Unsuccessful!
June 26, 2014
Elliott (Australian) and I (Canadian) are currently in Nairobi and have been trying to get a visa to enter Ethiopia and so far we have been unsuccessful. They had taken all of our information and started the process but when we returned a few days later that said that it was not possible. Currently there are 3 other couples (Canadian, Australian, and Netherlands) who are also experiencing this same problem.
We have three options:
1. Mail our passports with the other required documents to an ethiopian embassy in our home country and then have them send it back or,
2. Fly into Addis Ababa where you can get a visa on arrival if you are on their approved list which you can find at Ministry of Foreign Affairs - MoFA or,
3. Go through South Sudan :-/
However we are travelling via motorcycle so flying is not an option for us. We had met people who succeeded in getting a visa only a few weeks earlier but for some reason something has changed and we were unable to. We think it is because of the shooting that happened on the coast in Kenya a few weeks ago.
Anyways hope this update helps. Cheers and safe travels!
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