Cape Verde official resources: your guide to government services

This guide brings together the official Cape Verde portals that citizens, companies and professionals need most. Every address below was accessed and confirmed on 8 October 2026; the list follows the periodic verification the site runs over its resources. Addresses that no longer respond are not included.

Legislation and official publications

• Electronic Official Gazette (BOE): the official repository of laws, decree-laws, resolutions and other acts published in Series I of the Official Gazette of the Republic of Cape Verde. It is the primary source for confirming any statute and its publication status.
• National Assembly: legislative and institutional information, including the section with the consolidated text of the Constitution.

Government and public services

• Single Government Portal (gov.cv): the entry point for the State’s online public services.
• Government of Cape Verde (governo.cv): official communications and news from the Executive, including the progress of legislative work.

Justice

• Ministry of Justice: the institutional portal of the justice sector.
• Supreme Court of Justice: the supreme court in the Cape Verdean judicial hierarchy.
• Constitutional Court: constitutional jurisdiction.
• Bar Association of Cape Verde: regulation of the practice of law and the register of enrolled lawyers.
• National Data Protection Commission (CNPD): the personal data protection authority; it publishes forms, guidance and reports.

Finance and economy

• Bank of Cape Verde (BCV): central bank and supervisor of credit and financial institutions; it publishes the official gazettes concerning it and financial-system statistics.
• Ministry of Finance: budget and tax policy, including the contributions and taxes services.

Agriculture and environment

• Ministry of Agriculture and Environment: agricultural and environmental policy, with sector documentation.
• National Water and Sanitation Agency (ANAS): regulation and supervision of the water and sanitation sector.

Foreigners, visas and citizenship

• E-portal DEF: online residence authorisation services for foreigners.
• High Authority for Immigration (aai.gov.cv): official information on entry, stay and departure of foreigners and access to the labour market.
• Consular Portal: visas and consular services of the Cape Verdean diplomatic network.

How to use these resources safely

• Always confirm statutes in the Electronic Official Gazette: it is the only official publication that gives the law its legal force;
• the names of ministries and bodies change with government reshuffles; if an address changes, start from the top-level portals (gov.cv, governo.cv, boe.incv.cv) and navigate to the service;
• official sites of the Cape Verdean State typically use the .cv domain, often under gov.cv; be wary of look-alike domains that do not match the ones listed above.

About this page

This guide is informational and does not constitute legal advice. The accessibility of the addresses was verified on 8 October 2026, as recorded in the site’s official source; no factual content beyond the institutions’ identifications was taken from the portals. For a concrete case, consult a lawyer enrolled in the Bar Association of Cape Verde.