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Uganda Visa Requirements

A visa is a document showing that a person is authorized to enter the territory for which it was issued, subject to permission of an immigration official at the time of actual entry. The authorization may be a document, but more commonly it is a stamp endorsed in the applicant’s passport. Some countries do not require a visa in some situations, such as a result of reciprocal treaty arrangements. The country issuing the visa typically attaches various conditions of stay, such as the territory covered by the visa, dates of validity, period of stay, whether the visa is valid for more than one visit, etc.

A visa does not generally give a non-citizen any rights, including a right to enter a country or to remain there. The possession of a visa is not in itself a guarantee of entry into the country that issued it, and a visa can be revoked at any time. The visa process merely enables the host country to verify the identity of the visa applicant before, rather than coincident with, the entry of the applicant. Special permits may also be required, such as a residency permit or work permit. A visitor may also be required to undergo and pass security and/or health checks upon arrival at the border.
Visas are associated with the request for permission to enter (or exit) a country, and are thus, for some countries, distinct from actual formal permission for a liean to enter and remain in the country.
Some countries require that their citizens, and sometimes foreign travelers, obtain an exit visa in order to be allowed to leave the country.
Note: entry visas can be applied for at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Kampala.
Validity:
Single-entry: Three months from date of issue; Transit: 24 hours from the time of arrival.
Application to:
Consulate (or consular section at high commission or embassy). Transit visas are issued at the airport.
Working days:
24 hours.
PLEASE NOTE THAT CHANGES ARE MADE ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR NEAREST UGANDA EMBASSY FOR MORE ACCURATE VISA POSTING AND UPDATES
AFRICAN PEARL SAFARIS CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT POLICY, SHOULD CHANGES TO THE BELOW OCCUR!
Countries whose nationals do not require a visa include:
- All European Union countries. Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Burundi, Canada, Comoros, Denmark, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, Gambia, Greece, Grenada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Korea Republic, Kuwait, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & The Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tonga, Tuvalu, UK (being a citizen of the United Kingdom & Colonies), United Arab Emirates, USA, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Countries whose nationals do require a visa include:
- All not mentioned above.
Visas are issued at Ugandan Embassies and High Commissions (see below list)
Entry / Exit Requirements: A passport valid for three months beyond the date of entry, visa and evidence of yellow fever vaccination are required. Visas are available at Entebbe Airport or may be obtained from the Embassy of the Republic of Uganda. Airline companies may also require travelers have a visa before boarding. Travelers should obtain the latest information and details from the Embassy of the Republic of Uganda

Australia: Consulate of Uganda Consul: Level 28, 1 Market Street Sydney NSW 2000 Tel: (02) 9265 3061 Fax: (02) 9261 5918 Tel: (02) 9389 0906 (after hours) Hours of Business: Monday – Friday: 8.30 a.m. -1.00 p.m  Postal Address: 21 Gipps St, Bronte NSW 2024 Mr John R. COX Honorary Consul (16/09/2005) Mrs Dawne Lorraine COX	Austria: Honorargeneralkonsulat, Forchheimergasse 5, A-1230 Wien Tel: +(43) 1 8631 140 Fax: +(43) 1 8631 143 BELGUIM Embassy of Uganda Av. de Tervuren, 317 1150 Bruxelles Tel: +(32) 2 762 5825 Fax: +(32) 2 763 0438
Canada: High Commission for the Republic of Uganda 231 Cobourg Street Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 8J Tel: +(1) 613 789-7797 / 7798 Fax: + (1) 613 789-8909	China: Ugandan Embassy 5 Sanlitun Dongwujie Beijing , 100600 Tel: +(86) 10 6532 1708 Fax: + (86) 10 6532 2242
Cuba: Uganda Embassy Calle 14, No 125 Esquina, Entre 3RAY IRA Miramar, Havana Tel: +(53) 333 2900 Fax: +(53) 332985	Denmark: Embassy of Uganda Sofievej 15, 2900 Heller up, Denmark Tel: +(45) 3962 0966 Tel: +(45) 3961 0148
Egypt: Ugandan Embassy 9 Midan al-Missaha, Dokki Tel: +(20) 2 248 5975 Fax: +(20) 2 48 5980	France: Ugandan Embassy 13, avenue Raymond Poincaré Paris 75116 Tel: +(33) 1 53 70 62 70 Fax: + (33) 1 53 70 85 15
Germany: Honorarkonsul der Republik Uganda für Bayern und Baden-Württemberg Franz-Joseph-Strasse 38 D-80801 München Tel: +(49) 89 331544 Fax: +(49) 89 346866	India: Uganda High Commission B-3/26, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 110057 Tel: + (91) 11 6874412, 6885817 Fax: +(91) 11 6874405
Japan: 4-10-1, Himonya, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-0003 Tel: + (81) 3 3715-1097 Fax: +(81) 3 5725-3720	Tanzania: Ugandan High Commission IPS Building, Maktaba Street Dar es Salaam Tel: +(255) 51 31004
United Kingdom: Ugandan High Commission Uganda House, 58-59 Trafalgar Square London WC2N 5DX Tel: +(44) 207 839 5783 Fax: + (44) 207 839 8925	U S A: Embassy of the Republic of Uganda 5911 16th Street NW, Washington DC 20011 Tel: +(1) 202 726-7100 Fax: +(1) 202 726-1727

