Namibia launches five-year Employment Permit to Conduct Business for investors

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Possible change

Namibia introduced an Employment Permit to Conduct Business for NIPDB-confirmed investors, valid up to five years from 1 September 2026.

Field	Triage result
Jurisdiction	Namibia
Impact	eligibility
Confidence	medium
Primary source needed	No
Discovery tier	verification

Discovery source

The Namibian — Namibia rolls out five-year investor permits

Reviewer checklist

• Locate and cite the current primary legal or government source.
• Classify this as editorial/navigation, operational guidance, or a substantive legal change.
• Confirm the effective date and any transition rules.
• Identify the exact dataset entities and fields affected.
• Add or update a regression invariant with any data correction.
• Cross-check every sentence in the public brief against the evidence below.

Verified evidence

• The Namibian — Namibia rolls out five-year investor permits (20 Aug 2026): Ministry of Home Affairs announces Employment Permit to Conduct Business from 1 September 2026, up to five years, for investors confirmed by NIPDB; fee NAD 2,600.
• The Namibian — New permit gives investors long-term wings (7 Sep 2026): NIPDB urges applications; applications via NIPDB then Immigration Selection Board.
• Dataset: new route namibia-employment-permit-conduct-business; release f2d9d54d94c2e345.

Public brief

From 1 September 2026 Namibia offers an Employment Permit to Conduct Business for investors confirmed by the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board, valid for up to five years instead of the usual two-year employment permit, with work authorisation in the covered business.

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