Presidential Decree No. 151/17, of 4 July 2017, has amended Article 75.1 of the Visa Law Regulations, approved by Presidential Decree 108/11, of 25 May 2011. The statute entered into immediate force.
The purpose of the amendment is to harmonize the legal framework covering immigration with Article 7 of the Regulations on the Hiring of Expatriate Employees (approved by Presidential Decree 43/17, of 6 March 2017, as revised by Presidential Decree 79/17, of 24 April 2017) in respect of the duration of expatriate employees’ employment contracts.
Pursuant to the new wording of Article 75.1 of the Visa Law Regulations, the maximum duration of 3 years for work visas previously set forth in the law has been totally repealed. Work visas may now be obtained by expatriate employees up to the end of the term of the employment contract, given the relevant duration established between employer and employee. This provision needs to be read together with Article 7 of the Regulations on the Hiring of Expatriate Employees, which limits the number of possible renewals to two only.
This amendment gives employers greater flexibility in hiring expatriate employees and may entail the need to revise expatriation policies in force for Angola due to the potentially longer terms now allowed by the law.
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