🇹🇿Tanzania immigration routes

Every route we track for Tanzania, with the official source behind each one.

5

routes tracked

0

need no employer sponsor

0

map to permanent residence

Routes

• Class A residence permit granted for a further period under section 35(4) of the Immigration Act

  Tanzania has no permanent-residence category.

  • Sponsorship not yet read

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• Residence Permit Class A

  Tanzania sorts every foreigner who lives in the country into one of three residence permit classes, and Class A is the one for people living on their own venture rather than on someone else's payroll.

  • Sponsorship not yet read

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• Residence Permit Class B (Expatriate Employees)

  Tanzania's Residence Permit Class B, granted under the authority of the Director of Immigration Services, is issued to foreign expatriates with a rare profession, engaged to work for a company in the country.

  • Employer sponsor required

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• Residence Permit Class C

  Tanzania issues three classes of residence permit, and Class C is the residual one: it covers every foreigner who lives in the country for a reason other than investing in a business or being employed by a Tanzanian company.

  • Sponsorship not yet read

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• Work Permit (Prime Minister's Office - Policy, Parliament, Coordination, Labour, Youth, Employment and Persons with Disability)

  A non-citizen cannot simply be given a residence permit and start work in Tanzania.

  • Sponsorship not yet read

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