Botswana - Apply for Labour Recruiter Permit

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Procedure

Apply In-Person

1. The ministry of Labour and home affair, Department of Labour and Social Security Office is responsible for issuing the recruiter license {see address and contact details below}.
2. Collect and submit the completed Recruiter’s permit application form along with the supporting documents (mentioned under required document section below) to the attending official at the nearest District/Regional Labour Office.
3. The official will then verify that all the necessary information and documents have been provided and that the applications comply with the selection criteria, the applicants will then be issued with an acknowledgment receipt.
4. The application file will then be forwarded to the Labour Commissioner for assessment, processing and consideration, which is within 7 working days.
5. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by way of mail, SMS, or phone call.
6. If the recruiter permit is approved, the permit will be made available for withdrawal by the applicant at the District/Regional Labour Office, where the application was filed, upon payment of applicable permit fees and against the applicant identification document and acknowledgment slip.
7. A recruitment permit shall be issued at the discretion of the Commissioner and shall be subject to such conditions as the Commissioner may think fit to specify therein or special directions as may be given by the Minister of labour
8. Any applicant for a recruiter's permit, who is aggrieved by any decision of the Commissioner to refuse to issue the licence or to specify any condition therein may appeal against that decision to the Minister in writing and shall be delivered to the Minister not later than 30 days immediately after the day, on which the decision complained of was communicated to the applicant.

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Required Documents

• Valid identification document
• Copy of Recruiter’s Licence
• CVs of potential Recruiter’s permit holders

Office Locations & Contacts

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & HOME AFFAIRS
Department of Labour and Social Security
Head office, Gaborone

Physical Address:
Block 8, Government Enclave, Khama Crescent
Postal address: Private Bag 002,
Gaborone,
Botswana
Tel: (+267)3611100/3611180/3611132/37372772
Fax: (+267) 3907426
Toll Free Number 0800 600 777


Districts Regional Labour Office Contact Numbers
Gaborone Regional Labour Office I
Tel. (+267) 3971406

Gaborone Regional Labour Office II
Tel. (+267) 3956019

Francistown Regional Labour Office
Tel. (+267) 2416933

Lobatse Regional Labour Office
Tel. (+267) 5332569

Maun Regional Labour Office
Tel. (+267) 68622705/2418

Selibe Phikwe Regional Labour Office
Tel. (+267) 2611598

Serowe Regional Labour Office
Tel. (+267) 4632579

Kasane Regional Labour Office
Tel. (+267) 6250216

Opening hours: 7:30 am to 12:45 and 13:45 to 16:30, Monday to Friday, except public holidays

Eligibility

• Citizens and non-citizens are eligible to apply.

Fees

The legal fee

• BWP 5.00 fee for registration for Type A recruiter Permit
• BWP 20.00 fee for registration for Type B recruiter permit

Validity

• The labour recruiter permit is valid for one year unless cancelled or suspended by the legal authority

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Sample Documents

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Processing Time

• The time around for processing the application is within 7 working days

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Instructions

APEAL TO THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR

• Any applicant for a recruiter's permit, who is aggrieved by any decision of the Commissioner to refuse to issue the licence or to specify any condition therein may appeal against that decision to the Minister in writing and shall be delivered to the Minister not later than 30 days immediately after the day, on which the decision complained of was communicated to the applicant.
• The Minister shall consider every appeal made to him/her and shall;
  • in the case of an appeal against a decision to refuse to issue a permit, either dismiss the appeal or allow the appeal, in which last case the Commissioner shall forthwith issue a recruitment permit to the applicant; or
  • in the case of an appeal against a decision to specify any condition in the permit, either dismiss the appeal or allow the appeal, either wholly or in part, and rescind the decision or vary its terms accordingly, in which last case the condition as so varied shall be deemed, for the purposes of this section, to have been specified in the permit by the Commissioner.

Required Information

• Full name of the applicant
• Contact details
• Nationality
• Residential address
• Identification document details

Need for the Document

No person shall assist a recruiter in recruitment and no recruiter shall employ any person to assist him in recruitment unless that person is the holder of a valid recruitment permit issued by the ministry of Labour and home affair, Department of Labour and Social Security Office.

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Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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External Links

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