Apply In-Person:

1. To apply for a commercial photography license in Zambia, the applicant will have to contact the Wildlife Authority office of Zambia , for the main office visit link.
2. Application form will be available in the respective wildlife authority.
3. Make sure that you have all the documents that are listed under the “Required Documents” section of this page.
4. Applicants should submit the application to the Committee in the prescribed manner.
5. Upon payment of the prescribed fee, the application will be submitted successfully.
6. Upon the verification that the applicant is adhering to the provisions and to the terms and conditions prescribed for a commercial photography permit, the committee will verify the application.
7. Upon the verification of the required documents and submitted application form, you have to collect the license.
8. Visit the office and collect the license on time as suggested by the authorities.

• Application Form
• NRC or Passport

Ministry of Tourism and Arts
P.O Box 30575
Kwacha House
Cairo Road
Lusaka , Zambia
Contact link.

• Applicants can be national or non-national.
• Applicants should not be minors.

• Pay the fee as per the authority request.

• The permit will be valid for the applied time.
• However, a licensee or permit holder may, sixty days prior to the expiration of the period of validity of the licence or permit, apply to the committee for the renewal of the licence or permit in the prescribed manner and form upon payment of the prescribed fee.

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• The processing time will depend on verification of all the required documents.

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'.

• The applicant must adhere to the terms and conditions to obtain and retain the license.
• A licensee or permit holder shall display the licence or permit issued in accordance with Zambia Wildlife Act, or a certified copy of the licence or permit, in a conspicuous place at the principal place of business and at every subsidiary premises where the licensee or permit holder carries out business.
• Except as is otherwise provided by the Act mentioned above, a licence or permit issued shall be used solely by the licensee or permit holder and is not transferable to another person.

• Name and address of the applicant
• Reason(s) for obtaining this license
• NRC (If applicant is from Zambia)
• Passport

• The commercial photographic permit shall authorise the holder to make paintings or take films or video for commercial purposes in a National Park or Community Partnership Park.

• The Committee may refuse to issue a licence or permit if

• the applicant fails to comply with any prescribed conditions precedent to the issue of the licence or permit;

• a licence or permit formerly held by the applicant is revoked by the Committee;

• the applicant has been or is convicted of an offence under this Act;

• the Committee is satisfied that the applicant is not a fit or proper person to hold the licence or permit;

• the applicant for a photographic tour operator’s permit or a hunting concession, is not the holder of a tourism enterprise licence;

• the Committee is satisfied that in the interest of wildlife management, the licence or permit should not be issued or

• the applicant has been convicted of an offence relating to hunting outside Zambia or the applicant’s licence or the permit was withdrawn by the wildlife authority of another country.

• The Zambia Wildlife Act 2015: link.

• The documents obtained will also help the holder to obtain a license for another country’s commercial photography.

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