Document checklist
Lesotho → Senegal: Carte d'identité d'étranger (foreigner's identity card: worker)
What you need before you submit, checked against official requirements, not guesswork.
Checked by our automated verification on 20 Oct 2026: every source on this page resolves and the data is structurally complete. This does not confirm a person re-read the source text for accuracy.
Required documents
9 itemsIdentity
Birth certificate
RequiredA birth certificate extract dated less than 6 months before you apply.
Source: Ministère de l'Intérieur (Senegal), Carte d'identité d'étranger
Copy of the first five pages of your valid passport
RequiredA copy of the first 5 pages of your valid passport.
Source: Ministère de l'Intérieur (Senegal), Carte d'identité d'étranger
Handwritten request to the Minister of the Interior
RequiredA letter you write by hand, addressed to the Minister in charge of the Interior, asking for a foreigner's identity card.
Source: Ministère de l'Intérieur (Senegal), Carte d'identité d'étranger
Passport photos
RequiredThree identity photos.
Source: Ministère de l'Intérieur (Senegal), Carte d'identité d'étranger
Financial
Fiscal stamp
RequiredA fiscal stamp costing 15,000 F CFA.
Source: Ministère de l'Intérieur (Senegal), Carte d'identité d'étranger
Repatriation bond payment receipt
RequiredA receipt showing you've paid the repatriation bond. The amount varies depending on your country.
Source: Ministère de l'Intérieur (Senegal), Carte d'identité d'étranger
Purpose of travel
Employment contract
RequiredYour employment contract with your Senegalese employer.
Source: Ministère de l'Intérieur (Senegal), Carte d'identité d'étranger
Insurance
Medical certificate
RequiredA medical certificate dated less than 3 months before you apply.
Source: Ministère de l'Intérieur (Senegal), Carte d'identité d'étranger
Other
Criminal record certificate from your home country
RequiredAn extract from the criminal record of your country of origin, dated less than 3 months before you apply.
Source: Ministère de l'Intérieur (Senegal), Carte d'identité d'étranger
Why applications on this route get refused
Criminal record or medical certificate too old
The home-country criminal record certificate and the medical certificate must each be dated less than 3 months before you apply; older ones don't meet the rule.
How to avoid it: Request these certificates close to your application date rather than far in advance.
Repatriation bond not paid
The page lists a receipt for the repatriation bond payment as one of the required documents; not paying it means the application is incomplete.
How to avoid it: Check the current repatriation bond amount for your nationality and pay it before submitting your application.
Sources
- Ministère de l'Intérieur (Senegal), Carte d'identité d'étranger · checked 18 Oct 2026
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