Visas on arrival

A revised flight schedule during the European winter means that British Airways and KLM flights now both arrive at Entebbe Airport around 10.30pm at night causing congestion at the visa counter.   Visitors should balance the relative demerits of a tiresome late evening queue against a trip to their nearest Ugandan consulate to obtain their [...]

Passport & visa requirements

Andrew Roberts has just alerted me to a new ruling that, with effect from 1 June 2011, all visitors to Uganda’s passports are required to have at least one year of validity remaining from the date of entry. Also, please note that irrespective of the duration of the visa granted, immigration often stamps the passport for a shorter [...]

Brian & Celia’s updates

Brian & Celia Lea recently returned from a 16 day visit to Uganda (late July-early August 08) and forwarded me the following info: Page75 : June ‘08 Visas cost £25 each. We had to wait 3 days before it was ready to collect from the High Commission in London. We received polite and courteous service from [...]

Flavie Galtier’s updates

Hello! My name is Flavie GALTIER and I went to Africa with my friend Jean for nearly one month. We had your book for Uganda and we wanted to tell you what had changed since the book was written. On page 75: a standard single-entry visa, valid for 3 months, costs US$ 50 and not [...]