Tanzania
Corporate Guide

If there is no requirement to have a local director or shareholder in Tanzania, what is the process of obtaining a work permit for foreign employees?

Please note that every foreigner employed in Tanzania is required to hold a work and residence permit. 

Application for a work permit is filed online from the website of the Prime Minister's Office Labour, Youth, Employment and Persons with Disability. Physical and soft documents are then submitted to TIC for investors with certificates of incentives and to the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment in Dodoma for unregistered investors or traders who do not qualify to go to TIC. 

Once the application for a work permit is approved, then an application for a residence permit is filed online on the immigration website.