1. Submit the completed filming permit application form.
2. Attach copies of identity documents (provide an identity card if you are a citizen of Botswana or a passport with a valid visa if you are a non citizen.
3. Applications for a filming permit are forwarded to all other relevenat Ministries to give consent for the issuance, before the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs can finalise the issuance of the permit.

• Application Letter
• Completed application form
• Identity documents(provide an identity card if you are a citizen of Botswana or a passport with a valid visa if you are a non citizen.

Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs

Corporate Services

Public Relations Office

Private Bag 002

Gaborone, Botswana

Work Telephone Number: 00267 11115 / 00267 365 1180

Toll Free Number: 0800 600 777

Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs (MLHA) Website

Working Hours:

• 7:30am -12:45pm
• 1:45pm - 4:30pm

Time Zone: +2 GMT

Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism (MEWT)

Contact Numbers: 00267 3647900 / 00267 3647911.

MEWT Website

• For citizens and/or non citizen with a valid visa.

• Processing of application: Free
• For permissions granted by the Ministry for Environment, Wildlife and Tourism: P10,000.00

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Please attach documents which can be used by people who would like to follow this procedure.    

Please attach sample completed documents which would help other people who would like to follow this procedure.    

It may take two months for the filming permit to be issued.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M" Video ID is "Y0US7oR_t3M". 
	

Applications for a filming permit are submitted to the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs.

For individuals/groups who wishes to film any part of Botswana where there is flora and fauna, you must contact the Ministry of Environment , Wildlife and Tourism of Botswana.

A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

A filming permit is a permission granted in the form of a written document to any individual/group of people who want to film in Botswana.

Enter other informations which might help

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

• Filming Permit Application:

http://www.gov.bw/en/Ministries--Authorities/Ministries/Ministry-of-Labour--Home-Affairs-MLHA/Tools--Services/Services--Forms/Application-for-a-Filming-permit-in-Botswana/

More information which might help people.