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Angola visa

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BTW, don't know where to post it, the Angolan embassy in Abuja is moving to a new spot next to the new American embassy, they don't process visas for the next week
Angolan embassy in Abuja coordinates: N9.03970 E7.47557

Entry to the embassy is only allowed if you are wearing "suitable" dress - ie: long trousers. If you are wearing shorts or 3/4 length trousers you will be refused entry.

Transit visa: 3 working days to arrange, applications accepted 9am - 12:30pm on Mondays and Wednesday. US$100, copies of passport, yellow-fever certificate, Nigerian visa & entry stamp, Carnet & Nigerian entry stamp, Vehicle registration, Drivers licence

Transit visa allows 2 entries (ie: you can go through Cabinda & still enter Angola mainland)
You must use within 60 days of issue, and exit within 5 days.
You cannot extend the visa

Tourist visa: 15 working days to arrange, applications accepted 9am - 12:30pm on Mondays and Wednesday. US$100, Invitation letter, copies of passport, yellow-fever certificate, Nigerian visa & entry stamp, Carnet & Nigerian entry stamp, Vehicle registration, Drivers licence

Tourist visa allows 2 entries (ie: you can go through Cabinda & still enter Angola mainland)
You must use within 60 days of issue. They can issue 60 day tourist visas.
You can extend the visa for a further 60 day period.

If you do not have the invitation letter you will struggle to get a tourist visa.

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DRC transit visa

Does anyone know where the DRC transit visa is available from?

Is it possible to get one in Pointe-Noire or Cabinda? What about the Cabinda/DRC border? (we have our Angolan visa)

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DRC visa

Hey there,
We've just received yesterday our DRC visas from Brazzaville. 2 week duration costing 35,000cfa. It took overnight and an extra 5,000cfa for the chief to make a 'phonecall' but all's well.

My bike is having troubles at the mo with suspension, starter and piston ring problems so I've applied for a Congo extension and should have it. Anyone know of any bike shops in Brazza, as far as I know there isn't anything here. The bottom pin for the busted monoshock is well and truly stuck and I'm having a 'mare trying to get it out.


Thanks for the info on the cleaning scam.
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Transit visa allows 2 entries (ie: you can go through Cabinda & still enter Angola mainland)
Are you sure about this? Did it work in reality? I was told similar, also that with transit visa you can overstay, no problem, etc etc. This was all BS. Number of entries is written on visa, by default it is 1. Maybe it is possible to get 2-entry visa on some cases and you got one? At least in Paris they told me that it is impossible to get multi-entry visa and that single-entry visa can't be used for both Cabinda and mainland. So I had to get another Angola visa in Matadi (a few years ago it was possible).
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Are you sure about this? Did it work in reality?
I have no idea if it works in reality! We haven't got our passports back from the embassy yet - Friday they come, hopefully!

Both the Transit Visa and Tourist Visa application forms state explicitly both visas are valid for one or two entries. Whether that is upheld or not is yet to be ascertained!

I'll let you know in due course
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I have no idea if it works in reality! We haven't got our passports back from the embassy yet - Friday they come, hopefully!

Both the Transit Visa and Tourist Visa application forms state explicitly both visas are valid for one or two entries. Whether that is upheld or not is yet to be ascertained!

I'll let you know in due course
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content of letter of introduction?

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If you do not have the invitation letter you will struggle to get a tourist visa.
Thanks guys for all the info.

RE the Angolan tourist visa application in Abuja:
I'm just wondering what exactly is required for the letter of introduction and if I can bring a copy/original with me, or if it needs to be sent directly to the Angolan embassy in Abuja? Or perhaps someone can point me to an uptodate source online where I can get this info?

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Julian
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DRC visa scam in Yaounde

Julian, you don't need an introduction letter for the tourist visa, you need an invitation from someone in Angola. Best is to make a hotel reservation and get it from them (Yes, I know its difficult on the road.)

Now, trying to get the DRC visa in Yaounde. We gave in our apps, they were expensive, 180 000 CFA for us 4, they got refused and the embassy retained 60 000 CFA "Administration Fee", the money goes into their pockets, you don't get receipts, nothing. Some British travellers got the same treatment. We then went to the South African Embassy and complained, the guys there was super helpful and they had to fight for 2 days so we could get our visas. In hindsight it was a waste of time. The British embassy was not helpful for our friends and they got theirs here in Brazzaville without problems.
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Thanks a lot for the info Jean.

Through my friends I hope to find someone living in the country who will write a letter of invitation for me and I was just wondering if there was a format that people on here had found to work.

Happy, scam-free travels on from Yaounde!

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