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REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA

THE IMMIGRATION AND DEPORTATION ACT

CHAPTER 123 OF THE LAWS OF ZAMBIA

CHAPTER 123 THE IMMIGRATION AND DEPORTATION ACT

THE IMMIGRATION AND DEPORTATION ACT

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I PRELIMINARYPART I

PRELIMINARY

Section

1. Short title

2. Interpretation

3. Application

PART II APPOINTMENTS AND POWERSPART II

APPOINTMENTS AND POWERS

4. Appointment of Chief Immigration Officer, etc.

5. Delegation of powers of Chief Immigration Officer

6. Powers of arrest of immigration assistants

7. Powers of search, etc.

8. Liability of carriers, etc., introducing prohibited immigrants

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PART III EXAMINATION OF PERSONS ENTERING AND LEAVING ZAMBIA AND
OTHERSPART III

EXAMINATION OF PERSONS ENTERING AND LEAVING ZAMBIA AND OTHERS

9. Entrants to appear before immigration officer

10. Examination of entrants and others

11. Certain visitors to reappear before immigration officer

12. Security may be required from entrants

13. Examination of persons leaving Zambia

PART IV ISSUE, VARIATION AND REVOCATION OF PERMITSPART IV

ISSUE, VARIATION AND REVOCATION OF PERMITS

14. Entry permits

15. Visiting permits

16. Study permits

17. Temporary permits

18. Employment permits

19. Prohibition on employment, study, etc., without permit

20. Variation of conditions of permits

21. Revocation of permits

PART V PROHIBITED IMMIGRANTS AND DEPORTATIONPART V

PROHIBITED IMMIGRANTS AND DEPORTATION

22. Prohibited immigrants

23. Prohibited immigrants required to leave Zambia

24. Representations against requirement to leave Zambia

25. Suspected prohibited immigrants

26. Deportation

PART VI MISCELLANEOUSPART VI

MISCELLANEOUS

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27. Evidence

28. Burden of proof

29. Offences

30. Penalty

31. Regulations

32. Rules

33. Certificates for established residents

34. Service of notice

35. Reasons to be given for arrests or detention

36. Detention

PART VII REPEALS AND SAVINGSPART VII

REPEALS AND SAVINGS

37. Repeals

38. Savings

FIRST SCHEDULE-Classes of persons who may be issued with entry permits

SECOND SCHEDULE-Classes of prohibited immigrants

CHAPTER 123

IMMIGRATION AND DEPORTATION

An Act to regulate the entry into and the remaining within Zambia of immigrants
and visitors; to provide for the removal from Zambia of criminals and other
specified persons; and to make provision for matters incidental to the
foregoing.

[21st February, 1967]

29 of 1965
16 of 1967
20 of 1967
31 of 1972
Act No.
13 of 1994

PART I PRELIMINARYPART I

PRELIMINARY

1. This Act may be cited as the Immigration and Deportation Act. Short title

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- Interpretation

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"Chief Immigration Officer" means the person appointed as Chief Immigration
Officer in accordance with section four;

"citizen" means a citizen of Zambia;

"educational institution" means a prescribed institution or one of a prescribed class
of institutions the primary function of which is to provide academic or other
instruction;

"entry permit" means a permit issued under section fourteen;

"established resident" means, in relation to any date, a person who is not a citizen
or a prohibited immigrant and who has been ordinarily and lawfully resident
in Zambia or the former Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia or both for the
period of four years immediately preceding that date:

Provided that no period during which a person-

(i) has been confined in a prison consequent on a sentence of
imprisonment imposed by a court, which sentence has not on
appeal or review been quashed or varied to a fine;

(ii) has been an inmate of a mental institution; or

(iii) has remained in Zambia or the former Protectorate of Northern
Rhodesia or both as a visitor or in terms of a statutory permit
allowing such person for a limited period only so to remain;

shall be counted for the purpose of this definition;

"immigration assistant" means a person appointed as an immigrant assistant in
accordance with section four;

"immigration officer" means any person appointed as an immigration officer in
accordance with section four and includes the Chief Immigration Officer
and, in relation to the exercise of any power or the performance of any duty,
any person on whom such power or duty has been conferred or imposed
under that section;

"minor child" includes any child adopted under the Adoption Act and any other
person under the age of twenty-one years whom the Minister has in writing
declared to be a minor child for the purposes of this Act, but does not
include a married woman;

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"passport" means a passport or other travel document of identity-

(a) (i) issued by or on behalf of the Government of Zambia, the former
Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia, the former Federation of
Rhodesia and Nyasaland or any sovereign state recognised by
the Government of Zambia or issued by the United Nations
Organisation;

(ii) which contains a personal description of the holder, the name of
the country in which he was born and the date of his birth;

(iii) to which is attached a photograph being a true likeness of the
holder wherein his features are clearly and correctly depicted;
and

(iv) which, except where a visa is dispensed with in pursuance of an
arrangement to which the Government is a party, bears the visa
or endorsement of a person authorised by the Government to
that end; or

(b) of a type prescribed;

"prohibited immigrant" means a person described in section twenty-two as a
prohibited immigrant in relation to Zambia;

"study permit" means a permit issued under section sixteen;

"subordinate court" means a court constituted under the Subordinate Courts Act; Cap. 28

"temporary permit" means a permit issued under section seventeen to a prohibited
immigrant.

3. (1) Subject to subsection (2), Parts III, IV and V shall not apply to- Application

(a) any person duly accredited to Zambia by or under the authority of the
government of any sovereign state;

(b) any person who under any written law is entitled to any diplomatic
immunities and privileges by reason of his association with an organisation
of which the Republic or the Government and one or more other states or
the government or governments thereof are members;

(c) any member of the official staff or of the household of a person described in
paragraph (a) or (b);

(d) any citizen or established resident;

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(e) any wife or minor child of a person described in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or
(d);

and such persons shall be entitled to enter and re-enter into and to remain within Zambia.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), Parts III, IV and V shall apply to
any person-

(a) arriving in or departing from Zambia until he satisfies an immigration officer
that he is a person to whom subsection (1) relates; or

(b) who is an established resident for the purpose of the exercise by the
Minister of his powers under section twenty-two or twenty-six.

PART II APPOINTMENTS AND POWERSPART II

APPOINTMENTS AND POWERS

4. (1) There shall be appointed as public officers a Chief Immigration Officer and
such immigration officers and immigration assistants as shall be necessary for the proper
administration of this Act.

Appointment of Chief
Immigration Officer,
etc.

(2) The Minister may by order confer all or any of the powers and impose all or any
of the duties of an immigration officer under this Act upon any public officer or class of
public officers.

5. (1) The Chief Immigration Officer may, in writing and subject to such restrictions,
reservations, exceptions and conditions as he may think fit, delegate to an immigration
officer all or any of the powers conferred upon him by or under this Act:

Delegation of powers
of Chief Immigration
Officer

Provided that no such delegation shall prevent the exercise by the Chief Immigration
Officer of any delegated power.

(2) The Chief Immigration Officer may at any time in writing revoke or vary his
delegation under subsection (1) of all or any of the powers included within such
delegation.

6. (1) An immigration assistant may without warrant arrest any person whom he
reasonably suspects to be a prohibited immigrant or to have contravened or to be about to
contravene any provision of this Act.

Powers of arrest of
immigration assistants

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(2) Any person arrested by an immigration assistant shall forthwith be delivered to
an immigration officer who may release him or proceed in accordance with the provisions
of this Act as though such person had been arrested by the immigration officer.

7. For the purpose of discharging his functions under this Act, an immigration
officer may-

Powers of search, etc.

(a) without warrant stop, enter and search any aircraft, train, vehicle or vessel
in Zambia;

(b) require the person in charge of any aircraft, train, vehicle or vessel arriving
in Zambia to furnish a list of the names of all persons in the aircraft, train,
vehicle or vessel, as the case may be, and such other prescribed
information as it is within the power of such person to furnish.

8. (1) The person in charge of any aircraft, train, vehicle or vessel bringing into
Zambia any person found, on appearing before an immigration officer in accordance with
section nine, to be a prohibited immigrant and the owners, agents and charterers of such
aircraft, train, vehicle or vessel shall, upon being required by an immigration officer to
remove such prohibited immigrant from Zambia, be responsible for such removal as soon
as practicable thereafter and in default thereof shall be jointly and severally liable to pay to
the Government all expenses incurred by the Government in connection with the removal
of such prohibited immigrant from Zambia.

Liability of carriers,
etc., introducing
prohibited immigrants

(2) The amount of such expenses shall be recoverable in an action brought in the
name of the Chief Immigration Officer.

PART III EXAMINATION OF PERSONS ENTERING AND LEAVING ZAMBIA AND
OTHERSPART III

EXAMINATION OF PERSONS ENTERING AND LEAVING ZAMBIA AND OTHERS

9. (1) Every person who arrives in Zambia by air- Entrants to appear
before immigration
officer

(a) at any prescribed airport and intends to leave the precincts of such airport
shall forthwith appear before an immigration officer;

(b) at any place other than a prescribed airport shall forthwith proceed to and
appear before the nearest immigration officer.

(2) Every person who enters Zambia by inland waters or overland shall forthwith
proceed to and appear before the nearest immigration officer.

