Consulate General issues entry visa for nationals that require entry visa is required for any person coming from a country that require Malawians to obtain a visa when going to their countries except for;

• Nationals from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries, except for those countries that subject Malawians to a visa within SADC.
• Nationals from a Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) countries, except for those countries that subject Malawians to a visa within COMESA.
• Diplomats accredited to Malawi; and
• All diplomatic and Service / Official Passport holders.

CATEGORIES OF VISAS IN MALAWI

1. TRANSIT VISA: This is for the purpose of passing through Malawi to a destination outside Malawi. Validity of transit visa is limited to 7 days in Malawi.
2. SINGLE ENTRY VISA: In Malawi, single entry visa means the traveler is granted permission to enter Malawi and apply for a visa permit and the visa is cancelled as soon as the holder enters Malawi. However, if a traveler leaves Malawi just after making an entry, it means he has to buy another visa if he intends to enter Malawi again.
3. MULTIPLE ENTRY VISA: This visa allows travelers to make multiple entries into Malawi with the same visa depending on the validity, whether it is 6months multiple entry visa or 12 months multiple entry visa.
4. GRATIS VISA: This is the visa which is issued for free to those fitting the exceptional provided for above.

Passport / visa note: All visitors must have a return ticket or onward ticket and documents necessary for return on onward journey for the duration of the stay in Malawi. Extension on visas a possible.

Please note that passport and visa requirements are liable to change. Travelers are therefore advised to check their entry requirements prior to embarking on their journey by visiting www.immigration.gov.mw.

Malawi, the warm heart of Africa, is located in South – Eastern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique on the east and south west, by Tanzania on the north and north east, and by Zambia on the west and north west.

Malawi is a land linked country covering 118,484 sq km. The country is surrounded by markets in all its fronts, with Mozambique offering a population of 24 million people on the east and south west, Tanzania with over 50 million people on the north and north east, and Zambia 16 million people on the west and north west.

Just beyond this country there are other huge countries such as Zimbabwe which has a population 16 million and Democratic Republic of Congo with the population of over 70 million people.

All these countries are either member of SADC and COMESA to which Malawi exports manufactured products duty free as long as they comply with pre-stipulated minimum of local content.

Malawi is thus a hub of production that conveniently directly interfaces three market fronts with a total population of over 100 million people, and indirectly to a market of ( Zimbabwe and DRC) within 2 – 12 hours.

The country is endowed with vast natural resources and it enjoys vast tracts of beautiful natural scenery including game reserves and sand beaches along the beautiful Lake Malawi. Lake Malawi is one of the largest fresh water bodies in the world and holds the most diverse number of fish species in one single body – over 800 species.

Democratic principles are firmly engrained in the country. Since independence in 1964, the country has never suffered a civil war and its political leaders have come to power through a democratic electoral process.

_{Vice Consul Administration (VCA) Jane Asani-Monteiro, is a seasoned career Diplomat and a Development Practitioner with 33 years plus hands on work experience in the Civil Service, parastatal and private sector.} 

_{The first two years of her career she taught Agriculture and Physics at a Private Secondary School.  She changed jobs to join a Parastatal organization called Development of Malawian Traders Trust (DEMATT) as a Business Promotion Consultant work of which involved extending business and technical advisory services aimed at trouble shooting and business growth for the client businesses, New Business Development including training in Business Plan write up.}

_{From April 1992 she served Government of Malawi in various capacities in the Ministry of Gender and Child Development and the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.}

_{In the Ministry of Gender, besides supervising the front-line extension workers dealing with Community Development, she coordinated the gender agenda through supervision of implementation of Ministerial Projects and Programmes.  The major highlight was when she successfully coordinated Malawi Governments’ preparatory Committee for the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women that was held in Beijing, China in 1995 and its Preparatory Conference (PrepCom) held in Dakar, Senegal in 1994.}

_{Her duties were relocated to the Minister's office as Special Assistant to the Minister where she served for almost three years. Due to reshuffles of Cabinet, she got relocated alongside the Minister to the Ministry of Health and later, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.}

_{Her diplomatic career with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) spans for twenty-one years, starting in 2001, when she got her first posting to New York, United States of America to serve as First Secretary Social at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Malawi to the United Nations. Five years down the road, she was promoted to Counselor Social where she served for 4 years. She returned to Home Service in 2010. Her line of work at the Permanent Mission in New York involved attending meetings and conferences of the UN in the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) entitled “Social Humanitarian and Culture”. In that position it was normal to double up and attend the social aspects of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). This involved drafting statements on behalf of the Malawi delegation in liaison with the relevant sectors of Government, negotiating resolutions and ensuring that Malawi’s perspectives are taken into consideration in all social related UN outcome documents.}

