E-visa Application for investment Visa, Business visa and Border visa

On the 9^th of august, the Mozambican government launched an initiative, PAE, which is a measure to accelerate economic growth. which in the past years has slowed down for several reasons including the undeclared debts which culminated in the cutting of more than 750 million dollars in financial aid which was crucial to the government annual resources, the 9 cyclones and floods  in a period of 4 years, the more than 850 000 dislocated citizens/refugees due to the conflict in Cabo Delgado and most recently the sanitary pandemic which affected the whole world(covid19)The above have all slowed down the Mozambican economy with more than 100 million dollars annually having to be allocated to this incidents.

 

To overcome the above situations the government decided to make about 20 changes in the law that will further enhance development and economic investment in Mozambique, from the reduction in tax (IVA) from 17% to 16%, simplifying the the procedure of foreign capital tax incentives to investments in key sectors in the next three years, reducing IRPC from 32% to 10%in the agriculture and urban transport investment. Another  crucial point that directly affects the business development environment in Mozambique and Subsequently  influences the key development sectors, would be the foreign citizen’s law so the Mozambican government also decided that Articles 17, 18 and 21 of/from decree 46/2022 published on the 16^{th of} September have been altered/updated to further cater to foreign citizens  willing to enter Mozambique to invest this decision is believed to further enhance development on crucial economic growth sectors.

 

Comes with an innovative initiative for foreign citizens applying for investment visas, business visas and border visas which can now be submitted through the SENAMI online portal as per below:

http://evisa.senami.gov.mz/

 

What does this change/alteration to decree 46/2022 mean for foreigners willing to enter Mozambique for investment purposes?

It simply means that any foreign investor citizen with the intention of entering Mozambique for research purposes, participate in meetings, conferences, workshops, , establish contacts and in search of new business development opportunities with other companies and other related events, as long as not for labor or residential purposes this visa does not allow the applicant to work or reside in national territory.it does however allow the applicant multiple entries for a period 90 days counting from the first day of entry, non-extendable. The applicant can apply for this visa at any Mozambican diplomatic representation or border post, company representative or member of the board of directors of a company, entering the country to implement investment projects with a capital of up to 500.000,00 USD or more.

Can enter the country multiple times for a

period of up to two years and up to 5 years for projects evaluated at 50 million dollars or more, the visas can be extended for an equal period if the project is still running or if the reasons for concession of the visa endures.

Foreign individuals coming from countries with Mozambican diplomatic representation, interested in entering the country for tourism and leisure and did not have the chance to apply for the visa in country of origin can do so by applying for a border visa.

This visa allows two entries counting from the date of first entry and is valid for 30 non extendable days.