The Ethiopian Origin ID card (Yellow Card) is a document issued by

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

to foreign nationals of Ethiopian origin. The legal system of Ethiopia does not permit

dual citizenship Multiple citizenship (or multiple nationality) is a person's legal status in which a person is at the same time recognized by more than one sovereign state, country under its nationality law, nationality and citizenship law as a national or cit ...

but the members of the

Ethiopian diaspora There are over 2.5 million Ethiopians abroad, primarily inhabited in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Australia. In U.S, there are 250,000 to one million diaspora and 16,347 in the Netherlands according to the Dutch Central Statistics ...

may acquire the Ethiopian Origin ID Card, which gives them certain privileges. In particular, investors with the Yellow Card are considered to be domestic investors, with the corresponding rights. The Yellow Card holders do not need an entry visa, residency permit, or work permit for Ethiopia. They are not subject to restrictions applied to foreign nationals with respect to pension.Ethiopian Origin ID Card (The Yellow Card)

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Government of Ethiopia Identity documents of Ethiopia National identity cards by country Ethiopian diaspora {{Ethiopia-stub