WORK PERMIT AND RESIDENCE PERMIT

Any person who wishes to engage in business as investor or who wishes to employ or engage a non-citizen in any occupation shall apply for a work permit and residence permit to the labour Commissioner and Immigration Department, respectively, prior to entering Tanzania by that non-citizen.

Since April 2021, applications for work permit and resident permit are done through interlinked online systems. Applicants have options to apply through different offices such as foreign investors with project worth 500,000 USD and above can request for their applications be processed through Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) One Stop Centre, Zanzibar Investment Promotion Agency (ZIPA) and Export Processing Zone Authority (EPZA).

Those who do not fall under the above category can request their applications be processed through Headquarters in Dar es Salaam and Dodoma and other officers provided by the government.

To view procedures click the links below

Obtain work Permit and Residence permit class A

Is issued to foreign shareholders of companies operating or wishing to invest in Tanzania

Obtain work Permit class B

Is issued to non-citizen employees who posses prescribed profession including medical and health care professionals, experts in oil and gas, teachers and University Lecturers in Science and Mathematics.

Obtain work Permit class C

Issued to non-citizen employees who are in possession of such other profession apart from those in Class B.

Apply for residence permit Class A

Application of Residence Permit class 'A' can now be applied online through Immigration Department's e-Services Portal since December 2018. Click on above link to access steps and requirements of the procedure

Apply residence permit Class B

Application of Residence Permit class 'B' can now be applied online through Immigration Department's e-Services Portal since December 2018. Click on above link to access steps and requirements of the procedure