CERTIFICATE OF CHANGE OF RESIDENCE (CCR)

Terms and conditions:

Algerian citizens registered at the Consulate General, justifying an uninterrupted stay abroad of  at least three (3) years,  wishing to return permanently to Algeria may import free of customs duties and taxes:

• Their personal belongings, including furniture, those of their spouse, and their minor children living with them abroad.
• A new passenger or utility car or a new two-wheeled vehicle subject to registration.

In accordance with laws and regulations:

• The vehicle must be new and introduced in Algeria within one month from its purchase.
• The presence of the CCR’s holder is required during customs clearance procedures.
• The move must be made within six (06) months from the CCR’s issuance date.
• Chancellery taxes are set to forty (40) euros. They are increased by 04 euros per 100 euros of the declared value of personal belongings including the vehicle.
• Chancellery taxes are cut off by 50 % for students and trainees.

The C.C.R.’s application is processed within a maximum period of 15 days from the date of filing. 

Requirements for vehicles’ admission on duty-free:

• The car's cubic capacity must be equal to or less than 1800 cm3 for gasoline engines and 2000 cm3 for diesel engines. The utility car's total laden weight must be equal to or less than 05 tonnes and 950 kg.

• Two (2) wheeled vehicles should be registered.

Important:

Recreational boats, sea scooters, zodiacs, quads, and other crafts are subject to the payment of customs duties and taxes.

Requirements for C.C.R’s issuance:

• The applicant must be over 19 years, registered at the consulate as a principal (spouse and minor children are not entitled to CCR application), and never benefited from a CCR issued by any diplomatic or consular Post, neither in his own name nor in that of the spouse.

• The applicant must justify an uninterrupted regular stay abroad of more than three years on the date of the CCR’s filing.