Ethiopia Travel Forum

Dear All,

I am from Croatia, and planing trip to Ethiopia and Tanzania in february. I have some doubt, I dont know if I need visa for Ethiopia or not. I found this note -Tourist visas can only be issued on arrival to: foreign nationals who are coming from countries where there is no Ethiopian Missionon- http://www.ethioembassy.org.uk/consular/Visa.htm#How_to_Apply_for_a_Visa.
So, please, if anyone had some expirience or knowledge let me know.
Thanx

Hello, hope this helps you.

All visitors except nationals from Djbouti and Kenya need a visa to visit Ethiopia. You will certainly need a visa!

Does Croatia have an Ethiopian Embassy (mission as they call it)? If it does, you may apply there, if not you will need to get a visa from a nearby country / state that does.


If you do not wish to apply or refused by a nearby state / country embassy for visa you can get one from Addis Ababa International (Bole) Airport on landing.

Because Croatia is not on Ethiopia's approved list of tourism revenue generating countries you will need approval for the immigrations officials to issue you a visa on landing at the airport. Requests for written approval (to present to the airport officials) can be obtained by contacting:



Main Department for Immigration and Nationality Affairs,
PO Box 3741, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Fax: 002511 55 32 09 / 002511 56 49 81
Email: mdina@ethionet.et

They will issue you a document to show at the airport which will allow a visa to be placed in your passport.


COST AT AIRPORT

The travel/tourist visa costs 20 US dollars at the airport itself.(NOTE WELL: make sure the dollar bills are only a couple of years old as you will have problems with them being accepted by banks / hotels / changing them to Birr all over the country if old and tatty)

You may need $20 to exit as well! If you are leaving by a border control and not the airport, check as different rules apply for certain things (which I can't remember at the moment)

It all sounds rather official, but the immigration staff at the airport were helpful and friendly.

YOU MUST GET A VISA FOR ETHIOPIA BEFORE YOUR DEPARTURE!

Sorry, but you are not on the list of countries that can get a visa on arrival:

http://www.ethiopianembassy.org/services/visa.shtml

The airline will probably refuse you and they can and will send you back if you got to the border.

List of Ethiopian Embassies you can apply to:

http://www.ethioembassy.org.uk/embassies/lists/embassies.htm


My Addis Ababa page is here if you need any other information:

http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/30b4a/1ee6c3/

If you telephone their Embassy in Washingto DC they can help you with the best way to go about it.

Good luck and I know you will love Ethiopia!

All the best,

DAO

thank you so much for those informations, maybe I will have more questions:-)

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