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10. (1) An immigration officer may examine any person appearing before him in
accordance with the provisions of section nine and any person whom he reasonably
suspects to be a prohibited immigrant for the purpose of ascertaining in relation to such
person-

Examination of
entrants and others

(a) his identity;

(b) the objects of his entry into Zambia;

(c) the nature of his claim to remain in Zambia; and

(d) whether he is a prohibited immigrant.

(2) For the purpose described in subsection (1), an immigration officer may require
any person to whom that subsection relates-

(a) to produce his passport;

(b) to make such declaration as may be prescribed;

(c) to produce documentary or other evidence relative to his claim to enter or
remain in Zambia; and

(d) in writing or otherwise to answer such questions as the immigration officer
may put to him.

11. An immigration officer may by notice in writing require any person-

(a) not being the holder of a permit to remain in Zambia; or

(b) being the holder of a visiting permit issued under section fifteen;

to appear before an immigration officer at such place and within such time as may be
specified in the notice.

Certain visitors to
reappear before
immigration officer

12. (1) The Chief Immigration Officer may require in respect of any person entering
Zambia, as a condition of his remaining therein, the deposit of a sum of money or the
furnishing of such guarantee as the Chief Immigration Officer may accept in lieu of such
deposit.

Security may be
required from entrants

(2) The Chief Immigration Officer shall specify-

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(a) the sum of money not exceeding one thousand kwacha to be deposited or
guaranteed; and

(b) the period not exceeding four years for which the deposit or guarantee is
required.

(3) Any sum deposited or guaranteed in accordance with this section may be
applied by the Chief Immigration Officer to meet any expenditure incurred by the
Government within the specified period in connection with the care, treatment or
maintenance within or the removal from Zambia of the person concerned.

13. (1) Every person departing from Zambia, except in direct transit through Zambia
by air having not left the precincts of a prescribed airport, shall appear before an
immigration officer.

Examination of
persons leaving
Zambia

(2) The immigration officer may require such person-

(a) to produce his passport and any permit issued to him under this Act and to
surrender any such permit which is no longer valid;

(b) to make and sign such declaration as may be prescribed;

(c) in writing or otherwise to answer such questions relating to his identity or
departure as may be put to him by the immigration officer.

PART IV ISSUE, VARIATION AND REVOCATION OF PERMITSPART IV

ISSUE, VARIATION AND REVOCATION OF PERMITS

14. (1) On application being made in the prescribed manner, the Chief Immigration
Officer may issue an entry permit to any person who he is satisfied-

Entry permits

(a) is not a prohibited immigrant;

(b) has an adequate knowledge of any language commonly used by the
indigenous inhabitants of Zambia which may be prescribed, or of English;

(c) intends to remain in Zambia for a period in excess of three months; and

(d) belongs to a class set out in the First Schedule.

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(2) The Chief Immigration Officer shall issue an entry permit to any person in
respect of whom the Minister directs that such permit be issued.

(3) The holder of an entry permit shall not for gain engage in any occupation other
than an occupation specified in such permit.

(4) Subject to the provisions of this Act and regulations made thereunder, an entry
permit shall authorise the holder-

(a) for gain to engage, by employment under an employer resident in Zambia
or otherwise, in such occupation as may be specified therein; and

(b) until he becomes an established resident, to enter and re-enter into and to
remain within Zambia.

(5) An entry permit shall cease to be valid if the holder-

(a) fails to enter Zambia within six months of the date of issue of the permit or
such later date as the Chief Immigration Officer may endorse thereon;

(b) is absent from Zambia for a period in excess of six months without notifying
the Chief Immigration Officer in writing that he proposes to return to
Zambia; or

(c) is absent from Zambia for any period in excess of twelve months.

(As amended by No. 16 of 1967)

15. (1) On application being made in writing, an immigration officer may issue a
visiting permit to any person-

Visiting permits

(a) whose presence in Zambia is or is likely to become unlawful by virtue of his
remaining therein for a period or periods totalling not less than three
months in any period of twelve months;

(b) who save as provided by paragraph (a) is not a prohibited immigrant; and

(c) who is not the holder of any other permit to remain in Zambia.

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(2) A visiting permit shall specify the period of its validity, being a period not
exceeding three months from the date of issue of such permit but capable of extension for
further successive periods not exceeding three months each to a maximum period of
twelve months from such date of issue.

(3) Subject to the provisions of this Act and regulations made thereunder, a visiting
permit shall authorise the holder to enter and re-enter into and to remain within Zambia
until such permit expires.

16. (1) On application being made in the prescribed manner, the Chief Immigration
Officer shall issue a study permit to any person who he is satisfied-

Study permits

(a) is not a prohibited immigrant; and

(b) has been accepted for instruction by an educational institution in Zambia.

(2) A study permit shall specify the educational institution to which it relates and,
subject to the provisions of this Act and regulations made thereunder, shall authorise the
holder to study at that institution and to enter and re-enter into and to remain within
Zambia while under instruction at that institution and for such period thereafter as would
reasonably enable him to depart from Zambia.

17. (1) An immigration officer may issue a temporary permit to a prohibited
immigrant.

Temporary permits

(2) An immigration officer shall issue a temporary permit to any person in respect of
whom the Minister directs that such permit be issued.

(3) An immigration officer may as a condition precedent to the issue of a temporary
permit require a prohibited immigrant to deposit such sum, not being greater than a
prescribed amount, as he or, in the case of a person to whom subsection (2) relates, the
Minister may think fit for the purpose of securing compliance with the conditions specified
in the permit and, if any such condition is not complied with, a subordinate court may, on
application by an immigration officer and subject to any rules made under this Act, declare
such sums to be forfeited.

(4) A temporary permit shall specify-

(a) such prescribed conditions for observance by the holder as the immigration
officer thinks fit; and

(b) the period of its validity:

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Provided that no period in excess of thirty days shall be specified without the
approval of the Chief Immigration Officer or in any case in excess of two years.

(5) Subject to the provisions of this Act and regulations made thereunder and to the
conditions therein specified, a temporary permit shall authorise the holder to enter and
re-enter into and to remain in Zambia until such permit expires.

18. (1) On application being made in the prescribed manner, the Chief Immigration
Officer shall issue an employment permit to any person outside Zambia who he is
satisfied-

Employment permits

(a) is not a prohibited immigrant; and

(b) belongs to Class A of the First Schedule.

(2) The Chief Immigration Officer shall, if so directed by the Minister, issue an
employment permit to any person within Zambia who would be eligible under subsection
(1) for such a permit if he were outside Zambia.

(3) An employment permit shall specify-

(a) such conditions for observance by the holder, if any, as to the area within
which the holder may engage in employment and the nature of the
employment in which he may engage as the Chief Immigration Officer
thinks fit; and

(b) the period of its validity.

(4) The period of validity of an employment permit in any case shall be such period
from the date of its issue as the Chief Immigration Officer, having regard to all the
circumstances of the case, thinks fit, and shall be capable of extension for a further period
or periods to a maximum of five years from the date of its issue.

(5) Subject to the provisions of this Act and regulations made thereunder and to any
conditions specified in an employment permit, such permit shall authorise the holder-

(a) to engage in paid employment under an employer resident in Zambia; and

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(b) to enter and re-enter into and to remain within Zambia until such permit
expires.

(No. 16 of 1967)

19. (1) Save under permit issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act
authorising such employment, no person shall engage in paid employment under an
employer resident in Zambia.

Prohibition on
employment, study,
etc., without permit

(2) Save in accordance with an entry permit, no person shall for gain engage in any
prescribed trade, business or other occupation.

(3) A person shall not commence any course of study at an educational institution
unless he is the holder of a valid entry permit or study permit.

20. On application being made in the prescribed manner by the holder of a permit
issued under this Act, and subject to the provisions of this Act and regulations made
thereunder relating to such permit, the Chief Immigration Officer may vary the conditions
and the period of validity, if any, specified in such permit.

Variation of conditions
of permits

21. (1) The Chief Immigration Officer may by notice in writing revoke any permit
issued under this Act if he is satisfied that the holder-

Revocation of permits

(a) has contravened any provision of this Act or regulations made thereunder
or has failed to comply with any requirement made under this Act or such
regulations;

(b) obtained such permit by means of any representation which was false in
any material particular or by means of the concealment of any material
information;

(c) has failed to observe any condition specified in such permit; or

(d) has become or is likely to become a charge on the Republic in
consequence of his failure to support himself and such of his dependants
as may be in Zambia.

(2) A notice revoking a permit issued under this Act shall be served in person on the
holder of the permit and shall specify-

(a) the permit to be revoked;

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(b) the date, not being less than three days after the service of such notice, on
which the revocation shall take effect; and

(c) the ground on which the revocation is made;

and the permit shall cease to be valid on the specified date.

(3) Every permit, other than a temporary permit, issued under this Act to a
prohibited immigrant shall be of no force and effect and shall be deemed never to have
been so issued.

(4) Every permit, other than a temporary permit, issued under this Act to a person
who thereafter becomes a prohibited immigrant shall cease to be of force and effect at
such time as the holder became a prohibited immigrant.

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PROHIBITED IMMIGRANTS AND DEPORTATION

22. (1) Any person who belongs to a class set out in the Second Schedule shall be
a prohibited immigrant in relation to Zambia.

Prohibited immigrants

(2) Any person whose presence in Zambia is declared in writing by the Minister to
be inimical to the public interest shall be a prohibited immigrant in relation to Zambia.

