According to the Resolution 14/X/2021, dated 6 August 2021, Cape Verde was the first State to approve, for ratification by the National Assembly of Cape Verde, the Agreement on Mobility between Member States of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (hereinafter referred ad "CPLP"). The Resolution entered into force on 9 August 2021.

The CPLP is made up of nine different countries, including Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Timor-Leste. The agreement will take effect in 2022 and establishes the framework for cooperation on the mobility of citizens of the Member States of the CPLP and between these same States, through a system that takes into account the particularities of each State.

The Agreement is structured on the basis of the following principles:

a) Exemption from visa requirements for holders of diplomatic, official, special and service passports for stays of up to 90 days;
b) Mobility of nationals of one Party who are holders of ordinary passport, within the territory of the other Parties, without prejudice to the provisions relating to the credibility and authenticity of documents, according to the degree of commitment of the Parties;
c) Freedom of the Parties to choose the mobility modalities, the categories of persons covered and of the Parties with which it establishes partnerships beyond the minimum limit provisions and the other terms and conditions set out in the Agreement;
d) Safeguarding for the international commitments of the mobility commitments of the Parties arising from Regional Integration Agreements to which are Parties.

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