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Old 29 Sep 2014
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Ethiopian Visa

Hi
can any one give me up to date information as to the availability of the Ethiopian visa in Harare. All the information I have seen recently is quite old.
I would advise that I have recently tried the embassy in Pretoria and was told that as I was not resident I could not get the visa.
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Hi Mike
I don't know about Harare, but do know that it is impossible to get a visa for Ethiopia as a non-resident in Nairobi. I had to DHL one of my my passport to Holland to get it, and expect to get it back tomorrow.

Cheers from Nairobi,

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Hi.

Don't even bother going to Harare for it.
same as in all other places, if you are not resident - no visa

Sadly non sense...
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Visas for Ethiopia, Djibouti & Yemen

Hi,

I´m planing to ship my bike to Ethiopia and from there make my way through Djibouti to Yemen/Oman or Iran and then further to Turkey. It´ll be somwehre between this Nov and Jan 2015

As per now I don´t have any visa. I have read that I could get the Ethripian visa upon arrival in Addis. Is that right? Any idea if I could get the remaining visas there too? (not the Iranian one though).

Apart from that does anybody know a shipping company that could send my bike from Spain to Ethiopia and ferries from Djibouti to Yemen or Oman?

I would appreciate any info you might have. If anybody will happen to be around just give me a shout. It´ll be great to meet up.

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Ethiopian visa in Addis

Hi Masha,

I met a German overlander in Addis a couple of weeks ago, who flew to Addis and got his visa at the airport. No problem.

Cheers from Wadi Halfa,

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Ethiopia Visa

Hi all,
I can now confirm that it is not possible to get the Ethiopian visa in Harare. I could not even get to speak to the Consul.
Looks like postal, although does anyone have any information on getting Temporary Residence in Kenya?
Mike
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addis

I've traveled through Addis several times, and although the process of getting a visa at the airport is tedious, it's not hard.
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Ethiopia visa

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Does this problem of acquiring an Ethiopia visa in Nairobi apply to ALL nationalities that reside outside the Country.
I haven't yet heard of any over-lander's bearing ZAR/Zimbabwe/Botswana etc passports experiencing issues.
I stand corrected??

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