(3) Save as provided in section seventeen, the presence within Zambia of any
prohibited immigrant shall be unlawful.

(4) An immigration officer may take or cause to be taken in his presence for the
purposes of record and identification the measurements, photograph, finger and palm
prints of any prohibited immigrant:

Provided that all records of such measurements, photograph, finger and palm prints
shall be destroyed or handed over to a person who an immigration officer is satisfied has
ceased to be a prohibited immigrant and who makes application in that behalf.

(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), the Minister may in the
prescribed manner exempt any person from all or any of the classes set out in the Second
Schedule and, unless and until such exemption is in like manner revoked, such person
shall be deemed not to belong to such class or classes.

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23. (1) Any immigration officer may or, if so directed by the Minister in the case of a
person to whom subsection (2) of section twenty-two relates, shall by notice served in
person on any prohibited immigrant require him to leave Zambia.

Prohibited immigrants
required to leave
Zambia

(2) Any notice served in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) shall
specify in relation to the person on whom it is served-

(a) the class set out in the Second Schedule to which it is considered he
belongs or that he is a person to whom subsection (2) of section twenty-two
relates;

(b) the period within which he is required to leave Zambia; and

(c) the route by which he shall travel in leaving Zambia.

(3) The period within which a person shall be required to leave Zambia shall, except
in the case of a person who within seven days of his appearing before an immigration
officer in accordance with section nine has been served with a notice under this section,
be not less than forty-eight hours and shall commence-

(a) in the case where such person does not make representations under this
Act, from the time he is served with such notice requiring him to leave
Zambia; or

(b) in the case where such person makes representations in accordance with
this Act, from the time he is advised that his representations have been
unsuccessful.

(As amended by No. 16 of 1967)

24. (1) Any person required by notice under section twenty-three to leave Zambia
who on receipt of such notice has lawfully remained in Zambia longer than seven days
may, within forty-eight hours of receiving such notice, deliver to any immigration officer,
police officer or prison officer written representations to the Minister against such
requirement and such representations shall be placed before the Minister without delay.

Representations
against requirement to
leave Zambia

(2) If, after considering such representations, the Minister does not think fit to
exercise his powers in relation to the issue of permits or the exemption of persons from
the classes set out in the Second Schedule, the person who made such representations
shall be notified that his representations have been unsuccessful.

25. (1) Any person in respect of whom there are reasonable grounds for suspecting
that he is a prohibited immigrant may be detained by an immigration officer for such
reasonable period, not exceeding fourteen days, as may be required for the purpose of
making inquiries relating to such person.

Suspected prohibited
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(2) Any person whom an immigration officer reasonably suspects by virtue of any
physical or mental condition to be a prohibited immigrant may be required by an
immigration officer to submit to examination by a prescribed medical practitioner and for
the purpose of such examination to answer such questions and undergo such tests as the
medical practitioner may think fit.

(3) Any person whom an immigration officer reasonably suspects to be a prohibited
immigrant belonging to Class C of the Second Schedule may be required by the
immigration officer to submit to the taking of his measurements, photograph and his finger
and palm prints:

Provided that all records of such measurements, photograph, finger and palm prints
shall be destroyed or handed over to such person if he is found not to be a prohibited
immigrant and makes application in that behalf.

26. (1) After receiving the particulars under section thirty-three of the Penal Code,
in respect of a person who is not a citizen, the Minister (unless the term of imprisonment is
set aside on appeal) shall, at the expiration of the sentence, pursuant to a warrant under
his hand deport such person from Zambia.

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(2) Any person who in the opinion of the Minister is by his presence or his conduct
likely to be a danger to peace and good order in Zambia may be deported from Zambia
pursuant to a warrant under the hand of the Minister.

(3) Any prohibited immigrant who-

(a) having been required under section twenty-three to leave Zambia, fails to
do so within the prescribed period; or

(b) fails to comply with any condition specified in a temporary permit issued to
him;

may without warrant be arrested, detained and deported from Zambia by an immigration
officer or police officer.

(4) An immigration officer may without warrant arrest, detain and deport from
Zambia any person whom, within seven days of such person appearing before an
immigration officer in accordance with section nine, he reasonably believes to be a
prohibited immigrant-

(a) who is not the holder of a valid temporary permit;

(b) who has not been served with a notice under section twenty-three requiring
him to leave Zambia; and

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(c) with respect to whom the procedure provided in section twenty-three is
inadequate to ensure the departure from Zambia of such person.

(5) Any warrant issued under this section shall be sufficient authority for-

(a) the detention of the person named therein pending completion of the
arrangements for his deportation from Zambia at the first reasonable
opportunity; and

(b) the removal from Zambia in custody or otherwise of such person.

(6) For the purpose of establishing in relation to a person liable to be deported
under this section his identity, his citizenship and the country of his origin, an immigration
officer may require such person-

(a) in writing or otherwise to answer such questions as the immigration officer
may put to him; and

(b) to produce any passport and any other pertinent document in his
possession.

(As amended by No. 16 of 1967 and No. 31 of 1972)

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MISCELLANEOUS

27. Any document purporting to be-

(a) a warrant, notice, permit, certificate or other document properly issued
under this Act; or

(b) a certified true copy of any record kept by the Chief Immigration Officer;

shall, in any prosecution or other proceeding under or arising out of this Act, be prima
facie evidence of the facts contained therein and shall be receivable in evidence without
proof of the signature or the official character of the person appearing to have signed or
certified the same:

Evidence

Provided that the court before which the proceeding is brought may direct that oral
evidence be brought relating to such facts, signature or official character.

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28. In any proceedings under or for any of the purposes of this Act, the burden of
proving with respect to any person-

(a) his status as a person to whom the provisions of section three relate; or

(b) that he is the holder of any permit issued under this Act or has been
exempted under this Act from any provision thereof;

shall be upon such person.

Burden of proof

29. (1) Any person having been required by notice under section twenty-three to
leave Zambia within a specified period who wilfully remains in Zambia after the expiry of
such period shall be guilty of an offence.

Offences

(2) Any person entering into or departing from Zambia who is required by section
nine or thirteen to appear before an immigration officer and who fails to comply with the
provisions of either of these sections shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) Save under temporary permit, any person who belongs to Class C of the Second
Schedule and who returns to Zambia shall be guilty of an offence.

(4) Any person who fails to comply with any lawful requirement made in accordance
with the provisions of section seven shall be guilty of an offence.

(5) Any person who assaults, resists or wilfully obstructs any immigration officer in
the due execution of his duty or any person acting in aid of such officer shall be guilty of
an offence.

(6) Any person who employs another knowing that that other is a person prohibited
under subsection (1) of section nineteen from engaging in his employ shall be guilty of an
offence.

(7) Any person who wilfully and with intent to conceal his identity, citizenship or
country of origin-

(a) fails to comply with a lawful requirement made under subsection (6) of
section twenty-six; or

(b) when required under subsection (6) of section twenty-six to answer
questions put to him, makes any representations by words, writing or
conduct of a matter of fact, which representation is false in fact;

shall be guilty of an offence.

(As amended by No. 16 of 1967)

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30. Any person guilty of an offence under this Act shall be liable on conviction to
imprisonment for a period of twelve months or to a fine of seven thousand five hundred
penalty units, or to both.

(As amended by No. 13 of 1994)

Penalty

31. The Minister may, by statutory instrument, make regulations for the better
carrying out of the provisions of this Act and, without prejudice to the generality of the
foregoing, such regulations may make provision for-

(a) anything which is to be or which may be prescribed under this Act;

(b) the form of warrants, permits, notices, certificates or other documents to be
used for the purposes of this Act;

(c) the fees to be paid for any permit or certificate issued under this Act;

(d) the issue of passes to any person departing from Zambia for the purposes
of facilitating his re-entry into Zambia, and the fees to be paid for such
passes; and

(e) the places at which immigration controls shall be situated and the hours
during which such controls shall operate.

Regulations

32. The Chief Justice may, by statutory instrument, make rules providing, with
respect to applications for forfeiture made under section seventeen, for-

(a) the procedure and practice of subordinate courts, the forms to be used
therein, the fees payable and the costs and charges to be allowed to legal
practitioners practising therein;

(b) the proper and effectual exercise of jurisdiction by subordinate courts; and

(c) the procedure and practice relating to appeals from subordinate courts.

Rules

33. The Chief Immigration Officer shall issue to any established resident who
makes application therefor in the prescribed manner the prescribed certificate of status as
an established resident.

Certificates for
established residents

34. Any written notice required under this Act to be served in person on any person
may, if such person cannot be found, be published in the Gazette and shall be deemed to
have been duly and properly served on the commencement of the day following the day of
such publication.

Service of notice

35. (1) Every person arrested or detained under the provisions of this Act shall be
informed as soon as reasonably practicable in a language that he understands of the
reason for his arrest or detention.

Reasons to be given
for arrests or detention

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), no person shall be entitled to
be informed as to the grounds on which the Minister has made any decision under section
twenty-two or twenty-six relating to him.

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36. (1) An immigration officer who detains any person under the provisions of
section twenty-five or twenty-six may by warrant under his hand cause such person to be
detained in a place described in subsection (2).

