IMMIGRATION: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

IMMIGRATION: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

PART I
PRELIMINARY

    1.    Citation

    2.    Interpretation

PART II
IMMIGRATION PROCEDURE

    3.    Visas

    4.    Examinations or tests required

    5.    Medical examinations

    6.    Declarations by persons wishing to enter Malawi

    7.    Evidence by persons wishing to enter Malawi

    8.    Security

    9.    Requirements for married women and children

    10.    Order to report

PART III
PROHIBITED IMMIGRANTS

    11.    Prescribed diseases

    12.    Prescribed offences

    13.    Photographs, fingerprints, etc.

    14.    Warrants of detention and removal

    15.    Action after criminal proceedings

    16.    Records concerning prohibited immigrants

PART IV
APPEALS

    17.    Preliminary appeal procedure

    18.    Procedure where no court sitting locally

PART V
REMOVAL OF PROHIBITED IMMIGRANTS

    19.    Removal of prohibited immigrants

PART VI
PERMITS AND CERTIFICATES OF IDENTITY

    20.    Permit relating to prescribed diseases

    21.    Temporary permit

    22.    Certificate of identity

    23.    Permanent residence permit

    24.    Temporary residence permit

    24A.    Business residence permit

    25.    Temporary employment permit

    26.    Visitor’s permit

    27.    Student’s permit

    28.    Loss or destruction of permits

    29.    Cancellation of permit and certificate

    30.    Holder of temporary permit ceasing to be prohibited immigrant

    31.    Exit declarations

PART VII
DEPORTATION

    32.    Deportation order

    33.    Deportation procedure

PART VIII
GENERAL

    34.    Use of telegraph or wireless

    35.    Fees

    36.    Delegation of powers

        Schedules

G.N. 188/1968
73/1970
74/1970
106/1970
182/1970
22/1972
60/1972
131/1973
7/1976
11/1976
94/1982
1/1984
25/1987
148/1987
61/1991
1/1994
46/1997
35/1998
69/1998
29/1999
33/2000
6/2008
5/2010
18/2011
38/2011
20/2014
15/2015
77/2019
52/2021
37/2022
4/2024
6/2024
15/2024

IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS

under s. 42

PART I
PRELIMINARY

1.    Citation

    These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration Regulations.

2.    Interpretation

    In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

    ‘‘Form’’ means the appropriate form prescribed by these Regula­­tions and set out in the First Schedule.

G.N. 61/1991

    ‘‘Visa’’ means an endorsement or entry in a passport or other travel document made by an immigration officer or any official of the Government authorized to do so to indicate that the bearer there has been granted permission to enter or re-enter the country concerned.

PART II
IMMIGRATION PROCEDURE

3.    Visas

    (1) In pursuance of the arrangements made in accordance with section 5 (c) of the Act, visas are dispensed with in respect of the persons or classes of persons set out in the Second Schedule.

Visas

G.N. 148/1987

61/1991

46/1997

29/1999

33/2000

6/2008

18/2011

15/2015

    (2) Any person, not being a national of Malawi, may, upon entry into Malawi and depending on the nature of his business, be given any one of the following visas—

    (a)    tourist visa enabling the holder thereof to enter Malawi for purposes of visit, residence or business;

    (b)    transit visa enabling the holder thereof to enter Malawi for purposes of transiting through to another country and to stay in Malawi for a period not exceeding seven days;

    (c)    official visa, issued to a person holding an official or service passport, enabling the holder thereof to enter Malawi for purpose of carrying out or conducting official business in Malawi;

    (d)    courtesy visa, issued to a person visiting Malawi following an invitation by the Government, but who is not entitled to a diplomatic visa, enabling him to enter Malawi for purposes of paying courtesy calls; and

    (e)    diplomatic visa, issued to a person holding a diplomatic passport, enabling the holder thereof to enter Malawi either on official or diplomatic mission.

    (3) Any person being a national of any country other than a country specified in the Second Schedule, may, on application and depending on the nature of his business and the circumstances of his visit be issued with a single entry visa enabling him to stay in Malawi for a period not exceeding three months or a multiple entry visa enabling him to enter Malawi several times provided that such entries are made within the period of and not exceeding twelve months.

    (4) The fees payable on visas, other than official, courtesy and diplomatic visas, shall be as follows—

G.N. 29/1999

6/2008

18/2011

15/2015

    Type of Visa                Place of issue    Fee

    Transit visa    . .    . .    . .    Malawi    US$50

    Transit visa    . .    . .    . .    Malawi mission    US$70

    Single entry visa    . .    . .    . .    Malawi    US$75

    Single entry visa    . .    . .    . .    Malawi mission    US$100

    Multiple entry visa up to

    six months    . .    . .    . .    Malawi    US$150

    Multiple entry visa up to

    six months    . .    . .    . .    Malawi mission    US$220

    Multiple entry visa up to

    twelve months    . .    . .    . .    Malawi    US$250

    Multiple entry visa up to

    twelve months    . .    . .    . .    Malawi mission    US$300

    (5) Application for a visa to enter a commonwealth country for which Malawi is the…