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Business Pass

TanzaniaShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

The Business Pass is issued to a person from a country whose nationals do not require a visa to enter Tanzania, for the purpose of conducting temporary special assignments or short-term professional roles such as auditing, fixing a machine, making feasibility studies, establishing business contacts, and other arrangements for investment, especially during the start-up period.

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Limits of the record
  • The page does not state a validity period, fee, or application documents for the Business Pass here (see the separate fees table for the fee).
  • Pass Information, Immigration Service Department
    This Pass is issued to a person from countries which do not require Visa to enter Tanzania for the purpose of conducting temporary special assignments or short term professional roles like auditing, fixing a machine, making feasibility studies, establishing business contacts and other arrangements for investment especially during the start-up period.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The Business Pass covers persons from countries whose nationals do not require a visa to enter Tanzania who come for temporary special assignments or short-term professional roles such as auditing, fixing a machine, feasibility studies, or establishing business contacts and investment arrangements during a start-up period.

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  • Tanzania — Immigration Service Department, "Types of Pass" tab — Business Pass
    This Pass is issued to a person from countries which do not require Visa to enter Tanzania for the purpose of conducting temporary special assignments or short-term professional roles like auditing, fixing a machine, making feasibility studies, establishing business contacts and other arrangements for investment especially during the start-up period.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

The official source states that the maximum validity for all types of passes does not exceed two years. It does not state a Business Pass-specific length of stay, rolling-period rule or entry rules.

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What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

General pass requirements apply: a copy of a valid passport, a covering letter from the respective institution, the previous pass copy when renewing, and the relevant fee. The official source does not state funds, accommodation, insurance or onward-travel evidence.

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Limits of the record
  • The official source does not state the complete answer to this question for this route.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

The maximum validity for all types of passes does not exceed two years; renewal is provided for through the general requirement to attach the previous pass copy. The official source does not state where or how the pass is applied for.

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Limits of the record
  • The source gives no duration or renewal rule specific to the Business Pass — only the general two-year ceiling that applies to all pass types.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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