STAYING IN ALGERIA
Conditions – Procedures – Work permit
A valid passport and visa are required to travel in Algeria as a tourist or on business. A visa may be obtained upon submission of a professional or private invitation to an Algerian Consulate.
Excluding tourist visas, two types of visas are issued:
The Business Visa
Issued to a foreigner in possession of a letter of invitation from his Algerian partner, a letter of employment or an assignment order from the organisation hiring the visa applicant and a hotel reservation or proof that the organization extending the invitation will take care of the applicant.
The Work Visa
Issued to the foreigner in possession of an employment contract and a temporary authorisation to work issued prior to the work permit by the relevant authorities in charge of matters pertaining to employment, as well as a certificate of the hiring organisation stamped by the relevant authorities.
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Weekend Friday and Saturday Working hours 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM (Banking Currency Algerian dinar (DZD),a dinar is Weights and measures MKSA or metric system (meters, |
The details of those transactions must be written on the flap of the currency declaration form. This form, as well as the foreign exchange transaction receipts, can be checked upon exiting the territory. This temporary work visa can also be issued to the foreigner in possession of an assistance or service contract. Upon entering the country, the traveler benefits from an exemption of duties and taxes, for goods and objects for personal use that he or she might need during his or her stay, with the exception of merchandise imported for commercial purposes.
Holidays 
• Independence Day: July 5.
• Anniversary of Revolution: November 1st.
• Labor Day: May 1st.
• New Year’s Day: January 1st.
• Religious holidays (based on the Islamic lunar calendar, which is 10/11 days behind the Gregorian calendar each year).
• Eïd-Al-Fitr (Holiday marking the end of fasting during the month of Ramadan): two-day holiday.
• Eid-Al-Adha (the holiday of Sacrifice, 2 months and 10 days after Eïd-Al-Fitr): two-day holiday.
• Awal Mouharem (Islamic New Year): one-day holiday.
• Achoura, 10th day of the lunar month of Mouharem (Holiday for alms-giving): One-day holiday.
• Mawlid en-Nabaoui commonly called “Mouloud,” 12th day of the lunar month of Rabî‘Ul-Awal (celebration of the birth of the Prophet Mohammed): One-day holiday.
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