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Ethiopia Tourist Visas

Processing Times, Forms, and Requirements


A Visa is Required to Travel to Ethiopia for Tourism

Passport

  1. Submit your original United States Passport. You must submit your actual passport, (not a copy) as your visa will be issued within the pages of your passportbook.
  2. Your passport must be signed. Do not worry about the safety of your passport; our company has never lost a passport in 34 years and we take great care to make sure it is handled with the utmost of care.
  3. Your passport must have at least 6 months of remaining validity from your date of entry into this country.
  4. You must have at least 2 adjacent blank visa pages (you cannot count the four in the very back of your passport as these pages are reserved for governmental use. RJR can assist you with renewing your current passport.

Photographs

  1. Submit 1 recently taken passport photo
  2. Passport Photo MUST have a completley blank white background, without any other shades or tints (i.e. dark gray, tan, off-white)
  3. If submitting more than one picture, be sure the others are a replication of the first one and not different types of pictures. DO NOT submit pictures with eyeglasses or sunglasses, jewelry, and headware as they will not be accepted. For a complete list of photo requirements and restrictions, click here.

Follow this URL ( Ethiopia Printable Form) to the visa application form. Complete 1 fully completed form.

Include with your application proof of round trip tickets for your trip with your name on the confirmation

OR

If your trip has been booked by a travel agent, include a signed letter on the agent's company letterhead with information regarding your trip and confirmations

Include a clear color copy of your dirvers liscense

OR

Provide one most recent utility bill with your name and home address

Yellow Fever certificate,

Please visit Center for Disease Control - www.CDC.gov for up to date information about disease and vaccination information when traveling to Ethiopia.

Notes about Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Embassy in DC as of April 01, 2016 no longer allows visa services to process visas for all applicants. The LA and NYC Consulates have no such restriction. If you live in the Jurisdiction of the dc Embassy you must FedEx your request directly to the Embassy URL http://www.ethiopianembassy.org/ConsularServices/ConsularService.php?Page=VisaService01.htm&left=2

Notes about Ethiopia Tourist Visa
On arrival tourist (ONLY) visa, up to three months, can be issued at Bole International Airport for US citizens. This policy of visa issuance upon arrival can and does frequently change and RJR recommends obtaining the visa prior to departing the USA.


Ethiopia Tourist Visa Options

# of Entries Processing Time Validity Period Allowable Stay Processing Fees Consular Fees  
Multiple 10 Days 730 Days 30 Days $239 $70