The Immigration & NGOs Practice Group has broad experience in the full range of questions relating to immigration and work permission that arise in Mozambique. Highlights include:


• Advice to expatriates seeking to remain in Mozambique legally.


• Advice on obtaining documents permitting expatriates to stay and live in Mozambique, including:
(i) Visas; (ii) temporary or permanent residence authorizations (commonly known as “DIREs” – Documentos de Identificação de Residentes Estrangeiros; and (iii) others.


• Communications of employment within the prescribed quota, or work authorizations when the statutory quota has been exhausted:
We organize employment communication applications and applications for work authorizations.


• Short term hiring of foreign workers:
For cases involving employees who intend to work for short periods of time, we organize applications for this purpose.


• Investment Projects and Memoranda of Understanding:
We assist companies and NGOs to draft agreements with Government for the purpose of obtaining of benefits related to hiring of foreigners.


• Obtaining visas for Mozambique:
We advise on and organize applications for visas that allow expatriates to enter Mozambique in accordance with their purposes.


• Equivalence Certificates:
We assist expatriates to obtain Mozambican educational equivalence certificates for degrees obtained when necessary for work authorization.


• Birth Certificates:
Registration of newborn Mozambicans with the competent Mozambican authorities, and the registration of newborn foreign citizens with their embassies of origin, in Mozambique.


• Criminal record certificates:
We obtain criminal record certificates for citizens and expatriates who have lived in Mozambique.


• Obtaining visas for other countries:
We assist clients to obtain visas from accredited diplomatic representations that provide consular services in Mozambique.


• Exit declarations:
We assist expatriates who need to leave the country while waiting for the issuance or renewal of their residence permits.


• Mozambican nationality:
We advise on the acquisition of Mozambican nationality for expatriates who wish to acquire it.

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