THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
IMMIGRATION DIVISION
YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
All Visitors from the following countries requared to have Yellow Fever Vaccination before Travelling to Tanzania :-
Angola, Argentina, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, Coasta Rica, Colombia, Congo, Cote d'ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, French, Guyana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Honduras, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Sao Tome and Principle, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Suriname, Togo, Uganda and Venezuela.
VISA
SECTION
The
Visa Section is open to the public
for logging of Visa Applications
from 10.00am to 12.30pm Monday to
Friday, with exception of local Bank Holidays and Public Holidays
falling under the national holidays’ calendar of the United
Republic of Tanzania and United Kingdom.
Note: Collection is
only between 2.00pm and 3.30 pm.
WHO NEEDS VISA TO
TANZANIA?
All
nationals of the countries or territorial entities mentioned
below.
Stateless and those holding non-national travel/refugee documents or
passports issued by an authority not recognized by the United
Republic of Tanzania, must obtain a valid visa on each occasion they
need to enter Tanzania.
The
countries whose nationals require visa for Tanzania are:
Afghanistan;
Albania; Algeria; Angola; Argentina; Armenia; Australia, Austria; Azerbaijan;
Bahrain; Belarus; Belgium; Benin; Bhutan; Bolivia; Bosnia; Brazil;
Bulgaria; Burkina Faso; Burma; Burundi; Cambodia; Canada; Cape
Verde; Central African Republic; Chad; Chile; China (Peoples
Republic of ); Colombia; Comoros; Congo; Congo (Democratic Republic
of); Costa Rica; Cote D'Ivoire; Croatia; Cuba; Czech Republic; Denmark; Djibouti; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Egypt; El-Salvador;
Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Estonia; Fiji; Finland; France; Gabon;
Georgia; Germany; Gibraltar; Greece; Guatemala; Guinea;
Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Holland; Holy See; Honduras; Hungary;
Iceland; Independent State of Samoa; India; Israel; Italy;
Japan; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Korea (North & South); Kuwait;
Kurdistan; Laos; Latvia; Liberia; Lithuania; Libya; Luxembourg;
Macedonia; Malagasy; Maldives; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mexico;
Moldova; Monaco; Mongolia; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nepal;
Netherlands: New Zealand; Niger; Norway; Oman; Panama; Papua New Guinea;
Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Poland; Republic of Ireland; Portugal; Qatar; Romania;
Russia; Rwanda; Sao Tome & Principe; Saudi Arabia; Senegal;
Slovak Republic; Slovenia; South Africa; Spain; Suriname; Sweden;
Switzerland; Syria; Taiwan; Tajikistan; Thailand; Togo; Tunisia;
Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom;
United States of America; Uruguay; Uzbekistan; Venezuela; Vietnam;
Yemen; Yugoslavia (all travelling documents issued by former SFR of
Yugoslavia or by present Yugoslav Authorities)
For those who have Travel documents
consult The High Commission Office
VISA APPLICATION
Please Note the following when filling Visa Application Form:-
Date of Entry: Is not the start date of Visas
Means of Financial Support: Funding sources or
Sponsor of your Trip
Reference in Tanzania: Contact address & Telephone
Applicants
for the entry visa to Tanzania must meet all the necessary
requirements. These include the submission of the following:
1.
Filled
in Application Forms
2.
Valid
Passport (at least not less than six months from the date of entry)
3.
Two
Passport Size photographs
4.
Supporting
letter (for Business visas)
5.
Special
delivery – prepaid self-addressed envelope for return of the
Passport (for postal application)
6.
If applied by post please send the original receipt from Barclay's
bank or postal order
HOW TO APPLY
1.
Personal Application: In this category applicant have
to fill in the forms available free of charge from the High
Commission Visa Desk or downloading
from the link provided. Payment for this category is by cash
only.
2.
Postal Application: the fee in this category must be in
cash paid in Barclay's bank or postal order payable to the Tanzania High Commission.
Visa fee payments must be made to
any Barclays Bank Branch, using the counters pay-in slips and Original receipt
sent with the Application Forms and supporting documents.
NOTE
It takes three (3) working days to process a Visa in
Personal Application category. There is an express service of 24 hours
available at a charge of £5 extra but this service is not
applicable for postal applications.
Postal Application:
visa process takes
10 working days.
Any
failure to comply with the stated requirements may result in
unnecessary delays or returning of unprocessed application to the
sender. Calls will not be entertained within the time
mentioned above. Please do not call us about the development of your
application unless you want to
withdraw
it. In case of
emergency
call between
3.30pm - 5.00pm. Tel. 0207
5691487/1486/1489.
The
details to be included on the pay-in slips are:
- Date
-
the date money paid in
- Paid
in by
- Name and Passport Number of the Applicants
- Barclays
Account Holding Branch
- 68 Knightsbridge
- Credit
the Account of
- High Commission for the United Republic of Tanzania
- Sort
Code
- 204735
- Account
No
- 50914126
- Amount
- Detailed amount paid in (MUST BE CASH ONLY)
For all Visas that will expire
before being used, a fresh application has to be made, fulfilling
all previous conditions without exceptions.
APPLICANTS HOLDING TRAVEL DOCUMENTS (CTD) ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE
ABOVE EXPLAINED CATEGORIES. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE HIGH
COMMISSION.
FEE
The Fee for all the visas, either Tourist, Holiday, Transit
or Business is £38 per single entry.
Once the Visa
is issued the fee can not be refunded.