Uganda Government starts gorilla census in Bwindi to boost tourism

They have been classified as endangered species with only 720 of them left in the world, majority of which are in Uganda, DR Congo and Rwanda.
Against that backdrop, the government has laid out plans of conducting a census for gorillas to find out their actual numbers. The first census in Bwindi National Park in western Uganda was carried out in 1997. It showed that there were 300 gorillas but the number rose to about 320 five years later and 340 in the last census conducted in 2006.

The Uganda Wildlife Authority has said the essence of the exercise, which will cost Shs280 million ($100,000), is to also help the Authority establish the numbers of other animals and extent of human activities in the park for conservation purposes.
“It will help us to know whether the animals numbers have lowered for proper solutions to stop them from extinction and diseases that mostly kill them,” Mr Pontius Ezuma, the Bwindi Mgahinga Conservation Trust manager, said at the weekend.
The tests for bacteria that cause diseases to the animals will be done at Makerere University laboratories. Mr Ezuma said the exercise, which is implemented by the International Gorilla Conservation Programme, started last month and would end this Saturday.
How conducted

He said 75 enumerators have been trained to carry out the exercise that involves counting nests where the gorillas sleep, collecting their faecal matter for genetic analysis and placing geographical positioning system points to avoid double counting.

The samples will be taken to Germany for DNA tests for genetic identity of different animals to provide accurate results. “The 2006 census showed 340 gorillas from counting nests, but the genetic analysis showed 302 and it is considered more accurate. This time around we are applying both methods,” said Dr Martha Robbins of Max-Planck Institute in Germany, who is heading the census team. “Results of the census will be tallied to the 480 gorillas counted from Virunga Conservation Area last year,” she added.
The area consists of three national parks: Virunga National Park in DR Congo; Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda and Mgahinga in Uganda. Uganda currently receives more than 2,400 gorilla-tracking tourists per year but the figure went down in the late nineties due to rebel insurgencies in western Uganda.
By: Bruce Ampumuza

White elephants sighted in Queen Elizabeth National Park

White elephants are extremely rare

A rare sighting of White elephants has been recorded in Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park in Kanungu district. The existing elephants that are known to  Uganda Wildlife Authorities are African elephants which and grey in colour.

 The white elephants were seen on October 1 near Rwampunu peninsula on the shores of Lake Edward.

They were sighted by a group of foreign tourists accompanied by Henry Paul Mbaguta, the assistant commissioner for Microfinance, during a game drive in Ishasha plains and valleys. 

“As we approached the seemingly white rocks, we noticed that they had parts that were flapping. Within a distance of about 100 metres, we saw that they were not rocks, but three adult elephants,” said Mbaguta in a statement sent to the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA). 

He said the elephants were peaceful as they fed on shrubs. 

“They never took note of our presence. They only occasionally cast an eye over branches to be sure they were safe.”

In a separate interview, acting UWA executive director Andrew Seguya said white elephants were only known to exist in Asia. 

He added that UWA was going to work with Mbaguta to verify the white elephants. 

“It will be very interesting for our tourists if this species of elephants exists in Ishasha.” 

Ishasha is known to be home to the tree climbing lions that do not exist anywhere else in Uganda.