No Ethiopian Visas in Nairobi.....Whats Going On!!!!
 

Hello Hubbsters....im in Kenya heading north and need my Ethiopian visa

But they are no longer issuing them here....maybe coz of the elections....

I am told i must send my passport back to UK to get a visa.....what a load of toss!!!!

Anyone got any advice...oh yea cant get it in Kampala either

Any ideas???

Hi,
I was in Nairobi a little while ago (going south) and everyone going north was stuck there trying to get their Ethiopian visas. All the Brits were sending their passports to the UK to get visas there, through various visa agents. It seemed to be the only option.
One Brit family headed of to Moyale in the hope of getting visas at the border, but no luck, they were back in a few days. (Lucky the road was ok at the time).
Only one traveller had any luck, a South African. He went to the S. African embassy for advice. It turned out the Consul there knew the Consul at the Ethiopian embassy, so made a phone call, wrote a letter, and the traveller got his visa.
May be worth going to the Brit embassy, quote the South African's experience and see if they will help. Although from what I hear, Brit embassies around the world seem to have a reputation of not being very helpful to Brit travellers.
Best of luck!

Hi
We just got our Ethiopian visa in Harare (Zim) just a few days ago.
Easy,took 24 hours for a group of 22 of us,so could do 1 or 2 in a few hours,30$ US,they even post dated it so it starts a few days before we get there.

Zim was cool, every thing in the shops and diesel every where for 1.05 $us

weve booked the barge for sudan - Egypt for the 4th of august if anyones keen to share
contact granthastie2002@yahoo.co.uk or africa@oasisoverland.co.uk if interested

cheers Grant

Ethiopian visa
 

Hi, is there any news about Ethiopian visa issued by the embassies in Nairobi or Kampala? I am just preparing my trip back, from South Africa to Europe and this visa problem is quite a disaster ...

Cheers, Mart

Are they still obtainable in Cairo ?????

No visa for overlanders
 

I called the Ethiopian embassy in Nairobi and they assured me: the news is true. They only issue visa to residents in Kenya not to overlanders. They could not explain why visa are no longer issued to overlanders nor could they say wether or not it was a temperary restriction. So: the Ethiopian embassy in Harare is the only option for everybody going north trough east africa.

Mart Heijnens

FIY, it seems like we're a little ahead of you, but you'll probbaly overtake us. If you need some info on where you're going, check www.pictureafrica.org

Kampala?
 

Has anyone tried Kampala yet for the Ethiopian visa?

Taniya

I'm in Kampala at the moment and will phone the embassy tomorrow, however I have reliabel info that they also do not issue visas to non Ugandas any longer. If it is possible to obtain a visa here, I'll post accordingly.

Just to confirm:
No visas in Kampala or Nairobi. Coming from the south, Harare in Zim is your best bet. Otherwise, DHL like the rest of our poor sods! :funmeterno:

does any one know the reason why this is???

Yes...

aparently they were never supposed to issue them to anyonw who had an Ethiopian embassy in their home country. The previous ambassador was relaxed about it, but he got replaced earlier this year. That is where the change came.

Theoretically you should be able to get a visa on a Dutch passport (As example) becasue there is no Ethiopian embassy in Holland, but the new guy just won't budge.

Thanks
freeflyd

Thanks Freeflyd

Has anybody some good news? Or is it still not possible to obtain an Ethiopian visa coming from the south except in Harare? :thumbdown: