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Angola visa in Abuja

We have just been turned away from the Angolan embassy in Abuja. They said they don't do transit visa's any more. You supposed to get them at the border. This all sounds like bull!! Any advice for us?

The story is that they now only do visas for people with residency permits for Nigeria, and cannot do it for overlanders any more. We will try embassy's along the way, but if this is true we will be a bit stuck!
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I will be watching this tread with intrest, as I also need the Angola visa in a few months. At least you got the Nigeria visa easy in Bamako, right?

Could you bring me in contact with the Belgian guy, Dominique. I'm also Belgian and also driving an xt660z. I will be on the same route as you guys real soon, so I will follow the blog.

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It has been this way for quite a few months I believe, check other posts on here regarding Abuja..

a few months ago they weren't issuing visa anywhere.. an overland truck was stuck in drc for five weeks etc. everybody flew to Namibia. fighting in northern Angola I heard?

who has made it through in the last 3-6 months? the situation changes every so often...
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Hi

We were recently stuck in DRC for some time trying to get a visa for Angola. It is not possible to get the visa anywhere beforehand. We tried everywhere..

They say you must get it in Matadi. But we had issues there so had to get it in Kinshasa. This was in June.

A bigger worry would now be the DRC visa!
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We're currently in Accra heading to Abuja soon, with the intention of getting the necessary visa's to head south. We already have Rep of Congo and DRC, so we need Camaroon, Gabon and Angola.

Not being able to get Angolan visa in Abuja is a game changer! I'll be very interested to know what the options are.
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Your options are

a) Matadi or
b) Kinshasa.

I would recommend going into DRC at Luozi, as you will probably get turned back if you try cross at Brazzaville -some people we knew were all turned back after paying $$$ for the ferry.

(unless you got your DRC visa in your home country then you can cross there if you are brave)

Crossing at Luozi, you will not get turned away, and you will be able to get to Matadi easily so I would recommend this should be the place you try first..

The consul might be away (as happened to us) so we had to go to Kinshasa and apply there.
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Hi
Just wanted to let you all know that we managed to get the Angola visa in Dolisie in February 2012. transit 10 days.

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We have just been turned away from the Angolan embassy in Abuja. They said they don't do transit visa's any more. You supposed to get them at the border. This all sounds like bull!! Any advice for us?

The story is that they now only do visas for people with residency permits for Nigeria, and cannot do it for overlanders any more. We will try embassy's along the way, but if this is true we will be a bit stuck!
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