Detention

(2) The public officer in charge of any place specially provided for the detention of
persons for the purposes of this Act, any prison or any other place where facilities exist for
the detention of persons, shall receive into his custody any person with respect to whom a
warrant has been issued under section twenty-six or subsection (1) of this section.

(3) Any person detained under this Act and not serving a sentence of imprisonment
shall be treated as a person awaiting trial.

PART VII REPEALS AND SAVINGSPART VII

REPEALS AND SAVINGS

37. (1) The Immigration Act, 1954 and the Deportation Act, 1954 and the
regulations made under those Acts are hereby repealed.

Repeals

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section fourteen of the Interpretation and
General Provisions Act, any right or privilege acquired or accrued under section thirteen of
the Immigration Act, 1954, or under section six of the Deportation Act, 1954, shall be
deemed to have lapsed and ceased to have effect immediately upon the commencement
of this Act.

(As amended by No. 20 of 1967)

Cap. 2

38. (1) Every permit, warrant, direction, certificate, notice or other document and
every order of deportation and every security which was valid immediately prior to the
commencement of this Act and-

Savings

(a) that was issued, made, granted or given under the laws repealed by this
Act; or

(b) the effect of which was preserved under the laws repealed by this Act;

shall be given effect as if issued, made, granted or given under this Act.

(2) Any person who before the commencement of this Act was deported or removed
from, required to leave or prohibited from entering into or remaining within the former
Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia, or the former Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland,
under any law of the said Protectorate or Federation in force at the time shall be deemed
to have been deported or removed from, required to leave, or prohibited from entering into
or remaining within, as the case may be, Zambia.

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(3) Any person who-

(a) on or before the 31st December, 1963, entered the former Protectorate of
Northern Rhodesia from the Colony of Southern Rhodesia or the former
Protectorate of Nyasaland;

(b) at the time of that entry was lawfully resident without a permit in the former
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; and

(c) was on the 1st January, 1964, ordinarily resident in Zambia;

shall be deemed to have been lawfully resident in Zambia on the 1st January, 1964, and
not thereafter to have become a prohibited immigrant of Class E of the Second Schedule.

(As amended by No. 16 of 1967)

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FIRST SCHEDULE

(Sections 14 and 18)

CLASSES OF PERSONS WHO MAY BE ISSUED WITH ENTRY PERMITS

Class A

Any person who intends for gain to engage in any trade, business, profession, employment or other occupation-

(i) for which he is fitted by virtue of his academic or professional qualifications, standard of education, skill and
financial resources;

(ii) in which, having regard to the productivity and efficiency of the persons already engaged therein, there is not
already a sufficient number of persons engaged or available in Zambia to meet the requirements of the
inhabitants of Zambia; and

(iii) which is likely to be of benefit to the inhabitants generally of Zambia.

Class B

Any person-

(i) who has in his own right and at his full and free disposition for use in Zambia such financial resources as shall
be sufficient to maintain him; and

(ii) whose presence in Zambia is likely to be of benefit to the inhabitants generally of Zambia.

Class C

Any forebear, parent, wife, minor child or grandchild of a person who is dependent on that person if such person-

(i) is the holder of a valid entry permit;

(ii) is capable of maintaining such dependant; and

(iii) undertakes such maintenance.

Class D

Any forebear, parent or grandchild of a person who is dependent on that person if such person-

(i) is a citizen or established resident;

(ii) is capable of maintaining such dependant; and

(iii) undertakes such maintenance.

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(Section 22)

CLASSES OF PROHIBITED IMMIGRANTS

Class A

Any person who is infected or inflicted with or is a carrier of a prescribed disease and who is capable or likely to become
capable of infecting any other person with such disease or of transmitting to him such disease.

Person
capable
transm
prescri
disease

Class B

Any prostitute or person who in Zambia has knowingly lived wholly or in part on the earnings of prostitution or has
procured any other person for immoral purposes.

Prostitu
etc.

Class C

Any person who under any law in force at the time has been deported or removed from, required to leave, or prohibited
from entering into or remaining within Zambia;

Person
previou
deporte
or barre
from th
country

Provided that a person with respect to whom an immigration officer is satisfied that the ground on which he was so dealt
with no longer applies to him shall not belong to this Class.

Class D

Any person in Zambia with respect to whom a permit to remain in Zambia has been revoked or has expired. Person
whose
permits
remain
Zambia
becom
invalid

Class E

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Any person, not being the holder of a valid permit to remain in Zambia, who-

(i) is likely to become a charge on the Republic in consequence of his inability to support himself and any of his
dependants in Zambia and to provide for the removal of himself and such dependants from Zambia;

(ii) has contravened any provision of this Act or regulations made thereunder or has failed to comply with any
lawful requirement made under this Act or such regulations;

(iii) remains in Zambia for a period or periods totalling not less than three months in any period of twelve months;
or

(iv) has made any false representation to or concealed any information from an immigration officer which is
relevant to his entry into or presence within Zambia.

Class F

Visitors
who are
likely to
a charg
on the
Republ
or who
contrav
this Act
etc.

Any person appearing before an immigration officer on entering Zambia who is of the apparent age of sixteen years or
more and who, on demand by the immigration officer, fails to establish that he is the holder of a valid passport.

Person
enterin
without
proper
travel
docum

Class G

Any person entering Zambia who is required under section 11 to appear before an immigration officer and who fails to
comply with the provisions of that section.

Person
fail to r
an imm
officer
enterin
Zambia

Class H

Any person who-

(a) before entering Zambia has been sentenced elsewhere than in Zambia to a term of imprisonment following on
his conviction of an offence; and

(b) in the opinion of the Chief Immigration Officer is not of good character.

Person
with
previou
convict

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IMMIGRATION AND DEPORTATION CAP. 123

SECTION 31-THE IMMIGRATION AND DEPORTATION REGULATIONS

Regulations by the Minister

Statutory Instruments
343 of 1965
79 of 1967
280 of 1967
410 of 1967
257 of 1968
35 of 1973
14 of 1974
121 of 1974
193 of 1975
200 of 1975
87 of 1977
88 of 1977
55 of 1978
112 of 1978
3 of 1983
200 of 1987
82 of 1992
62 of 1994
33 of 1995
Act No.
13 of 1994

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration and Deportation
Regulations,

Title and
commencement

2. The forms set out in the First Schedule are prescribed for the purposes of the
provisions of the Act respectively mentioned in each such form.

Prescribed forms

3. (1) Subject to sub-regulation (2), the fees specified in the second column of the
Second Schedule shall be paid in respect of the matters specified in the first column of the
said Schedule.

Prescribed fees

(2) The Minister may, in respect of any person or class of persons, waive or reduce
any fee payable under this regulation.

4. The following airports are prescribed for the purposes of sections nine and
thirteen of the Act:

Prescribed airports

Livingstone Airport Mbala Airport

Ndola Airport Nkana Airport

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Chipata Airport Chingola Airport

Lusaka Airport Mfuwe Airport

(As amended by No. 410 of 1967)

5. A deposit required under section seventeen (3) of the Act shall not exceed an
amount of one thousand kwacha.

Deposit on issue of a
temporary permit

6. The following conditions are prescribed for the purposes of section seventeen
(4) of the Act, being conditions for inclusion in a temporary permit:

(a) The holder shall report to a specified person or authority at a specified
place within a specified period or periods and shall keep that person or
authority advised of his postal and residential address and any change in
either of such addresses.

(b) The holder if in transit through Zambia shall travel by a specified route and
mode of conveyance.

(c) The holder shall, except for the purpose of initially proceeding to or finally
departing from Zambia or with the permission of an immigration officer,
remain within a specified area of Zambia.

(d) The holder shall not engage in any specified activity.

(e) The holder shall leave Zambia before the expiration of the period of validity
of the permit.

Conditions in
temporary permits

7. All Government Medical Officers and such other medical practitioners as are
thereunto authorised in writing by the Chief Immigration Officer are prescribed for the
purposes of section twenty-five (2) of the Act.

Medical practitioners

8. Every application for-

(a) an entry permit under section fourteen of the Act;

(b) a study permit under section sixteen of the Act;

(c) an employment permit under section eighteen of the Act;

(d) the variation of any condition or the period of validity of any permit under
section twenty of the Act; or

(e) a certificate of status as an established resident under section thirty-three of
the Act;

shall be made by submission to the Chief Immigration Officer of-

Manner of making
applications

(i) the appropriate form set out in the First Schedule completed by the
applicant in the manner indicated on that form; and

(ii) the appropriate fee (if any) set out in the Second Schedule.

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9. Active pulmonary tuberculosis and smallpox are prescribed for the purposes of
Class A of the Second Schedule to the Act.

(As amended by No. 410 of 1967)

Diseases

10. In issuing an employment permit to any person, the Chief Immigration Officer
may endorse upon the permit the names of any wife and minor children of that person and
the persons so named shall thereupon be entitled to enter and re-enter into and to remain
within Zambia until such permit expires.

(No. 79 of 1967)

Scope of employment
permits

11. Immigration controls shall be situated at the places named in the first column
and shall operate during the hours set out in the second column respectively of the Third
Schedule.

