🇺🇬 Uganda
🇺🇬 Uganda · Tourist visa (e-visa)
Uganda tourist visa — $50, and only one website is real
Uganda's single-entry tourist visa costs USD 50 (plus a 3% online surcharge), applied for only at the official visas.immigration.go.ug and decided in about two to three days. Multiple-entry visas run USD 100 to USD 150, and the East African Tourist Visa (USD 100) covers Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda together. You need a Yellow Fever vaccination certificate. Uganda's government warns that any other website selling Uganda visas is fraudulent — use only the official portal.
| who needs it | Non-exempt nationalities. If you're visiting Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda on one trip, the East African Tourist Visa (USD 100) is usually the better buy than three separate visas. |
| government fee | USD 50 — single entry + 3% online surcharge; USD 100 multiple (6–12 months), USD 150 (24 months); East Africa Tourist Visa USD 100 — cross-sourced from the official portal; reconfirm at applicationsource: Uganda Directorate of Citizenship & Immigration Control — official e-visa portal · verified 2026-07 |
| processing | a decision usually within 2–3 days of submission and paymentapply ahead of travel; the surcharge and requirements are shown on the official portal · source: Uganda DCIC official e-visa portal · verified 2026-07 |
| length of stay | Up to 3 months on the single-entry tourist visa. |
documents you will need
- Passport valid at least 6 months from the date of application
- A recent passport-size photograph
- A scan of the passport bio-data page
- A Yellow Fever vaccination certificate
- Sometimes required: an invitation letter or police clearance (context-dependent)
how the process runs
- 01Apply ONLY at the official portal visas.immigration.go.ug — the government warns all other visa-selling sites are fraudulent
- 02Upload your passport, photo and Yellow Fever certificate
- 03Pay the USD 50 government fee plus the 3% online surcharge
- 04Receive the approval and carry it with your passport to the border
why applications get refused
- Applying through a fraudulent look-alike site instead of the official portal
- A missing Yellow Fever vaccination certificate
- Incomplete or inconsistent application information
- Payment failure
questions we actually get
- Which Uganda visa site is official?
- Only visas.immigration.go.ug. Uganda's own immigration department warns that any other website selling Uganda visas is fraudulent — do not pay a third-party site.
- Is USD 50 the total?
- It's the government single-entry fee, plus a 3% online surcharge at checkout. Multiple-entry is USD 100–150, and the shared East African Tourist Visa is USD 100.
rules change. we verify before we act.
This guide reflects the official sources as of 2026-07 (matrix 2026.Q3). For a decision about your own case, that is not enough — talk to a licensed advisor.
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