Immigration
Immigration Act permits with residence and investor categories
The Immigration Act (Chapter 4:02) governs entry and residence, with temporary employment permits, residence permits and investor categories administered by the Department of Immigration. Citizenship is governed by the Constitution's Chapter 3, which restored citizenship by birth to many previously deprived of it.
Key rules
- Jurisdiction — The Department of Immigration decides; the High Court reviews.
- Deadline — Temporary employment permit: obtained before commencing work
- Deadline — Residence permit renewals filed before expiry
Governing law
- Immigration ActChapter 4:02
- Constitution Chapter 3 — citizenship by birth, descent and registration
In practice
The constitutional citizenship provisions matter more than the Act for a large group of people of Malawian, Mozambican and Zambian descent whose citizenship status had been in doubt for decades.