Picky

Went this morning to Tanzanian Episcopal Conference headquarters at Kurasini, Dar es Salaam. The mission objective was to hand over sealed envelope I was asked by sister-in-charge of immigration matter in our Diocese of Musoma to deliver to the Secretary General of TEC to proceed with the residence permit (for my incoming volunteers Agata, Denise and Thomas) procedure via persons in charge of these matters on TEC level...

Hard Blow

This is beyond our comprehension - us, missionaries and volunteers in Tanzania, that the government decided to suddenly rise residence permit class C fee (this is our class) more than any other class of expatriates, even those who come to work here and get paid for it. Our fee jumped more than four times from 120$ per two year permit up to 500$. Just like that. This is a bigger jump in fees than for any other class of foreigners working in Tanzania...