TIC Guideline.pdf - Tanzania Investment Centre

19.0 Immigration Procedures
TIC now has stationed officers from respective Government ministries and
departments who facilitate the issuance of residence and work permits.
Residence Permit Class ‘A’ Process
Residence permit Class ‘A’ is issued to persons intending to engage in trade business,
profession, agriculture, animal husbandry, prospecting of minerals or manufacturing.
The fees include $1,620 per permit, $20 for each dependant and 10% of the said sum as
facilitation fee. Upon expiry of permit’s replacement is made by paying similar fees as first
grant. The permit is issued for 2 years and renewable for another 2 years. All documents
are submitted at TIC offices and addressed to:-
Director of Immigration Services
P.O. Box 512, Dar es Salaam.
Documents to be included in duplicate are: • Certificate of Incentives • Certificate of
Incorporation • Memorandum and Articles of Association • Business Licence• Tax Cearance
Certificate • Business Licence • TIN certificate • Certificate of Registration for VAT • Seven
passport size photographs • CV • Educational certificates • Evidence of business premises
• Sectoral approval from any relevant ministry • Share Certificate (if needed) or Share
Transfer • TIF 1 • Copy of passport. NB: Marriage and birth certificates must be produced in
case dependents are to be endorsed in the permit.
Residence Permit Class ‘B’ Process
Residence permit Class ‘B’ is issued to persons (expatriates) who have been offered a specific
employment in Tanzania. For new (or renewal of) class ‘B’ permits three copies of TIF 1
should be completed together with seven passport size photographs. Marriage and birth
certificates must be produced for dependants. Fees include US$ 600 for two years, US$ 20
has to be paid in respect of the applicant as a re-entry pass fees and each dependant, and
10% of the said sum has to be paid as facilitation fee. All applications are to be submitted
to TIC offices and addressed to:-
Director of Immigration Services
P.O. Box 512, Dar es Salaam.
Attachments should include:
• Certificate of Incentives • Certificate of Incorporation • Seven passport size photographs
• CV • Academic/professional certificates • Job description • Organizational structure of the
company • A letter of clearance from the Government • Membership/registration certificates
or clearances from local professional bodies for testing and monitoring the professional
integrity of expatriates – i.e. doctors, lawyers, nurses, engineers, pilots, surveyors,
accountants and the like • Employment contract • Photocopy of relevant passport pages •
Business Licence • Tax Clearance Certificate • Business Licence • TIN Certificate • Certificate
of Registration for VAT • Evidence to show that a company has tried to fill the position with
a Tanzanian by producing copies of advertisements announcing the vacancy as well as the
CV of a Tanzanian alternative.
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