Identification Card

Tanzania: Long-term residents must register by November 2

Work permit holders and their children over the age of 18 whose stay in Tanzania will be more than six months must register for an identification card by November 2, 2016, according to an announcement by the National Identification Authority (NIDA). Residents who enter Tanzania after November 2 will be required to register as part of the Long-Term Work Permit application process.

Those that fail to register may face a fine and/or imprisonment.

Panama: Employers of multinational visa holders must now return identification cards

Host employers must now return SEM (Multinational) visa holders’ identification cards when notifying the immigration authorities of the end of the assignment so that the National Migration Service can cancel the foreign worker’s visa.  The deadline for notification is 20 business days from the end of the assignment.