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biddy
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Can anyone tell me the best way to go about getting a visa to visit Africa (Kenya)?
I live in the UK.
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glingglo29
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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.
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PavelP
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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?
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Irmi
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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.
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mancubus
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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.
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.
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scottadavis
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Are you sure you NEEDED an exit visa from Tanzania? This is certainly new.
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Traktogun
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Yes, absolutely, and it was from Zanzibar. They put a stamp on your plane ticket, and the ticket agent was checking for them.
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tierradelfuego
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Sounds like an airport tax rather than a visa...
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srkaeppler
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That's a departure tax. TZS 5000 IIIRC.
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