Name of the Organization : General Directorate of General Security
Type of Facility : Apply For Work Visa
Country : Lebanon
Website : http://www.general-security.gov.lb/
Apply For Work Visa :
A preapproval document issued by the honorary consulate of Kenya in Lebanon should be presented with every application of a work visa concerning a Kenyan national.
Related : General Security Entry of Non Gulf Arab Countries Citizens for Tourism Lebanon : www.statusin.org/5750.html
A three months work visa is granted to the citizens of the following countries after receiving an obligatory preapproval from the General Directorate of General Security pursuant to a preapproval from the Ministry of Labor:
Ethiopia – Eritrea – Indonesia – Angola – Uganda – Pakistan – Bangladesh – Paraguay – Paulaus Island – Benin Rep. – Botswana – Burkina Faso – Burundi – Bosnia –Taiwan Trinidad & Tobacco – Chad – Tanzania – Togo – Central Africa Rep. – Democratic Republic of Congo ( former Zaire) – South Africa – Djibouti – Rwanda – Zambia – Zimbabwe – St. Lucia – Sri Lanka – El Salvador – Suriname – Sierra Leone – Seychelles Island – Somalia – Gabon – Gambia – Grenadines – Guinea – New Guinea – Philippines – Fiji – Vietnam – Cameroon – North Korea – Comers Island – Guinea Rep. – Liberia – Malawi – Mali – Madagascar – Mauritania – Mauritius Islands (Maurice) – Mozambique – Namibia – Nepal – Niger – Nicaragua – India.
Concerning Indonesia and Sierra Leone :
No entry visas shall be granted for women from Indonesia and Sierra Leone who are coming to work as domestic workers in reference to the decree, issued by their national authorities.
Concerning Ethiopia, Madagascar and Ghana :
** When applying for work visa concerning Ethiopian citizens, the applicant is asked to include an approval from the Ethiopian Embassy in Lebanon.
** When applying for a work visa for a citizen of Madagascar state, the applicant is asked to include an approval from the consulate of Madagascar in Lebanon.
** When applying for a work visa for a citizen of Ghana, the applicant is asked to include an approval from the honorary consulate of Ghana in Lebanon.
** The prohibition of applying a work visa demand for the domestic servers for the citizens of Sri Lanka whose age is less than 21 years old and greater than 50 years old.
The Required Documents:
1- A copy of the identity card, extract of civil registration or residence permit of the employer.
2- Two copies of the foreigner’s travel document.
3- A commitment by the applicant at the Notary Public to repatriate the foreign worker to his country on the applicant’s own expense.
In the case of presenting the application 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 civil registration extract of the employer in the case the male or female foreign worker is coming to work in domestic service.
5- A preapproval from the Ministry of Labor along with a copy of it dating of less than three months.
6- Document that proves the employer’s occupation.
Notes:
In case of an application for an entry visa concerning work in the artistic domain, the following documents should be presented:
1- An application for an entry visa.
2- A preliminary work contract.
3- A commitment from the employer owner of an amusement center/club or a touristic institution.
4- A one million Lebanese pounds bank guarantee for each one of the artists.
5- The artist’s passport.
6- A laboratory exam done abroad.
Fees:
The fee of an entry visa granted for three months is 50.000 L.L