Proposal for Improved Visa Processing Capacity at Chinese Embassy in Tanzania

TLDR

• Concerns about the delays were raised publicly on August 3, 2026 by Tanzania Traders Association chairperson Khamisi Abdallah Livembe during a government-private sector meeting on the implementation of Tanzania.
• China is Tanzania’s largest source of imported goods, accounting for about 28 per cent of the country’s imports in 2025, according to government economic survey data.
• Some traders had speculated that the delays were connected to Tanzania’s 2025 order prohibiting non-citizens from operating in 15 categories of business.
• The Chinese Embassy in Tanzania has denied imposing policy barriers on Tanzanian citizens seeking visas, saying a sharp increase in applications has placed pressure on its current processing capacity.
• The Chinese side welcomes the increasingly close people-to-people exchanges between China and Tanzania and is pleased to see that more and more Tanzanian friends are travelling to China,” the embassy said.