(No. 410 of 1967)

Immigration controls

FIRST SCHEDULE

(Regulation 2)

PRESCRIBED FORMS

LIST OF FORMS

1. Immigration-Declaration

2. Notice to Appear before an Immigration Officer

3. Application for Entry Permit

4. Entry Permit

5. Application for Visiting Permit

6. Visiting Permit

7. Application for Study Permit

8. Study Permit

9. Temporary Permit

10. Application for Employment Permit

11. Employment Permit

12. Application for Variation of Conditions or Period of Validity of Permit

13. Notice of Revocation of Permit

14. Exemption

15. Notice to Prohibited Immigrant to Leave Zambia

16. Warrant of Deportation

17. Application for Certificate of Status as an Established Resident

18. Certificate of Status as an Established Resident

19. Warrant of Detention of Suspected Prohibited Immigrant

20. Warrant of Detention of Prohibited Immigrant

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FORM 1
SCHEDULE

REPUBLIC (CREST) OF ZAMBIA

IMMIGRATION-DECLARATION

THE IMMIGRATION AND DEPORTATION ACT

(Section 10 (2))

To be completed by all persons entering Zambia (please print). Citizens of Zambia, Returning Residents, or Returning
Valid Employment Permit Holders need not complete this Form unless an Immigration Officer directs otherwise.

Mr/Mrs/Miss .....................................................................
Surname Other Names

Nationality Passport No..................................................

Date of Expiry.............................................

Date of Birth Place of Birth.................................................

Number in Group (families only).........................................

Country of last Permanent Residence

Intended Address in Zambia

Purpose of Visit (tick one):

Holiday Visit friends or relatives Business

In transit Employment Other (Specify)

Expected length of stay in Zambia (If less than 24 hours, enter 0 days):

Years Months Days

Date.................................................................................................. Signature of Declarant.................................................

(As amended by S.I. No. 15 of 1976)

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THE IMMIGRATION AND DEPORTATION ACT

(Section 11)

NOTICE TO APPEAR BEFORE AN IMMIGRATION OFFICER

To................................................................................................................................................................................................

TAKE NOTICE that you are required to report to the immigration officer at .........................

within ............................................ days of the date hereof.

................................................................................
Immigration Officer

DATE STAMP

Acknowledged:

............................................................................................

WARNING: Failure to comply with the terms of this notice renders you a prohibited immigrant.

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FORM 3
REPUBLIC (CREST) OF ZAMBIA

THE IMMIGRATION AND DEPORTATION ACT

(Section 14)

APPLICATION FOR ENTRY PERMIT

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Please read carefully as incomplete applications cannot be considered.

All questions must be answered in full.

A. This application form is to be completed in duplicate and must be attested by a Magistrate or Commissioner for Oaths
before despatch, or in a foreign country, by a Zambian Consul or if there is no Zambian Consul, by a British Consul.

Applications must be forwarded to the Chief Immigration Officer, P.O. Box 391, Livingstone, Republic of Zambia.

B. One form may be used for a husband, wife and dependent children under the age of 21 years.

Separate applications are required from persons over the age of 21 years who are dependent and wish to
accompany their parents to Zambia and must be forwarded together with the parents' application.

Separate applications are required from persons aged under 21 years who are financially independent of their
parents.

C. The undermentioned documents should be attached to this application:

(a) Two full-face photographs of the applicant and of his wife (if married) of passport size and quality, taken at the
time of the application. One copy of each must be certified on the back as a true likeness by the officer who
attests this form.

(b) One certified copy of Birth Certificate of the applicant, and of his wife's Birth Certificate, if married.

(c) One certified copy of Marriage Certificate, if married.

(d) Documentary evidence of divorce or legal separation, if applicable.

(e) Documentary proof of professional or other qualifications, training and experience.

(f) At least two testimonials as to character from persons of standing who have known the applicant for some
years. The testimonials should clearly indicate identity and standing of the persons giving them.

(g) If the applicant has been offered employment in the Republic of Zambia, documentary evidence of this must
be submitted showing employer, occupation, salary and conditions of employment.

(h) If the applicant intends to establish his own business or practise a profession on his own account, full details
should be submitted on a separate sheet.

(i) If the applicant is financially dependent on a relation in Zambia, documentary evidence that the relation
undertakes to support the applicant and is capable of so doing.

(j) A certified copy of any certificate of citizenship held by the applicant.

(k) Any additional information affecting the application may be given on separate sheets.

NOTE.-Copies of documents certified by the officer who attests this application and not originals should be submitted.
These copies will not be returned. Any documents not in the English language must be accompanied by a certified
translation.

D. A successful applicant must produce to an immigration officer on arrival in Zambia or, if already in Zambia, as soon as
he is advised that this application has been successful, a certificate signed by a radiologist within the preceding six
months showing the applicant to be free from active pulmonary tuberculosis. Similar certificates are required for the
applicant's wife and children over the age of 3 years.

E. The successful applicant will, until he becomes an established resident, be confined to the occupation shown in his
permit.

F. An entry permit may not properly be issued to a prohibited immigrant and if so issued will be of no effect.

G. No person other than a visitor or a person in direct transit shall be admitted to the Republic of Zambia unless he is in
possession of a permit issued in terms of the Immigration and Deportation Act. Therefore an applicant not already in
Zambia is strongly advised not to make any preparations for leaving for Zambia until he has been notified of
acceptance by the Chief Immigration Officer.

H. One copy of this form will be returned to each successful applicant not already in Zambia together with his entry
permit, and this copy must be surrendered to the immigration officer on entry. The permit will not be surrendered.

I. All the questions set out below must be answered-N/A may be inserted if the question does not apply to the applicant.

J. The answer to question 7 is required for statistical purposes only.

To the Chief Immigration Officer:

Having read the foregoing notes and instructions, I wish to apply for an entry permit and the answers to the questions
set out below are given in support of that application.

1. Surname of applicant (BLOCK CAPITALS)..........................................................................................................................

First names (BLOCK CAPITALS)..........................................................................................................................................

2. (a) Present address in full................................................................................................................................................

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Number of Entry Permit..............................................................................................................................................................

Date and Place of Issue..............................................................................................................................................................

Entered Zambia on.........................................Port of Entry.........................................................................................................
(Signed)......................................................................................

Immigration Officer

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(Section 14)

ENTRY PEMIT

File Reference............................... Serial No.............................................................................................
Subject to the provisions of the Immigration and Deportation Act and any regulations made under it, this permit
entitles.........................................................................................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................................................................................................
born at ................................................................on....................................................................................................................
until he becomes an established resident to enter and re-enter into and remain within Zambia and for gain to engage in the
occupation of:
.....................................................................................................................................................................................................

PHOTOGRAPH
....................................................................................................................................

Chief Immigration Officer

Date......................................................

NOTES

A. Section 14 (5) of the Immigration and Deportation Act states:

"An entry permit shall cease to be valid if the holder-

(a) fails to enter Zambia within six months of the date of issue of the permit or such later date as the Chief
Immigration Officer may endorse thereon;

(b) is absent from Zambia for a period in excess of six months without notifying the Chief Immigration Officer
in writing that he proposes to return to Zambia; or

(c) is absent from Zambia for any period in excess of twelve months."

B. Section 21 (1) of the Immigration and Deportation Act states:

"The Chief Immigration Officer may by notice in writing revoke any permit issued under this Act if he is satisfied that
the holder-

(a) has contravened any provision of this Act or regulations made thereunder or has failed to comply with any
requirement made under this Act or such regulations;

(b) obtained such permit by means of any representation which was false in any material particular or by
means of the concealment of any material information;

(c) has failed to observe any condition specified in such permit; or

(d) has become or is likely to become a charge on the Republic in consequence of his failure to support
himself and such of his dependants as may be in Zambia."

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FORM 5
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(Section 15)

APPLICATION FOR VISITING PERMIT

I, ..................................................................................................................................................................................................

born at ............................................................................................................................................................ and permanently

resident at ............................................................................................................................................................ hereby apply

for a permit to extend my visit to Zambia beyond a period of three months.

The answers to the following questions are given in support of this application:

1. When did you enter Zambia? ..............................................................................................................................................

2. What is the reason for your visit? ........................................................................................................................................

..............................................................................................................................................................................................

3. When do you expect to leave Zambia? ...............................................................................................................................

..............................................................................................................................................................................................

4. What is your address in Zambia? ........................................................................................................................................

..............................................................................................................................................................................................

5. If staying with friends or relations what are their names and addresses? ............................................................................

..............................................................................................................................................................................................

..............................................................................................................................................................................................

6. What members of your family are accompanying you on this visit?

(a) Wife (first name) ........................................................................................................................................................

born at ................................................... on ........................................................................................................................

(b) Children:

(i) Name.............................born at..............................on...........................................................................................

(ii) Name.............................born at..............................on...........................................................................................

(iii) Name.............................born at..............................on...........................................................................................

(iv) Name.............................born at..............................on...........................................................................................

7. Do you and those accompanying you hold return air/rail/road tickets out of Zambia?..........................................................

8. If answer to 7 is "No", are you travelling in your own vehicle and if so give particulars?......................................................

..............................................................................................................................................................................................

9. What funds have you at your disposal in Zambia?................................................................................................................

..............................................................................................................................................................................................

I declare that I and those shown on this application as accompanying me are not prohibited immigrants nor the holders
of any other immigration permit.

Date................................... ..............................................................................
Signature

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A. Under the Immigration and Deportation Act, a visiting permit may not exceed three months in duration without
extension and may not be extended to cover a total period in excess of twelve months.

