§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the African countries in which there are no local facilities for applicants for United Kingdom visas to be interviewed, indicating in each case the country to which applicants must travel for interview. [43690]
§ Mr. FatchettThose African countries in which there are no local facilities for applicants for United Kingdom visas to be interviewed are listed. Applicants for visit visas may apply at any designated British diplomatic or consular Post offering a full entry clearance service. Applicants for other categories of visa should apply at the designated Post as stipulated.
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Country Designated Country/(Post) Rwanda1 Kenya (Nairobi) or Tanzania (Dar Es Salam) Algeria2 Tunisia (Tunis) or France (Paris) Libya3 Malta (Valletta) Benin Nigeria (Lagos) Burkina Faso Cote d'Ivoire (Abidjan) Burundi Most accessible Post Cape Verde Senegal (Dakar)
Country Designated Country/(Post) Central Africa Republic Cameroon (Yaounde) Chad Nigeria (Lagos or Abuja) Congo Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) Djibouti Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) Equatorial Guinea Cameroon (Yaounde) or most accessible Post Eritrea Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) Equatorial Guinea Cameroon (Yaounde) or most accessible Post Eritrea Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) Gabon Cameroon (Yaounde) or most accessible Post Guinea Senegal (Dakar) Guinea-Bassau Senegal (Dakar) Liberia Cote d'Ivoire (Abidjan) Mali Senegal (Dakar) Mauritania Morocco (Casablanca) Niger Cote d'Ivoire (Abidjan) Sao Tome and Principe Angola (Luanda) Togo Ghana (Accra) Somalia Kenya (Nairobi) or Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) Sierra Leone4 Senegal (Dakar), The Gambia (Banjul), Cote d'Ivoire (Abidjan) 1 Rwanda is designated to offer a limited visa service to members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps (including international Organisations) there and officials of the host country 2 Algeria is designated to offer a limited visa service to diplomats, government officials and representatives of major companies travelling on official business 3 Libya is designated to offer a limited service to Libyan diplomats and officials, travelling on official business only; certain business applications sponsored by UK companies, urgent medical cases and compassionate family applications, including family reunion cases where the applicant can demonstrate that it is not possible to leave Libya in order to apply in a third country 4 Sierra Leone has been temporarily closed