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Academic advisingBeing successful in your studiesStudying abroadReturning to Cameroon after studying abroad or not?
Academic advisingBeing successful in your studiesStudying abroadReturning to Cameroon after studying abroad or not?Returning to Cameroon after studying abroad or not?
Once they have completed their training abroad, Cameroonian students have roughly three options:
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IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO RETURN TO CAMEROON, WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU PREPARE YOUR RETURN THOROUGHLY.
The following are the basic steps to take and arrangements to make before your final return, based on the experience of our returned experts and Cameroonian’s diplomatic representations:
Enrich your career with a maximum of professional experience;
If possible, make several trips to Cameroon during your training to assess the conditions for professional integration;
Ask about the existence of programmes to support returnees as the Rückkehrende Fachkräfte programme of the Centrum für internationale Migration und Entwicklung, CIM in Germany;
If you have studied in a country where the language is neither French nor English, contact the local administration for issuing an official French or English translation of your degree which you will then have certified at the Cameroonian embassy;
Find a job or set up an income-generating activity before your resettlement in Cameroon; this implies having built up savings during your stay abroad;
Contact the Cameroon’s embassy to request the issuance of a “Certificate of definitive change of residence”, which will help you get an abatement or exemption from customs duties for your personal effects;
Pass a health check and make sure your vaccinations are up to date (especially cholera and yellow fever);
Cancel all your contracts and subscriptions (lease, insurance, banks, transport companies, telephone, libraries, etc.); this will prevent forgers from using your identity to commit fraud;
Declare your departure to the competent authority in your city of residence for the same reasons above.
Contact us if you would like to get feedback from our experts who have returned to Cameroon after their studies abroad.