_{Also covered were the Functional Commissions of ECOSOC specifically the Commission for Social Development and the Commission on Status of Women.  In addition, she served on the Executive Boards of the Funds and Programmes of ECOSOC including UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA and WFP focus of which was the formulation of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) and its implementation. Focus was on the social dimension of development touching on specific pertinent groups of women and the girl child, the youth, persons with disabilities the aged and indigenous issues.}

_{As the UN is a bedrock for diplomacy, Jane  was privileged to participate in the negotiations for the UN reforms initiated by the former UN Secretary General Mr. Kofi Annan, ensuring that Malawi’s perspective is included.  The reforms led to the establishment of various Principal bodies in the UN including the UN Women, Human Rights Council, and the reforms of the ECOSOC. During her term of tour, she was also responsible for processing candidatures for elections to various bodies of the UN. She also represented Malawi on all matters of SADC, African Union, Group of 77 and China, Non- Aligned Movement among others with regard to the social development agenda.}

_{Jane also interfaced with delegations from capital to ensure smooth flow of information and coordinated reporting to Committees for various Conventions. This included the Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) which contains the Universal Bill of Rights for Women and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) covering the Universal Bill of Rights for children, as well as the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.}

_{In 2010 home service for Mrs. Monteiro entailed serving as Principal Foreign Service Officer in various capacities including UN desk officer, African Union Desk Officer, SADC Desk officer. She got trained as elections observer and observed the Referendum in Juba, South Sudan that led to the separation of the two countries and existence of South Sudan as a country. Further she observed elections in Angola, Mozambique, Botswana, Lesotho and Zambia as a SADC observer.}

_{She also served as Desk Officer for the Peace and International Security matters where she coordinated Malawi’s implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention with the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in the Hague in the Netherlands and the Biological Weapons Convention under the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA).}

_{With the reorganization of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs into Directorates Mrs. Monteiro moved to the Asia and Pacific Directorate. While there, she was seconded to the International Organisation for Migration for a short term of ten month to coordinate all formalities that led to the start -up of the Malawian Diaspora Mapping and Profiling Project start up on pilot basis in the Republic of South Africa (RSA), Britain and the United States of America.}

_{In January 2021 she was posted to the Consulate General of Malawi in Tete, Mozambique on relief as Charge D’ Affaires that lasted for One Year Eight Months. Upon the posting of a substantive Consul General, she was formerly posted to the Malawi Consulate General in Tete as Vice Consul Administration, her current position.}

_{She is a holder of a Masters Degree in Economic and Social Studies obtained from the University of Manchester in Great Britain in 1998; Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Rural Development Major) (1991)and a Diploma in Agriculture (1986) both obtained from Bunda College of Agriculture (now LUANAR).}

Mr. Happy Jonathan Madika Saka is a highly motivated individual with over fifteen years combined work experience at senior positions both in Government and Private Sector.  He is highly skilled in people and resource management, strategic planning and implementation. He brings to the job extensive experience amassed from his exposure to various social political situations that enables him to contribute to the building of meaningful diplomatic relationships for the mutual benefit of Malawi and Mozambique. His jurisdiction covers the provinces of Tete and Zambezia.

Mr. Saka invests time to listen, understand and learn, to find solutions that fit the challenges of the people he is of service to and also to consistently build knowledge and prepare himself for challenges.

In his work, Mr. Saka has led teams on national projects, including establishing a Television station, building a network of business communities in products reselling, and serving in various supporting capacities for both executive and legislative levels of government.

He is a highly motivated team player, results oriented, hardworking, proactive innovative and believes in servant leadership.

In the Private Sector he has worked as Head of Communication and Strategy for the United States Cannabis Association; Group General Manager for Great Dominion TV & PLFM Radio; Branch Manager Central and North Horizon Health and Station Manager Rainbow Television.

In the public sector, Consul Saka has served as Special Assistant to the Deputy Minister of Agriculture from 2012 to 2014, Special Assistant to the Deputy Minister of Energy from 2011 to 2012 and Special Assistant to the Minister of Defence from 2010 to 2011.

From 2007 to 2009, he served as Editor for Online News Publication for Ministry of Information. He also held the position of Assistant Editor in the Malawi National Assembly from 2005 to 2006. He was a print and radio reporter for the Chronicle Newspaper, 2004-2005 and Power 101 FM, from 2003 to 2004.

He is a holder of a Bachelor of Business Administration majoring in Strategic Management, obtained from Colombia University from 2013 to 2016.  He also holds a Diploma in Journalism from Metropolitan City College, United Kingdom (UK), 1999 to 2002.

The Consulate in Tete is his first posting into the Malawi Government Diplomatic Service.