CORPORATES travelling
to Mozambique for
business meetings
must obtain a business
visa. Those that neglect
to do so risk the business
associates with whom they
meet incurring penalties if
they are caught conducting
meetings.
TNW understands that
the Mozambique labour
department conducts
inspections and fines are
imposed on companies that
host meetings with foreign
nationals who do not have
business visas. The fines
vary, but are based on one
month’s salary of the topearning
employee of the
company, and apparently
the fines can vary from five
to ten times one month’s
salary.
While the High
Commission could not
confirm the extent of the
fine, a representative
from the commission told
TNW that all travellers
conducting business
meetings should obtain
business visas to avoid the
fine. She said the fine was
applied to the business in
Mozambique and not the
traveller.
Calls to the embassy were
unanswered.
