For any visitor to enter Uganda, they require permit /Visa, no visitor can be allowed into the country without a Visa. All people intending to Uganda for holiday, tourism, business, study, and visit, medical are required to apply and obtain a visa online.

Most visitors (apart from people from a few visa-exempt countries in Africa) will need to get a visa for travel to Uganda. You used to be able to get a visa on arrival in Uganda, but this no longer the case. You now need to apply for an electronic visa online prior to your trip. Go to https://visas.immigration.go.ug/ to apply. A single-entry visa costs US$50 and a six-month multiple entry visa costs US$100.

If you’re traveling to Rwanda and Kenya on the same trip, then apply for the 90-day multiple-entry East African Tourist Visa, which covers all three countries and costs US$100.

Following are the detailed Visa entry requirements.

Single Entry 

Passport copy (bio-data page)

Recent passport-size photograph.

Vaccination certificate.

East Africa Tourist Visa

Travel itinerary return ticket(Bio-data page)

Copy of the passport size photograph.

Vaccination Certificate (yellow fever)

Process for visa application

Once the application is submitted it will be checked by an immigration officer. Kindly note during the approval process additional information may be required. The new required information can be submitted electronically through “Manage your applications”.

The decision taken on the application will be sent electronically through the email provided by the applicant.

If approved, an approval letter will be sent as an attachment to the email provided. Click on the link to download it.

This travel authorization does not guarantee entry into Uganda. Travelers will be subjected to secondary verification were necessary before personalization.

Present a valid travel document of not less than 6 months validity to the Immigration officer at the port of entry.

Apply here. https://visas.immigration.go.ug/

Visa Fee.

Uganda Ordinary/Tourist Visa

Single Entry (online payment only – all the online payments may be subjected to a 3% surcharge fee)

Application fee: 50 USD

East Africa Tourist Visa

East Africa Tourist Visa (online payment only – all the online payments may be subjected to a 3% surcharge fee)

Application fee: 100 USD