Uganda restores ‘Visa on Arrival’ facility for the time being

Uganda restores ‘Visa on Arrival’ facility for the time being to enable smooth access of the pearl of Africa by Tourists and other travellers.

The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control has decided to reinstate the Visa on Arrival option for all visitors.

This will be until the IT issues are permanently resolved.

In response to significant difficulties encountered during an upgrade to the nation’s immigration e-Visa website that resulted in the non-availability of the facility and subsequently inability of visitors to apply and pay for e-Visa.

Airlines should permit travellers headed for Entebbe to board their flights even in the absence of an e-Visa.

Following receipt of advice through the usual procedures.

The Visa on Arrival facility should be permanently retained, in parallel with the e-Visa, for qualifying and selected countries.

This will lessen the burden of obtaining an e-Visa when the website is unresponsive, slow to respond, or has payment issues.

The goal is to make visiting the Pearl of Africa as simple as possible and to encourage rather than discourage Tourists.

Travellers and Tourists can access the pearl of Africa, Uganda for the purpose of Tourism, Education and work.

Areas of interest and Tourist destinations include, Bwindi Forest National park, a home to a thousand of mountain gorillas.

Mountain gorillas are the leading product for Uganda Tourism and can also be found in Mgahinga National Park.

Other Tourism destinations include, Queen Elizabeth park, Murchison falls National park and Ziwa Rhino sanctuary

Primate park, Kibale forest for Chimpanzee tracking, Lake Mburo National park and Kidepo National park etc.

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World Travel News, Gorilla Trekking Uganda and Gorilla Trekking Rwanda