Ministerial Ordinance No. 650/231/88 concerning the regulation of the employment of foreigners in Burundi, 29 July 1988
Annual Review of Population Law 15: 194
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0364-3417 PMID: 12289372 Document Number: 383690
This Ordinance sets forth rules on the employment of foreigners in Burundi. It requires foreigners working in Burundi to have a work permit, applied for by the foreigner, if the foreigner is a resident of Burundi, and by the foreigner's employer, if the foreigner is not a resident. The permit is valid for one year and may be renewed. Foreigners who have been recognized as refugees or who have resided in Burundi for 15 years may obtain permits valid for five years, and the spouses of Burundi citizens and persons living in Burundi descended from a foreign father married to a Burundi citizen may obtain permanent permits. In addition, an employer desirous of hiring a foreigner must first receive authorization from the relevant Ministry. Such authorization is also valid for one year and renewable. Foreigners may not work in positions higher than those for which they were authorized unless they have acquired higher qualifications than they had when given a work permit and unless no Burundi citizen with the same ability for advancement exists. Foreign investors or their representatives need not receive authorization to work.