B. Children accompanying a parent may be included on the parent's application form as may a wife on her husband's.

C. This application should be handed to the nearest Immigration Officer.

D. A visiting permit does not entitle the holder to seek or obtain paid employment in Zambia.

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(Section 15)

VISITING PERMIT

Serial No....................

Application to extend a visit in Zambia having been made on Immigration

Form 5 (FULL NAME)..................................................................................................................................................................

.....................................born at............................on ....................................................................................................................

accompanied by:

1. Wife...................................born at..................................on..................................................................................................

2. Child..................................born at..................................on..................................................................................................

3. Child..................................born at..................................on..................................................................................................

4. Child..................................born at..................................on..................................................................................................

5. Child..................................born at..................................on..................................................................................................

6. Child..................................born at..................................on..................................................................................................

is/are permitted to enter and re-enter and to remain within Zambia during the validity of this Permit, which is
from..............................to.............................. inclusive.

Extensions of validity:

1. From .......................................................to............................................................................................................inclusive.

..................................................................................................
Date ................................ Immigration Officer

2. From .......................................................to............................................................................................................inclusive.

..................................................................................................
Date ................................ Immigration Officer

3. From .......................................................to...........................................................................................................inclusive.

..................................................................................................
Date ................................ Immigration Officer

DATE STAMP Issued by:................................................................................
Immigration Officer

NOTES

A. This permit does not entitle the holder to seek or obtain paid employment in Zambia.

B. This permit should be produced to an immigration officer on departure from Zambia.

C. Application for any variation or extension of validity of this Permit may be made on Immigration Form 12. Both the
application and the Permit will be submitted together to an immigration officer.

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THE IMMIGRATION AND DEPORTATION ACT

(Section 16)

The Chief Immigration Officer,
P.O. Box 391,
Livingstone,
Zambia.

APPLICATION FOR STUDY PERMIT

I, (Full Name, Block Capitals)..................................................................................................................................................

born at .......................................................on..................................................................................................and permanently

resident at ...................................................................................................................................................................................

hereby apply for a Study Permit.

The answers to the following questions are given in support of this application:

1.........................................................................................................At what institution have you been accepted as a pupil?

.....................................................................................................................................................................................................

(Name of educational or training institution)

2. Will you be living in the institution?.......................................................................................................................................

3. If the answer to 2 is "No", where will you live?.....................................................................................................................

..............................................................................................................................................................................................

4. What course of study will you be engaged in?.....................................................................................................................

..............................................................................................................................................................................................

5. What is the normal period of tuition for your studies?..........................................................................................................

6. How will your tuition, accommodation and board expenses be met? ...................................................................................

..............................................................................................................................................................................................

Date ..........................................
..................................................................................

Signature of Applicant

Certificate to be completed by the Principal/Head of the Educational or Training Institution.

I, (full name) ...........................................................................................................................................................................

Principal/Head of .........................................................................................................................................................................

(Educational or Training Institution) hereby certify that-

(a) (full name of pupil)..................................................................................................................................................
has been admitted to the above-named Institution of which I am the Principal/Head;

(b) I have adequate accommodation for this pupil; and

(c) the issue of a Study Permit to the above-named applicant will not deprive a suitable citizen of Zambia of a
place or accommodation at the Institution of which I am the Principal/Head.

Date................................ Signed............................................................

Principal/Head of .......................................................................

(Full name and address of the Educational
or Training Institution)

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This Certificate must be signed by the Principal/Head of an educational or training institution.

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A. A student will not be allowed to commence his course of studies unless he holds a valid permit.
B. No Study Permit will be issued to a prohibited immigrant.
C. Upon entry a student will be required to produce a certificate signed by a radiologist stating that the holder has been

radiologically examined and is free from active pulmonary tuberculosis. The radiological examination must have
taken place within the six months immediately preceding the date of entry.

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(Section 16)

STUDY PERMIT

Application having been made on Immigration Form 7 ..........................................................................................................

....................................... born at ..................................... on ......................................................................................................

is permitted to study at ...............................................................................................................educational institution and for
that purpose to enter and re-enter into and to remain within Zambia.

..................................................................................
Date................................ Chief Immigration Officer

NOTES

A. This permit is valid only while the holder is under instruction at the educational institution named above and, if the
holder has not acquired another permit authorising his presence in Zambia when this permit expires, he should leave
Zambia forthwith or he will be a prohibited immigrant.

B. This permit does not entitle the holder to seek or obtain paid employment in Zambia.

C. This permit should be surrendered to an immigration officer on the holder's departure from Zambia after leaving the
educational institution named above.

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TEMPORARY PERMIT

Subject to the conditions hereunder set out the holder ...............................................................................................................

..............................................born at............................................................................................................................................

on.................is permitted until the.....................................................................................................................................day of

.......................................19..........

*(a) to enter, re-enter and remain within; or

*(b) to travel in direct transit through:

Zambia for the purpose of ..........................................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................................................................

This permit is issued subject to the following conditions*:

1. The holder shall report to .....................................................................................................................................................

at....................................................at intervals of ................................................................................................................

and shall keep that person/authority advised of his postal and residential address.

2. The holder, if in transit, shall travel by the following route and mode of conveyance

............................................................................................................................................................................................

............................................................................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................................................................

3. The holder shall, except for the purpose of initially proceeding to and finally departing from that area or with the
permission of an immigration officer, remain within the area.............................................................................................

............................................................................................................................................................................................

............................................................................................................................................................................................

4. The holder shall not engage in the following activities: ........................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................................................................

5. The holder shall leave Zambia before the date when this permit expires-that is the ....... ..........................................day
of......................................., 19..........

........................................................................
Date................................ Immigration Officer

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EXTENSIONS

From...............................to.............................inclusive. Fee Units paid 30. G.R. No. ................................................................

........................................................................
Immigration Officer

From...............................to.............................inclusive. Fee Units paid 30. G.R. No. ................................................................

........................................................................
Immigration Officer

NOTES

A. Any failure to comply with the above conditions will render the holder liable to be deported without notice.

B. This permit does not entitle the holder to seek or engage in paid employment in Zambia.

C. Application for a variation of any provision in this permit may be made on Immigration Form 12 to the Chief
Immigration Officer.

D. This permit should be surrendered to an immigration officer on the holder's departure from Zambia unless the
immigration officer otherwise directs.

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FORM 10

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THE IMMIGRATION AND DEPORTATION ACT

(Section 18)

APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT PERMIT

(To be submitted in original only)

NOTE: A fee unit of -- is payable for issue of an Employment Permit and remittance of this amount should accompany
this form when it is submitted to the Chief Immigration Officer.

The Chief Immigration Officer
P.O. Box 1984
Lusaka
Zambia

I/We hereby apply for an Employment Permit to allow the person whose personal particulars are given in Part I to obtain
work as ........................................................................................................................................................................................

....................................................................................................................................................................................................

in Zambia during the period........................................................................................................................................................

Date .................................

..............................................................................
Signature of employee/employer/self-employer
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Personal particulars:

1. (a) Mr/Mrs/Miss.................................................................................................................................................................

(b) Surname......................................................................................................................................................................

(c) Christian or other names.............................................................................................................................................

2. Permanent home address....................................................................................................................................................

..............................................................................................................................................................................................

3. Present postal address..........................................................................................................................................................

4. (a) Place and country of birth............................................................................................................................................

(b) Date of birth................................................................................................................................................................

(c) Present nationality.......................................................................................................................................................

5. Passport details:

(a) Passport number.........................................................................................................................................................

(b) Place of issue..............................................................................................................................................................

(c) Date of issue................................................................................................................................................................

(d) Date of expiry...............................................................................................................................................................

(NOTE: Employment Permit will not be valid beyond the date of expiry of passport)

6. Full name of wife/husband....................................................................................................................................................

7. Particulars of children under 21 years old:

Full name Sex Date of Birth Place of Birth

(i) ............................. ............................. ............................ .............................

(ii) ............................. ............................. ............................ .............................

(iii) ............................. ............................. ............................ .............................

(iv) ............................. ............................. ............................ .............................

(If more space is required, give details separately)

8. Qualifications (give full details and attach certified true copies of certificates)

(a) Educational..................................................................................................................................................................

(b) Professional or technical..............................................................................................................................................

.....................................................................................................................................................................................

(c) Previous relevant experience......................................................................................................................................

.....................................................................................................................................................................................

Name of Employer Nature of Employment Period so Employed

(i) ........................................... ............................................ .................................

(ii) ........................................... ............................................ .................................

(iii) ........................................... ............................................ .................................

(iv) ........................................... ............................................ .................................

(If more space is required, give details separately)

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I/We (name of employer).........................................................................................................................................................

of (postal address).......................................................................................................................................................................

being engaged in (state profession or business).........................................................................................................................

wish to employ the person whose particulars are given in Part I.

1. Place of employment (give full details)..................................................................................................................................

2. Job description.....................................................................................................................................................................

3. Period of employment offered..............................................................................................................................................

4. Annual salary offered.............................................................................................................................................................

5. What steps have you taken to employ Zambian citizens to fill this vacancy (give full details)..............................................

(a) His/her name...............................................................................................................................................................

(b) Date training began....................................................................................................................................................

(c) Date training will end...................................................................................................................................................

(d) If you do not have a Zambian citizen under training for this post, fill in the following:

(i) Minimum entry qualification required for this post ................................................................................................

