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How to get an E-Visa for Uganda

Posted: July 30 2023 | Tagged: Uganda

To visit the Republic of Uganda, you must apply for an E-Visa. As of June 2023, this is the online process for getting a single-entry tourist visa.

Sadly, getting a Uganda Visa on arrival is no longer an option.
E-visa Uganda
This is the future of travel. Seems like everyone is going down the E-Visa route and with it, gone is the freedom on overland travel as many want you to upload onward/return tickets and this for most countries, means a flight.

Yes, you can buy fake tickets, and make one up yourself but why should I have to?

Here is the website you need to use to obtain your eVisa for Uganda but sometimes the website is down:
How to apply Uganda E Visa

Uganda E-Visa requirements:

The Uganda E Visa application form is less long-winded than the one for Kenya.

For the single-entry tourist visa, I needed to upload 4 documents:
  • Photo of Passport
  • Passport size photo
  • Yellow Fever Certificate
  • Return ticket

All photo documents must be less than 250kb.

I stipulated the Busia border crossing from Kenya as the point of entry. I wanted to travel overland into Rwanda. There is no option on the form to say this. And you must upload an onward ticket.

I had a Kenya Airways ticket out of Nairobi. I uploaded that, hoping that it was sufficient. It was.

I applied before 9 am and had the approval email at around 3 pm.

You will receive an 'approval' letter' via email which you must print out in colour before arrival and you must still supply all supporting documents at the border.
Uganda E Visa Approval letter
And unlike Kenya where you just get a stamp, entering Uganda you get a full-page sticker:
Uganda E Visa
Previous Post:​ ​Backpacking in Kenya: Crossing the Equator at Maseno
Next Post: How to get from Kenya to Uganda via the Busia Border Crossing

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      • Sudan
      • Morocco
      • Namibia
      • Tanzania
      • Tunisia
      • Uganda
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Americas >
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      • Costa Rica
      • Dominican Republic
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
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