as i mentioned before, the general manager here chose not to apply for a work visa for me which requires me to do the in/out every three months. providing a work visa was part of my employment contract so not providing one is a bit of a problem contractually.
Tanzanian law is pretty clear about what is required to have anyone who is not a national on staff. but, in all fairness, there were some changes to resident/working permits about the time Magafuli took office so there has been confusion among the immigration staff about how they are going to continue to get their bribes and make money under the new policies requiring them to slow down the process until they again have a corruption scheme in place.
still, my bosses know the situation and they know back to back multiple business visas are not considered legal. on my last reentry i did get pulled into an office for some questions but i was just polite and smiled and got through.
about a month ago a notice went out that anyone with a work permit or a resident visa must go to immigration to validate their paperwork. what they didn't say is that when you do this you will be given an id card which you have to carry at all times.
fine, i thought i'd be out of the country before they actually got around to checking. well apparently not, with just a few weeks to go before i leave i get a note saying don't come into the office because the immigration raids have begun.
i know people in the expat community who have paid up to $1,000 in bribes although that's high - usually it's just around $300. otherwise it's a 72 hour notice to leave the country - either way i'm not taking any chances and just hold meetings at my house which everyone likes because it's cooler and i have coffee and water.
this doesn't last long as things grind to a halt at the office without supervision and i give in and go back to office hours.
Tanzanian law is pretty clear about what is required to have anyone who is not a national on staff. but, in all fairness, there were some changes to resident/working permits about the time Magafuli took office so there has been confusion among the immigration staff about how they are going to continue to get their bribes and make money under the new policies requiring them to slow down the process until they again have a corruption scheme in place.
still, my bosses know the situation and they know back to back multiple business visas are not considered legal. on my last reentry i did get pulled into an office for some questions but i was just polite and smiled and got through.
about a month ago a notice went out that anyone with a work permit or a resident visa must go to immigration to validate their paperwork. what they didn't say is that when you do this you will be given an id card which you have to carry at all times.fine, i thought i'd be out of the country before they actually got around to checking. well apparently not, with just a few weeks to go before i leave i get a note saying don't come into the office because the immigration raids have begun.
i know people in the expat community who have paid up to $1,000 in bribes although that's high - usually it's just around $300. otherwise it's a 72 hour notice to leave the country - either way i'm not taking any chances and just hold meetings at my house which everyone likes because it's cooler and i have coffee and water.
this doesn't last long as things grind to a halt at the office without supervision and i give in and go back to office hours.
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