A three months period visa for work/labor is granted for the citizens of the following countries after acquiring an obligatory prematurely approval from the General Directorate of the General Security pursuant to a prematurely approval from the Ministry of Labor/Employments.

Ethiopia - Eritrea - Indonesia – Angola – Uganda – Pakistan - Bangladesh – Paraguay - Paulaus Island – Benin Rep. – Botswana - Burkina Faso – Burundi – Bosnia –Taiwan Trinidad & Tobacco – The Chad – Tanzania – Togo - Central Africa Rep. - Democratic Republic of the Congo ( former Zaire) – South Africa – Djibouti – Rwanda – Zambia – Zimbabwe - Ivory coast - St. Lucia - Sri Lanka – El Salvador – Suriname - Sierra Leone - Seychelles Island – Somalia – Gabon – Gambia - Ghana  - Grenadines – Guinea – New Guinea – Philippines – Fiji – Vietnam - Cameroon - North Korea – Comers Island - Guinea Rep. – Liberia – Malawi – Mali – Madagascar – Mauritania – Mauritius Islands (Maurice) – Mozambique – Namibia – Niger – Nigeria – Nicaragua – India.

No entrance visas are granted for females from Indonesia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone who are coming to work as servants with reference to the decree, resolution of the authority of their countries.

Upon receiving requests for work/labor visas belonging to citizens of the Ethiopian state, the concerned individuals are requested to include an approval statement to send for from the Ethiopian Embassy in Lebanon.

    The Required Documents

1- A photocopy the identity card, extract of civil registration or residence of the employer.

2- A photocopy of the foreigner's travel official paper on two copies.

3- A commitment, recognizance signed by the petitioner, applicant at the Notary Public to return the foreign worker to his country on the applicant, petitioner's expense, charge.

     In the case of presenting the request by an institution or a company, legal papers pertaining to it should be joined to the documents (registration certificate in the commercial record, investment).

4- A family extract of civil registration for the employer in the case of a male or female foreign worker.

5- A prematurely approval from the Ministry of Labor/Employment along with a photocopy of it not exceeding the period of three months of issuing.

    Notes:

In the case of a request for an entrance visa concerning work of art, the following documents should be presented:

1- A request for an entrance visa.

2- A preliminary work/job contract.

3- A commitment, recognizance from the employer owner of an amusement center/club or a touristic institution.

4- A one million banking bail, guaranty for each one of the artists.

5- The artist's passport.

6- A laboratory exam from outside Lebanon.

    Allowance, fees required :

Entrance visa  Granted for three months with a cost of 50.000 L.L