(ii) Steps taken to engage a trainee............................................................................................................................

6. If this application is approved, will the proposed employee be instrumental in training Zambian citizens? If so, give full
details................................................................................................................................................................................

...............................................................................................................................................................................................

I hereby certify that the foregoing particulars are correct in every detail.

Date..............................................

........................................................................
Signature of Employer

PART III

(To be completed by self-employed)

I/We (name of self-employed).................................................................................................................................................

of (postal address)......................................................................................................................................................................

being engaged in (state profession or business).........................................................................................................................

wish to be self-employed.

1. Place of employment (give full details)..................................................................................................................................

.....................................................................................................................................................................................................

2. Job description......................................................................................................................................................................

3. Particulars of capital available..............................................................................................................................................

....................................................................................................................................................... (attach bank statement)

4. Attach a certified true copy of certificate of registration of business (if applicable).

I hereby certify that the foregoing particulars are correct in every detail.

Date..............................................
........................................................................
Signature of Applicant

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(Section 18)

EMPLOYMENT PERMIT

File Reference.................... Serial No......................

Subject to the conditions hereunder set out, ...........................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................born at ................................... on ...................................

is hereby permitted to engage in employment under an employer resident in Zambia.

He is accompanied by his wife and children under 18 years old:

Full names of wife...............................................................................................................................................................

Names of children...............................................................................................................................................................

....................................................................................................................................................................................................

....................................................................................................................................................................................................

This permit is issued subject to the conditions that the holder may not engage in employment:

1. except of the following nature...............................................................................................................................................

...............................................................................................................................................................................................

2. except under the following employer.....................................................................................................................................

..............................................................................................................................................................................................

This permit shall, unless sooner revoked, be valid for the period of...........................................................................................

Fee unit paid 30. G.R. No. .................. of 19 .........

........................................................
DATE STAMP Chief Immigration Officer

NOTES

A. This permit allows the holder and his wife and minor children to enter and re-enter into and to remain within Zambia
until it expires, but it will automatically cease to be valid if the holder becomes a prohibited immigrant.

B. Any application for a variation of the conditions or period of validity of this permit must be made to the Chief
Immigration Officer on Form 12.

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(Section 20)

APPLICATION FOR VARIATION OF CONDITIONS OR PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF PERMIT

I, (Full name, BLOCK CAPITALS)...........................................................................................................................................
being the holder of an Entry/Visiting/Employment/Temporary Permit*........................................................................................
No.......................... issued at ....................................... on .........................................................................................................
and valid until .................................................................................................................. hereby apply for the said permit to be
varied by......................................................................................................................................................................................
...................... ..............................................................................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................................................................................................
....................................................................................................................................................................................................
Reasons for requested variation .................................................................................................................................................
....................................................................................................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................................................................................................
....................................................................................................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................................................................................................
I tender 30 fee units, as fee.
........................................................................
(Signature)
Date ..................................
Address .......................................................................................................................................................................................

* Delete those permits to which this application does not relate.

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

General Receipt No. ................................................................................................. issued on ................................. 19..........

at ...................................................................................................................................... Amount fee units...............................

...................................................................................

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(Section 21)

NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF PERMIT

To..................................................................

TAKE NOTE that the .................................................................................................. Permit, No...............................................

issued to you at ....................................................... on ..............................................................................................................

is hereby revoked on the following ground(s):

....................................................................................................................................................................................................

.....................................................................................................................................................................................................

....................................................................................................................................................................................................

....................................................................................................................................................................................................

THIS REVOCATION shall take effect on ..................................................................................................................... when

the said permit shall cease to be valid.

Date............................ ........................................................................
Chief Immigration Officer

Served upon the said ..........................................

in person at ........................................................................................................ on ................................................ 19.............

at .............................................. hours.

........................................................................
Immigration Officer

........................................................................
Signature of Recipient

NOTE

Your attention is drawn to the following provisions of the Immigration and Deportation Act:

21. (1) The Chief Immigration Officer may by notice in writing revoke any permit issued under this Act if he is
satisfied that the holder-

(a) has contravened any provision of this Act or regulations made thereunder or has failed to comply with any
requirement made under this Act or such regulations;

(b) obtained such permit by means of any representation which was false in any material particular or by means of
the concealment of any material information;

(c) has failed to observe any condition specified in such permit; or

(d) has become or is likely to become a charge on the Republic in consequence of his failure to support himself
and such of his dependants as may be in Zambia.

SECOND SCHEDULE-CLASS D (PROHIBITED IMMIGRANTS)

Any person in Zambia with respect to whom a permit to remain in Zambia has been revoked or has expired.

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(Section 22 (5))

EXEMPTION

IN EXERCISE of the powers vested in the Minister of Home Affairs by section 22 (5) of the Immigration and Deportation
Act, ..............................................................................................................................................................................................

....................................................................................................................................................................................................

.....................................................................................................................................................................................................

born at ................................................................ on ...................................................................................................................

is hereby exempted from Class/Classes ........................................................................................................................... of the

Second Schedule to the Immigration and Deportation Act.

Date ................................................ ........................................................................
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(Section 23)

NOTICE TO PROHIBITED IMMIGRANT TO LEAVE ZAMBIA

To........................................................................................................................................... born at ........................................

on ........................................

WHEREAS you are a prohibited immigrant-

*(a) under section 22 (1) of the Immigration and Deportation Act, because you belong to Class
................................................. of the Second Schedule to that Act;

*(b) under section 22 (2) of the Immigration and Deportation Act, because the Minister has in writing declared your
presence in Zambia to be inimical to the public interest;

NOW THEREFORE take note that you are required to leave Zambia within the period of

...................................................................................................................................................................................................

by the following route .................................................................................................................................................................

....................................................................................................................................................................................................

....................................................................................................................................................................................................

....................................................................................................................................................................................................

Date ........................................ ........................................................................
Immigration Officer

Served upon the said ................................................................................................................................................. in person

at ........................................................................................................................ on ................................................. 19............

at ................................... hours.

........................................................................
Immigration Officer

........................................................................
Signature of Recipient

* Delete whichever alternative is not applicable.

NOTE

Your attention is drawn to the following provisions of the Immigration and Deportation Act:

23. (1) Any immigration officer may or, if so directed by the Minister in the case of a person to whom
subsection (2) of section twenty-two relates, shall by notice served in person on any prohibited immigrant require
him to leave Zambia.

24. (1) Any person required by notice under section twenty-three to leave Zambia who on receipt of such
notice has lawfully remained in Zambia longer than seven days may, within forty-eight hours of receiving such notice,
deliver to any immigration officer, police officer or prison officer written representations to the Minister against such
requirement and such representations shall be placed before the Minister without delay.

24. (2) If, after considering such representations, the Minister does not think fit to exercise his powers in
relation to the issue of permits or the exemption of persons from the classes set out in the Second Schedule, the
person who made such representations shall be notified that his representations have been unsuccessful.

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(Section 26)

WARRANT OF DEPORTATION

To the Chief Immigration Officer, the Inspector-General of Police and all immigration officers, police officers and officers
proper to the execution of this warrant:

WHEREAS..............................................................................................................................................................................

(hereinafter called "the deportee")-

*(a) is a person in respect of whom I have received the particulars in accordance with the provisions of section 33 of
the Penal Code and accordingly I am obliged to deport that person under the provisions of section 26 (1) of the
Immigration and Deportation Act; or

*(b) is in my opinion by his presence likely to be a danger to peace and good order in Zambia and accordingly is
deported under section 26 (2) of the Immigration and Deportation Act;

NOW THEREFORE you are commanded to cause the deportee to be deported from the Republic of Zambia
to..................................................................................................................................................................................................

AND FOR DOING SO THIS SHALL BE YOUR WARRANT

Date...............................................................

........................................................................
Minister of Home Affairs

*Delete whichever is not applicable

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THE IMMIGRATION AND DEPORTATION ACT

(Section 33)

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF STATUS AS AN ESTABLISHED RESIDENT

NOTE.-A separate application must be submitted in respect of each person for whom a Certificate of Status is required.

THE CHIEF IMMIGRATION OFFICER,
P.O. Box 391,
LIVINGSTONE.

In support of my application for a certificate of status as an established resident, I submit the folowing information:

(1) SURNAME (Block capitals)......................................................................................................................................

(2) FIRST NAMES (Block capitals)................................................................................................................................

(3) BORN AT.................................................. ON..........................................................................................................

(4) PRESENT ADDRESS................................................................................................................................................

(5) DATE OF ISSUE OF ENTRY PERMIT........................................No. of Permit........................................................
(See Note B)

(6) DATE OF ENTRY TO ZAMBIA...............................PLACE OF ENTRY...................................................................

(7) NATIONAL REGISTRATION NO..............................................................................................................................

(8) Details of any periods of absence from Zambia during the four years preceding this application:

(a) From..............................to...............................Reason...............................................................................

(b) From..............................to...............................Reason...............................................................................

(c) From..............................to...............................Reason...............................................................................

(d) From..............................to...............................Reason...............................................................................

(e) From..............................to...............................Reason...............................................................................

(f) From..............................to...............................Reason...............................................................................

(9) I have not during the last four years spent any period in prison as the result of a court sentence. (See Note
C)

.................................................................................................................................................................................

