guide.

Regards, Angelo 

Lampard111 wrote:

Hi Forum..

I'm a Nigerian and I have ECOWAS passport ，I need a details how can I get a working Visa of Cape Verde..I like to move there and get a job.

Hi Stumpy,

You are right: unemployment is high in Cape Verde. In addition, it is a tiny nation of only 500,000 people split up among 9 inhabited islands. It's a micro market economically speaking. There is no productive industry to speak of. So jobs are few and far between, and are mostly blue-collar and laborers. And the language spoken locally is Portuguese. So it is virtually impossible for an English-speaking foreigner to find a job in any economic sector in Cape Verde with one exception...TOURISM!

Cape Verde has a huge tourism industry relative to the size of the country/population. There are over 800,000 tourists visiting each year. It's the third highest in West Africa. And 90% of those tourists visit two islands - Sal (population 30,000) and Boavista (population 10,000). The tourists are mainly English speaking. Many of them return as investors starting up small businesses catering to tourists. Between the small investors and large hotels, there is a huge demand for English-speaking workers in the tourism industry in Sal and Boavista. Since most of the local population speaks Portuguese, the natural consequence is that there are many job opportunities for English-speaking foreigners.

Regards,

Angelo

stumpy wrote:

Welcome to the forum.

Unless you have a specialist skill that no one else in Cape Verde has then you will not find work there. Unemployment is very high amongst locals so outsiders have no chance.

Go online and do some research.

Hope everyone is enjoying the forum.

Hello Angelo,

Do you have anything to add to this discussion?

Yoginee

Expat.com team

Hello Angelo,
Do you have anything to add to this discussion?

Yoginee
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Hi Yoginee

No, I do not have anything to add. I posted a reply in error, but could not find a way to delete the erroneous post. The only options are Reply/Quote/Edit. Hence I had to edit the content to be something innocuous. What you are seeing is what I ended up having to post since I could not delete the erroneous post.

Be well and thanks for asking.

Angelo

Hello CVAngelo,

Anytime you want to remove a post from the forum, do not hesitate to report it and we will do the needful as soon as possible.

Cheers,

Cheryl

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Hello CVAngelo,
Anytime you want to remove a post from the forum, do not hesitate to report it and we will do the needful as soon as possible.

Cheers,

Cheryl
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-@Cheryl

OK. Thanks Cheryl. That's good to know.

Regards,

Angelo

@CVAngelo Hello Mr Angelo it's Dave from the UK , we spoke some time ago about the possibility of me retiring to Cape Verde , You were most helpful & informative to which I am now here in Praia Terra Branco to be exact , believe I owe you a drink !! would be great to meet up some time . PS Wow its hot , Many thanks Dave

@CVAngelo Hello Mr Angelo it's Dave from the UK , we spoke some time ago about the possibility of me retiring to Cape Verde , You were most helpful & informative to which I am now here in Praia Terra Branco to be exact , believe I owe you a drink !! would be great to meet up some time . PS Wow its hot , Many thanks Dave
-@fixupropertyrepairs

Hi Dave,

Welcome to Praia. I'll send you a personal note with my contact info. I'm looking forward to meeting you!

Cheers,

Angelo

@fixupropertyrepairs

Hi Dave,

How are you finding it in Praia/Cape Verde?  I'm also from the UK.

Cam