Visa for Kenya?
Can anyone tell me the best way to go about getting a visa to visit Africa
(Kenya)? I live in the UK. Cheers. Bobby |
Re: Visa for Kenya?
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"Bobby" <[email protected]> wrote: > Can anyone tell me the best way to go about getting a visa to visit Africa > (Kenya)? > > I live in the UK. I always send my passport registered post with a registered post return envelope to the Embassy in London. You're advised to allow four weeks, but mine have always come back in about a week. I'm surprised your tour operator hasn't given you this info already. It is also possible to get a visa on entry, and some on this group do that, but the queues are sometimes very long and I'm always too anxious to see the animals to want to hang around in an airport. However, if you've got less than four weeks, this may be your safest bet. Slainte Liz -- Virtual Liz now at http://www.v-liz.com Kenya; Tanzania; Namibia; India; Seychelles; Galapagos "I speak of Africa and golden joys" |
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I've just checked Google. It seems that British citizens don't need a visa
but only a travel pass. Is that correct? "Liz" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > In message <[email protected]> > "Bobby" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Can anyone tell me the best way to go about getting a visa to visit >> Africa >> (Kenya)? >> I live in the UK. > I always send my passport registered post with a registered post return > envelope to the Embassy in London. You're advised to allow four weeks, but > mine have always come back in about a week. > I'm surprised your tour operator hasn't given you this info already. > It is also possible to get a visa on entry, and some on this group do > that, > but the queues are sometimes very long and I'm always too anxious to see > the > animals to want to hang around in an airport. > However, if you've got less than four weeks, this may be your safest bet. > Slainte > Liz > -- > Virtual Liz now at http://www.v-liz.com > Kenya; Tanzania; Namibia; India; Seychelles; Galapagos > "I speak of Africa and golden joys" |
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"Bobby" <[email protected]> wrote: > I've just checked Google. It seems that British citizens don't need a visa > but only a travel pass. Is that correct? I haven't been since 2002, so it *may* have changed. Your tour company should tell you: that's what you're paying them for. Slaitne Liz -- Virtual Liz now at http://www.v-liz.com Kenya; Tanzania; Namibia; India; Seychelles; Galapagos "I speak of Africa and golden joys" |
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"Liz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]... > In message <[email protected]> > "Bobby" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Can anyone tell me the best way to go about getting a visa to visit >> Africa >> (Kenya)? >> I live in the UK. > I always send my passport registered post with a registered post return > envelope to the Embassy in London. You're advised to allow four weeks, but > mine have always come back in about a week. > I'm surprised your tour operator hasn't given you this info already. > It is also possible to get a visa on entry, and some on this group do > that, > but the queues are sometimes very long and I'm always too anxious to see > the > animals to want to hang around in an airport. > However, if you've got less than four weeks, this may be your safest bet. Just passed through there twice this month. The queues for getting a visa at the airport counter will cost you an extra 5 minutes, max, and the cost is exactly the same (for US citizens, its $50 for a single-entry visa whether you get it at the border or in your home country before arrival). The check-in guy at immigration had absolutely no preference for either type of visa. Good news: a single entry visa is still valid if you go into other East African countries (such as Tanzania). You'll need an entry visa for the other country, but you won't need a multiple-entry visa to get back into Kenya. We paid $50 for our Kenyan visas, then paid $50 for an entry visa to Zanzibar. When we left Zanz, we had to pay $25 for an <exit> visa (what do they do if you refuse to pay? Extradite you??), so it was nice that we didn't need another Kenyan visa to return to Nairobi. --riverman |
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Are you sure you NEEDED an exit visa from Tanzania? This is certainly new.
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"Peter Gower" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:oZ8td.12564$l%[email protected]. .. > Are you sure you NEEDED an exit visa from Tanzania? This is certainly new. Yes, absolutely, and it was from Zanzibar. They put a stamp on your plane ticket, and the ticket agent was checking for them. --riverman |
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Sounds like an airport tax rather than a visa...
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:01:39 +0100, "riverman" <[email protected]> wrote: >"Peter Gower" <[email protected]> wrote in message >news:oZ8td.12564$l%[email protected] ... >> Are you sure you NEEDED an exit visa from Tanzania? This is certainly new. >Yes, absolutely, and it was from Zanzibar. They put a stamp on your plane >ticket, and the ticket agent was checking for them. >--riverman |
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"Marc Lurie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]... > Sounds like an airport tax rather than a visa... Yeah, I tossed out the word 'visa' too quickly. Its officially an 'exit stamp'. But its still required, and a form of robbery if you ask me. --riverman |
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Several African countries charge an airports tax when you leave. It's
always payable in foreign, never local currency. Question is.... what can they do if you don't have money to pay it. Detain you at the airport? On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 13:38:22 +0100, "riverman" <[email protected]> wrote: >"Marc Lurie" <[email protected]> wrote in message >news:[email protected].. . >> Sounds like an airport tax rather than a visa... >Yeah, I tossed out the word 'visa' too quickly. Its officially an 'exit >stamp'. >But its still required, and a form of robbery if you ask me. >--riverman |
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"riverman" <[email protected]> wrote: > "Peter Gower" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:oZ8td.12564$l%[email protected]. .. > > Are you sure you NEEDED an exit visa from Tanzania? This is certainly new. > > > > Yes, absolutely, and it was from Zanzibar. They put a stamp on your plane > ticket, and the ticket agent was checking for them. That's a departure tax. TZS 5000 IIIRC. |
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"riverman" <[email protected]> wrote: > "Marc Lurie" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected]... > > Sounds like an airport tax rather than a visa... > > > > Yeah, I tossed out the word 'visa' too quickly. Its officially an 'exit > stamp'. > But its still required, and a form of robbery if you ask me. Several other countries do it but steathily add it to the ticket price. The U.K. charges GBP 20, GBP 40 if you fly in a class other than economy. |
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Marc Lurie <[email protected]> wrote: > Several African countries charge an airports tax when you leave. It's > always payable in foreign, never local currency. payable in TZS at ZNZ > Question is.... what can they do if you don't have money to pay it. > Detain you at the airport? no pay, no fly. |
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