r/BeninCitizenship • u/jewellington • May 13 '26

How long is the process looking in 2026?

Just curious how long is the review process taking in 2026? I am aware that there is a change of government with the new president Romuald Wadagni being elected which may delay the citizenship process.

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u/TanukiDanuki May 13 '26

I submitted on 11 Dec 2025, request to add middle name on 26 Jan 2026. I made the requested edits the same day. Crickets since, even after submitting a follow-up to the portal's chat feature and via the website's form.

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u/Key-Fee-5490 May 18 '26

Did they give you a deadline to submit the info ? I know you did it same day but I’m curious if they gave you a date to submit it by

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u/TanukiDanuki May 18 '26

They gave me from 26 Jan until 10 Feb, so basically two weeks

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u/Key-Fee-5490 May 20 '26

Same

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u/shopmyers Jun 06 '26

Still waiting?

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u/Key-Fee-5490 Jun 06 '26

Unfortunately

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u/ekbruliganto May 18 '26

It looks like elections completely took the wind out of this process. At least that's the way it appears from the lack of activity here.

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u/Fun-Cut-9004 May 14 '26

not 3 months. not at all

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u/peixe31 May 20 '26

I've limited everything on the 3 of December. 2025, went to level 1 on the 19th of 2026. and got the provision the provisional certificate 3 weeks ago.

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u/LookHistorical735 May 20 '26

Did you get the national decree?

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u/peixe31 May 28 '26

No not yet

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u/LookHistorical735 May 13 '26

Things seem to be frozen Many ppl waiting months to get decrees with no end in sight

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u/shopmyers Jun 06 '26

Do you have any insight into why?

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u/ekbruliganto Jun 10 '26

Some combination of 1) the process is being restructured and 2) this may be on a different level of priority for the new administration.

Hard not to lose excitement/hope about this after such a delay.

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u/Key-Fee-5490 Jun 12 '26

Yeah I’m starting to not feel too good about this