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Visitor Pass

TanzaniaShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

Eligible visitors from visa-exempt countries obtain the Visitor's Pass on arrival after satisfying standard immigration requirements. The official source does not state the requirement for other nationalities.

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  • The page does not state fees, application documents, or extension procedure for the Visitor's Pass.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The Visitor's Pass covers eligible visitors from visa-exempt countries, obtained on arrival after satisfying standard immigration requirements, for visiting friends or relatives, holidays, travelling, attending a meeting or conference, obtaining medical treatment, appearing before a court of law, or any other sufficient reason. A holder is not allowed to engage in any employment, trade, business or professional activity.

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What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

The validity of the Visitor's Pass shall not exceed 90 days, and shall not exceed six months for citizens of East African Community Member States. The official source does not state the number of entries or any rolling-period rule.

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  • The official source does not state the complete answer to this question for this route.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence required.

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  • This records that the checked official-source captures did not establish the requested detail; it does not establish that a legal rule or right is absent.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

Eligible visitors from visa-exempt countries obtain the Visitor's Pass on arrival after satisfying standard immigration requirements. The official source does not state when or how a stay can be extended or changed.

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  • The official source does not state the complete answer to this question for this route.
  • Tanzania — Immigration Service Department, "Types of Pass" tab — Visitors Pass
    Eligible visitors from visa-exempt countries can obtain a Visitor’s Pass upon arrival. Upon satisfying standard immigration requirements, visitors are granted entry for purpose of: - Visiting friends/relatives Spending holidays Travelling; Attending a meeting/conference Obtaining medical treatment or Appearing before the court of law; Any other sufficient reasons.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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