For a foreign investor to enter and stay in Tanzania, the
immigration laws require that the individual should have among
other things, a passport/travel document and a Work and Residence
Permit or Certificate of Exemption issued by the labor and is
immigration departments of Tanzania.
Section 16(2) of the Immigration
Act clearly states that;
"...no person shall for gain or reward engage in any
trade, business, profession or other occupation except in
accordance with the terms of an appropriate
permit..."
The legal requirement is that, the person should first have
obtained the Work and Residence permit before coming into the
country. However, in most cases the processes of obtaining the
permits are done once or after the person has entered the country.
Typically, in order to get a work and residence permit, company,
tax clearances and business licenses need to be obtained and most
stakeholders would rather be in the country to sort this out than
outside.
