In view of the increasing influx of expatriate citizens into Mozambique,
the Government has decided to revise upwards the costs of issuing the
Identification and Residency Document for Foreigners (DIRE) and visas. The
price of permanent or lifetime DIRE has almost doubled, while some types of
visa have more than tripled the prices. In July, the National Migration Service
(SENAMI) registered an increase in the entry of foreigners in Mozambique. “The
main cause of the increase in foreign citizens’ entry in the country during
this period was the holding of several meetings, as well as the ceremony of the
announcement of the Final Investment Decision in Maputo,” said spokesman
Celestino Matsinhe at a Senami press conference.
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@Verdade learned that a few days earlier, on 24 May, that the Ministers
of the Interior, Jaime Basílio Monteiro, and of Economy and Finance, Adriano
Maleiane, signed Diploma 65/2019 which came into force on July 5, making it
much more expensive for foreign citizens to visit or work in Mozambique. The
temporary DIRE which in 2017 had been revised to 19,200 meticais now costs
33,760 meticais. The permanent and the lifetime DIRE were increased from 22,200
to 62,520 meticais. Regarding the visas, the increases were much larger. A 1 to
30 day Crew Transfer, Transit or Simple Visa, which previously cost 1,350
meticais, now costs 6,252 meticais. The 31-60 day Simple Visa and the 61-90 day
Visa, which cost 2,700 and 4,050 meticais, respectively, now cost 12,504 and
18,756 meticais, respectively.
Work visas for more than one year have been abolished. A 1 to 90 day
work visa, which cost 3,600, was revised to 8,440 meticais, work visa for 91 to
180 days went from 7,200 to 16,880 meticais, and for work from 181 to 365 days
the visa price is now 33,760 meticais.
Investment visas from 1 to 90 days which were taxed at 3,600 meticais,
now cost 8,440, investment entries from 91 to 180 days went from 7,200 to
16,880 and investment visas for up to 365 days now cost 33,760 meticias, and
the Investment visa for more than 1 year has been abolished.
Citizens of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries will also pay
more for DIRE
The price of the temporary stay visa was also revised, and the student
visa also adjusted from 4,270 to 6,252 meticais. Interestingly, even after the
visit to Portugal where President Filipe Nyusi stressed the need to improve
mobility in the Lusophone space, DIRE costs for citizens of the Community of
Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) were also revised upwards, as was the
costs of an urgent visa or DIRE.
More than just a measure to raise funds for tight public coffers – after
all , many of the foreigners entering Mozambique will work in the billionaire
oil and natural gas industry – these upward revisions appear to retaliate
against Co-op Partners who are late resuming the aid stopped in 2016, or even
in releasing reconstruction support to provinces hit by cyclones Idai and
Kenneth.
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