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Temporary Permit for a Prohibited Person

ZimbabweSpecial cases

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What exactly is the official special programme/status and why does it exist?

An Immigration Officer may issue a temporary permit (form I.F. 9) to a prohibited person; it may not be issued for more than 30 days without the Chief Immigration Officer's approval. The official source does not state why the permit exists.

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Limits of the record
  • The regulations do not state why the permit exists (its policy purpose).

Which specific population, role, circumstance or historical/legal situation does it cover?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm which population or situation the programme covers.

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Limits of the record
  • Not established: the correction failed a second independent check (NAO_SUSTENTA: The only citation (s.50) covers appellants released from detention; 'covers prohibited persons' is not in this answer's citation.)

What circumstance, event, relationship, nomination, invitation or status activates access?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the event, relationship, nomination or status that activates access.

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Limits of the record
  • Not established: the correction failed a second independent check (NAO_RESPONDE: not_found not honest: s.50 (release of appellant from detention obliges issue) and s.29(1) (Minister may by Gazette notice deem persons/classes holders of temporary permits) are activating events in the captured regulations.)

What sponsor, authority, nomination, certification, evidence or other step must occur before the status can be obtained?

An application is made and a fee is payable (1,000 in the US$ column of the fee schedule); the holder may be required to deposit a sum set by the Chief Immigration Officer as security for compliance with the permit conditions. The official source does not state any sponsor, nomination or supporting-evidence requirement.

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Limits of the record
  • No sponsor, nomination or supporting-evidence requirement is stated.

What immigration status and rights result, how long do they last, can family be included, and what happens if the special qualifying circumstance ends?

The result is a temporary permit (form I.F. 9), which may not be issued for more than 30 days without the Chief Immigration Officer's approval; permanent residence and citizenship are not stated. The official source does not state the rights attached, family inclusion or what happens when the circumstance ends.

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  • Immigration Regulations, 1998 - as amended by SI.126/05, section 27
    27 Conditions of temporary permit A temporary permit shall be subject to the following conditions— (a) that the holder of the permit shall notify an Immigration Officer of his address in Zimbabwe and shall immediately notify an Immigration Officer in writing of any change of such address; and (b) that the holder of the permit shall report to such officer at such place and at such time or at such intervals as may be specified in the permit and shall keep such officer duly advised of his whereabouts; and (c) that the holder of the permit shall leave Zimbabwe within the period specified in the permit and without expense to the State and shall surrender the permit to an Immigration Officer upon leaving Zimbabwe; and (d) that the holder of the permit shall give to the Chief Immigration Officer or to the Immigration Officer at the nearest port of entry at least 24 hours’ notice, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays excluded, of his intended departure from Zimbabwe; and
  • Immigration Regulations, 1998 - as amended by SI.126/05, section 27
    (e) that the holder of the permit shall obtain the proper endorsement by an Immigration Officer on such permit of any renewal or extension of the permit; and (f) such other conditions as may be fixed.
  • https://www.zimimmigration.gov.zw/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/immigration-regulations.pdf
    (1) Subject to section 50, an Immigration Officer may issue a temporary permit in form No. I.F. 9 to any prohibited person: Provided that a temporary permit shall not be issued for a period exceeding 30 days without the approval of the Chief Immigration Officer.

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

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