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Review of the legal framework for visa, DIRE approval and foreign labour hiring in Mozambique – CTA
2:24 CAT | 01 Jun 2022
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The Confederation of Business Associations of Mozambique (CTA) met with Her Excellency the Minister of the Interior within the scope of follow-up actions as a result of concerns presented at the Annual Private Sector Conference (CASP) that took place on March 30 and April 1 of this year. In addition to the Minister of the Interior, the Minister of Industry and Commerce and the Deputy Minister of Tourism were present.
The meeting aimed, essentially, to make known to the CTA the result of the work of the multi-sectoral team created with the various ministers under the leadership of the Ministry of the Interior with the objective of defining measures to be adopted in the granting of visas and DIREs (residence permits) to foreign investors, as well as increasingly facilitating the hiring of foreign labour with a view to promoting greater attraction for investments and making the country a reference tourist destination.
At the meeting, the Government highlighted the need to change the following instruments:
- Decree 108/2014 of December 31 which establishes the legal regime applicable to foreign citizens, regarding entry, stay and exit from the country;
- Decree 37/2016 of August 21 which approves the regulation of the Mechanisms and Procedures for the Contracting of Foreign Citizens;
- Decree-Law no. 2/2014, of December 2, establishing the Special Legal and Contractual Regime applicable to the Liquefied Natural Gas Project in Areas 1 and 4 of the Rovuma Basin.
Some specific issues intended to be changed were also highlighted, namely:
- Extend, from one to two years, the duration of permanent residence permit in the country;
- Authorise the granting of a business visa at the border, by means of a previous online application;
- Extend the short-stay work visa period from 90 to 180 days;
- Suppression of the requirement to authenticate a copy of the passport upon submission of the visa application process;
- Suppression of the requirement of the Nominal Relation Sheet for Workers in cases where the company has the Nominal Relation Sheet updated in the system;
- Depersonalization of the Tax Discharge and change of its validity period from 3 months to the period corresponding to the calendar year;
- In the Hydrocarbons sector, it is intended to extend the special regime applicable to the Liquefied Natural Gas Project in Areas 1 and 4 of the Rovuma Basin to all those operating in the Hydrocarbons area in Mozambique.
The Government also intends to carry out reforms with a view to institutional improvement, with the emphasis on the online processing of procedures and on information sharing for the harmonisation of procedures with diplomatic missions.
It should be mentioned that, with a view to obtaining feedback from the private sector, CTA requested a period of 15 days from the 30th of May of the current year, to submit its opinion.
Therefore, with a view to making more relevant the document that will be prepared, the CTA asks that those interested send their concerns regarding the matters under consideration no later than the 10th of June to the email addresses [email protected], copied to [email protected].
Source: CTA - Confederation of Business Associations of Mozambique / Media Release
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