Registering with Architects and Quantity Surveyors Registration Board in Tanzania

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A firm shall be eligible for registration if in the Board’s opinion it is proper firm to be so registered and satisfies the conditions as set by the Act.

A firm shall be eligible for temporary registration as set in the Act if it is in the opinion of the Board a fit and proper firm to be so registered and the validity of the registration to be a maximum of duration of the project, and should only be renewable upon the Board satisfaction that the assignment is still valid.

The Architects and Quantity Surveyors Registration Board will issue a temporary registration only for duration of the project that caused the application to come into the country in accordance of the Act.

It shall be duty of the firm to ensure that all the partners or principals, shareholders or directors of the firm are those registered with the Board.

Every firm operating in Tanzania shall provide an undertaking in a form to be provided by the Architects and Quantity Surveyors Registration Board as nature, period and qualifications of professionals working for or under it and it should show how it contributes to the local capacity building.

Every application for the registration of an architectural or a quantity-surveying firm shall be lodged only by architects or quantity surveyors as the case may be. Applicants shall upon paying for and filling the relevant firm registration application forms, submit the same to the offices of the Board where they shall be scrutinized and processed.

Any firm shall be considered for temporary registration if it has in its employment only those expatriates whose qualifications and skills have been confirmed by the Board to be unavailable in the country. All temporarily registered forms shall enter into a joint venture agreement with a local firm for carrying out the specific assignment and shall show proof of such agreement to the Board.

Every foreign firm operating in Tanzania shall provide information in a form prescribed by the Board as to the nature, period and qualification of professionals working for it or under the firm and any additional information that the Board may require.
Register with the Architects and Quantity Surveyors Registration Board by downloading the form below
http://www.aqrb.go.tz/downloads/docs/form-32.pdf