Mozambique - New regulations on the mechanisms and procedures for hiring foreign nationals

Decree no. 37/2016 of 31 August (which approves the "Regulations on the Mechanisms and Procedures for Hiring Foreign Citizens") comes into force in 2016 and repeals Decree no. 55/2008 of 30 December ("Regulations in Relation to the Mechanisms and Procedures for Hiring Foreign Nationals"). The aim of the new Decree is to adapt the Mozambican rules under Law no. 23/2007 of 1 August, the Employment Law, to the current challenges raised by development of the market, and it provides for the possibility of hiring of foreign nationals by Mozambican employers or employers established in Mozambique.