Visa to Angola
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Angola Visa

ENTRY/EXIT REQUIREMENTS:  A passport and visa are required and must be obtained in advance.  An International Certificate of Vaccination is required.  Visitors should allow several weeks for the processing of their visa application.  Angola does not issue airport visas.  Persons arriving without visas are subject to arrest or exclusion.  Travelers may also encounter delays if they do not have at least one completely blank visa page in their passports for entry stamps.  As of November 1, 2007, Angola no longer requires travelers to have an exit visa.  Travelers whose international immunization cards do not show inoculations against yellow fever within the past ten years may be subject to exclusion, on-the-spot vaccination, and/or heavy fines.  Visitors remaining in Angola beyond their authorized visa duration are subject to fines and arrest.  It is illegal to attempt to carry local currency out of Angola and persons found attempting to carry local currency out of Angola are subject to having this currency confiscated by customs officers.

COUNTRY DESCRIPTION:  Angola is a large, developing country in south-west central Africa.  The capital city is Luanda.  Portuguese, the official language, is widely spoken throughout the country.  Despite its extensive oil and mineral reserves and arable land suitable for large-scale production of numerous crops, Angola has some of the world's lowest social development indicators.  Development was severely restricted by a 27-year long civil war that broke out upon independence in 1975, which destroyed the majority of the country's infrastructure.  Since the conflict's conclusion in 2002, the government has initiated extensive infrastructure reconstruction and development projects, and there are growing signs of economic recovery.  However, Angola still faces challenges with its infrastructure and with providing government services, especially in basic social services, aviation and travel safety, accommodation availability and quality and communications. Facilities for tourism, particularly outside the capital of Luanda, are often rudimentary.

REGISTRATION / EMBASSY LOCATION: Americans living or traveling in Angola are encouraged to register with the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate through the State Department's travel registration web site, and to obtain updated information on travel and security within Angola.  Americans without Internet access may register directly with the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate.  By registering, American citizens make it easier for the Embassy or Consulate to contact them in case of emergency.

The Consular Section is located at the American Embassy Complex, Rua Houari Boumedienne #32, in the Miramar area of Luanda, P.O. Box 6468, tel. (244) 222-641-000,  (244) 222-447-028, (244) 222-445-481, (244) 222-446-224; 24-hour duty officer (244) 923-404-209; fax (244) 222-641-259.  The Consular Section may be contacted by e-mail at consularluanda@state.gov.  Further information on travel to Angola is also available at the Embassy web site at http://angola.usembassy.gov/

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