Service Delivery Time
Standard Service Delivery Time of Ethiopian Investment Commission
| Service type | Standard service delivery time | Service charge |
| Company name reservation | 30 min | Birr 25 |
| Alteration/ Amendment of a Business Name/Company Name | 30 min. | Birr 80 |
| Notarization of Memorandum and Articles of Association | 2 hours | Birr 200 per copy (additional 5 birr for each additional shareholders) |
| Amendment/ Change of Memorandum and Articles of Association | 2 hours | Birr 100 per copy |
| Issuance of Commercial Registration | 1 hour | Birr 100 |
| Amendment of Commercial Registration | 30 min. | Birr 80 |
| Replacement or Substitution of Commercial Registration | 30 min | Birr 50 |
| Cancellation of commercial registration | 2 hours | Birr 50 |
| Issuance of new Investment Permit | 2 working days | Birr 600 |
| Issuance of expansion Investment Permit | 3 working days for projects in and around Addis Ababa 7 working days for projects outside Addis Ababa | Birr 300 |
| Renewal of investment permit (new/expansion) | 3 hour | Birr 200 for new / /Birr 100 for expansion |
| Change/amendment of investment permit | 1 hour | Birr 100 |
| Issuance of substitute investment permit | 30 min | Birr 100 |
| Cancellation of investment permit | 2 hours | Free |
| Issuance of business license | 3 working days for projects in and around Addis Ababa 7 working days for projects outside Addis Ababa | Birr 100 |
| Issuance of new work permit | 1 hour | Birr 2000 |
| Renewal of work permit | 1 hour | Birr 1,500 |
| Substitution of work permit | 1 hour | Birr 1,200 |
| Cancellation of work permit | 1 hours | Free |
| Registration and issuance of certificate for technology transfer agreement | 3 hours | Birr 200 |
| Renewal of technology transfer agreement certificate | 1 hours | Birr 50 |
| Registration of investment capital brought into the country by foreign investors | 1 day | Free |
| Grading of construction contracting | 4 hours | For new Birr 5,000 & For renewal Birr 2,500 |