Benefits
Benefits for youBenefits for you
Live in Tanzania
You can live in Tanzania until the date your pass expires, as long as you meet its conditions.
Leave and return
You can leave and return to Tanzania while your pass and permission to return remain valid.
How to apply
Applying from outside TanzaniaApplying from outside Tanzania
Find your consulate
Find the Tanzanian embassy, high commission or consulate serving the place where you live. You can use it as your application centre when starting your application online.
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Download the application form
Download the Application for First Grant or Renewal of Dependant’s Pass if Immigration asks you to provide the paper form.
Download the formFill in the form
If Immigration asks for the paper form, fill it in with your sponsoring relative and sign where asked.
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Start your application online
Select the applicable Dependant Pass category and your application centre, then enter your email and answer the security question. Keep the application ID you receive so you can return to your application.
Start your applicationGather your documents
Prepare the required documents for your application centre.
See required documentsProvide your documents
Upload the documents the portal asks for or provide them as Immigration directs.
Continue your applicationPay the fee
Pay the Dependant Pass fee when Immigration directs you, using the payment method it gives you.
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Submit your application
Submit your application through the portal or to the Immigration office as your application centre instructs.
Submit your applicationAttend if requested
If Immigration asks you to attend your application centre, bring your passport and original documents. Complete any interview, identity or other checks it requests.
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Wait for the decision
Follow any requests from Immigration for more information and use your email, application ID and security answer to follow your application’s progress. If approved, follow Immigration’s instructions about your pass.
Check your applicationDocuments needed
Family certificates and recordsFamily certificates and records
Proof of family relationship
Provide records that show your relationship to your Tanzanian parent. Ask Immigration which records it accepts.
Parent's citizenship records
Provide a copy of your Tanzanian parent's passport or their national ID. Ask Immigration whether it needs further proof of their Tanzanian citizenship. Being from Tanzania alone does not establish citizenship.
Considerations
Things to think aboutThings to think about
Dependence and reporting
You must remain dependent for support on the person who applied for your pass, who must have enough assured income and suitable housing for you.
If you stop being a dependant, you must tell the nearest immigration office within 30 days; failing or refusing to do so is an offence.
Renewal limits for men
A pass for a man over 18 lasts at most two years unless renewed.
Renewal needs the Minister’s consent, unless Immigration considers that age, infirmity or sickness prevents him from supporting himself.
Work and business limits
You need written permission from the Director of Immigration Services to work, trade, run a business or practise a profession, and must stay within what is allowed.
Pass can expire
Your pass ends on its expiry date or if the person who applied for you stops living in Tanzania, or, if a citizen, loses citizenship or stops normally living there.
It also ends one month after their death, unless Immigration allows longer, or one month after a male holder turns 18.
Unauthorised work or business also ends it; when it expires, you must leave or get another valid status.
Discuss
Online communitiesOnline communities
Residents of Zanzibar
English Facebook group for people interested in Tanzanian visas and local life
Join on FacebookExpatriates in Dar es salaam
English Facebook group for people living in Tanzania interested in Tanzanian local life
Join on FacebookExpats in Arusha
English Facebook group for people living in Tanzania interested in Tanzanian local life
Join on FacebookConsultation
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