(10) I have not during the last four years been an inmate of a mental institution. (See Note C).......................................

........................................................................
Signature of Applicant
Date.............................

NOTES

A. This application must be accompanied by two recent full face passport type photographs, one of which must be
endorsed "Certified a true likeness of (Full Name) " and must be signed by an Immigration Officer or other
responsible public officer.

B. If you are not the holder of an entry permit, you should delete item (5) and attach your residence permit or any other
permit authorising your residence in this country.

C. If the information at item (8) or (9) is inaccurate, the applicant may delete the inaccurate item and attach full details of
the imprisonment or period spent in a mental institution.

D. The fee for a certificate of status is 30 fee units payable with this application.

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(Section 33)

CERTIFICATE OF STATUS AS AN ESTABLISHED RESIDENT

This is to certify that................................................................................................................................................................

National Registration No..............................................................................................................., whose photograph appears

hereon, is an ESTABLISHED RESIDENT as defined in section 2 of the Immigration and Deportation Act.

PHOTOGRAPH ..........................................................................................................
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(Section 36)

WARRANT OF DETENTION OF SUSPECTED PROHIBITED IMMIGRANT

To the Officer in Charge of the prison/place of detention at........................................................................................................

....................................................................................................................................................................................................

WHEREAS there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that................................................................................................

.....................................................................................................................................................................................................
(hereinafter called "the suspected prohibited immigrant") is a prohibited immigrant.

NOW THEREFORE in accordance with the provisions of section 36 (1) as read with section 25 (1) of the Immigration
and Deportation Act, you are hereby commanded to receive into your custody and to keep the suspected prohibited
immigrant until the expiration of a period of fourteen days from this day or until sooner delivered in due course of law.

DATED at.....................................the.....................................day of........................................................................................

19..........
........................................................................

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WARRANT OF DETENTION OF PROHIBITED IMMIGRANT

To................................................................................................................................................................................................

WHEREAS...............................................................................................................................................................................

(hereinafter called "the prohibited immigrant") is a person to whom subsection *(3) (a)/(3) (b)/(4) of section 26 of the Act
refers;

NOW THEREFORE in accordance with the provisions of section 36 (1) of the Act, you are hereby commanded to
receive into your custody and to keep the said prohibited immigrant pending completion of arrangements for his
deportation from Zambia at the first reasonable opportunity or until sooner delivered in due course of law.

DATED at.....................................the....................................day of.............................................................................................

19..........

........................................................................
Immigration Officer

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REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA

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(Section 13)

EXIT DECLARATION

PART I

(To be completed by all persons leaving Zambia: please print)

Surname............................................. Other names..........................................................................................Sex...............

Date of birth....................................... Place of birth................................................................................................................

Nationality....................................................................................................................................................................................

Occupation...................................................................................................................................................................................

Passport No.........................Date of issue......................Place of issue.......................................................................................

Date of expiry........................................

Reason for
being in
Zambia
(Tick one)

A Citizen B Resident C Employment

D D Study E E Visitor

Expected length of
stay away from
Zambia

Permanent Year/s Month/s Weeks Days

Destination .................
Persons leaving Zambia permanently and holding any of the following documents: Certificate of Status as an
Established Resident; Entry Employment Permit; Study Permit; Temporary or Visitors Permit; must surrender them to the
examining Immigration Officer at the port of exit.

Signature of Declarant
........................................................

Date............................................

OFFICIAL DATE
STAMP SIGNATURE

FOR OFFICIAL USE

Type of Permit surrendered........................................

No. of Permit..............................................................

Immigration Officer's signature
..................................................................

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How many nights did you stay in Zambia?...................................................................................................................................
Please enter the number of nights spent in each type of accommodation:

Hotels Motels Lodges Relatives

Date and port of entry in Zambia................................................................................................................................................

.................................................................................................................................................

Address in Zambia ......................................................................................................................................................................

....................................................................................................................................................................

Country of permanent residence .................................................................................................................................................

Your estimated expenditure in Zambia .......................................................................................................................................

OFFICIAL DATE STAMP

FOR OFFICIAL USE

Nationality.....................................................................................................

No. in group .................................................................................................

Permanent ...................................................................................................

Temporary ....................................................................................................

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PRESCRIBED FEES

Visiting Permit Fee units
Issuance 200
Renewal 400
Duplicate 100

Study Permit
Issuance 150
Renewal 250
Duplicate 100

Employment Permit
Issuance 2,000
Renewal 3,000
Duplicate 1,000
Variation by change of occupation 3,000
Variation by addition of names of wife and children 100
Variation by change of employer 3,000

Self employment Permit
Issuance 500
Renewal 400
Variation by addition of new business 400
Duplicate 100

Certificate of Status as an Established Resident
Issuance 200
Duplicate 100

Entry Permit
Issuance 300
Duplicate 100
Variation by addition of a new business name 300
Variation by change of occupation 300

Temporary Permits
Issuance 2,000
Renewal 3,000
Duplicate 100

Visas
Single entry US $20 (or kwacha equivalent)
Double entry US $30 (or kwacha equivalent)
Transit US $10 (or kwacha equivalent)
Multiple entry US $40 (or kwacha equivalent)
Re-entry 25 fee units

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(B) PERMITS FOR RELIGIOUS, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS AND NON-PROFIT MAKING
ORGANISATIONS

1. Employment Permit
(i) Issuance 150
(ii) Renewal 100
(iii) Replacement 150
(iv) Addition of names of wife or children 50
(v) Change of occupation 100
(vi) Change of employer 100

2. Temporary Permit Fee units
(i) Issuance 100
(ii) Renewal 50
(iii) Replacement 100

3. Certificate of Status as Established Resident
(i) Issuance 150
(ii) Renewal 150

4. Entry Permit
(i) Issuance 150
(ii) Renewal 250
(iii) Replacement 70

5. Visiting Permit
(i) Issuance 100
(ii) Renewal 200
(iii) Replacement 70

6. Study Permit
(i) Issuance 70
(ii) Renewal 50
(iii) Replacement 70

(As amended by S.I. No. 33 of 1995 and Act No. 13 of 1994)

THIRD SCHEDULE

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IMMIGRATION CONTROLS

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Immigration Hours of Operation
Controls per diem
1. AIRPORTS
Chingola as required
Chipata as required
Kalabo as required
Kasama as required
Livingstone 24 hours
Lusaka 24 hours
Mansa as required
Mbala as required
Mfue 0600 to 1800 hours
Mongu as required
Ndola 24hours
Nkana as required
Sesheke as required
Solwezi as required
Zambezi as required

2. PORT:
Mpulungu as required

3. RAILWAY STATIONS:
Livingstone as required
Ndola as required

4. BORDER CONTROLS:
Chanida 24 hours
Chavuma 24 hours
Chembe 24 hours
Chipungu 24 hours
Chirundu 0600 to 2000 hours
Feira 0600 to 1800 hours
Jimbe Bridge 0600 to 1800 hours
Kaputa 24 hours
Kariba 0600 to 2000 hours
(April to September)
0600 to 1900 hours
(October to March)
Kashiba 24 hours
Kasumbalesa 24 hours
Katima Mulilo 24 hours
Kazembe 24 hours
Kazungula 0600 to 1800 hours
Kipushi 24 hours
Livingstone 24 hours
Lukwesa 24 hours
Lundazi 24 hours
Mokambo 24 hours
Mulekatembo 0600 to 1800 hours
Muyombe 0600 to 1800 hours
Mwandi 24 hours
Mwami 24 hours
Mwase 24 hours
Mwense 0600 to 1800 hours
Nchelenge 24 hours
Nyala 24 hours
Sakania 24 hours
Sinazongwe 0600 to 1800 hours
Sinda Misale 0600 to 1800 hours
Sumbu 24 hours
Tshinsenda 24 hours
Tunduma 24 hours
Victoria Falls immigration control 0600 to 2000 hours
Zombe 24 hours

The Laws of Zambia

Copyright Ministry of Legal Affairs, Government of the Republic of Zambia

5. INTERNAL CONTROLS:
Chadiza
Chingola
Chipata
Choma
Kabompo
Kabwe
Isoka
Itezhi-Thezhi
Kasama
Kapiri-Mposhi
Kitwe
Livingstone
Luanshya
Lusaka
Mbala
Mpika
Mporokoso
Mufulira
Mubwa
Mwiniuinga
Ndola
Luangwa
Lusuntha
Serenje
Shangombo
Sikongo

Those hours observed by
the offices of the Provincial
and District Government at
these stations

24 hours

(As amended by S.I. No. 14 of 1974, 121 of 1974, 193 and 200 of 1975, 87 and 88 of 1977, 58 of 1978, 3 of 1983, 200 of
1987, 82 of 1992 and 62 of 1994)

SECTION 31-THE IMMIGRATION AND DEPORTATION (FEES) (WAIVER) REGULATIONS,

Regulations by the Minister

Statutory Instrument
60 of 1994

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration and Deportation (Fees)
(Waiver) Regulations.

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2. The fees payable under regulation 3 of the Immigration and Deportation
Regulations are hereby waived in respect of the class of persons specified in the
Schedule.

Waiver of fees

SCHEDULE

(Regulation 2)

Expatriate Staff employed in the Civil Service of the Republic of Zambia who have entered Zambia
in pursuance of an Agreement between themselves and the Government of the Republic of Zambia.