eVISA (english version)

The Migration and Foreigners Service, abbreviated as SME, is the central executive body of the Ministry of the Interior, with administrative autonomy and budgetary management, which is responsible for executing policies and legislative and regulatory measures related to entry, transit, exit and control of the permanence and activities of foreign citizens in national territory, as well as study, promote, coordinate and execute the measures and actions related to those activities.

As a criminal police body, the EMS intervenes in the proceedings, under the terms of the Criminal Procedure Law, under the direction of the competent judicial authority.

Mission

The Migration and Foreigners Service (EMS) ensures the inviolability and security of the land, sea, river and air borders of Angola by applying the administrative and physical procedures legally envisaged. The SME fights migratory illegality and regulates the legal circulatory flows of people, in isolation and in collaboration with national and international authorities.

Values

The daily activities of the Migration and Foreigners Service (EMS) are based on universal values:

• Integrity: immunity from grooming, corruption or other harmful phenomena for the execution of the mission of the SME is an indispensable requirement to take responsibility for the management and control of migratory flows to and from Angola, ensuring national border security.

• Legality: strict compliance and enforcement of migratory legislation ensures the correct interpretation of the rules in force in Angola, and the fight against migratory crime.

 

To make easy your choice of visa (which most suits your needs), we present the definition of each type of visa mentioned before and from which you can choose:

A) Tourist Visa

i. Tourist visa is granted by Angolan diplomatic and consular missions to foreign citizens wishing to enter the Republic of Angola, in recreational, sports or cultural visit.

ii. The tourist visa must be used within 60 days following the date of issue, is valid for one or multiple entries, allows the stay in Angola for a period of up to 30 days and can be extended once for an equal period.

iii. The tourist visa does not allow its holder to establish residence in Angola or the exercise of any paid activity.

B) VISAS IN THE CONTEXT OF BILATERAL AGREEMENTS

1. Visas under the Bilateral Protocol on Visa Facilitation between the Republic of Angola and the Federal Republic of Brazil - 06/16/2014

Scope

a) In accordance with the Protocol and the legislation in force in each State, the competent authorities of the parties (Angola and Brazil) will facilitate the granting of Ordinary visas, in the case of Angola, and Business visas, in the case of Brazil.

b) The visa is valid for multiple entries over a total period of 24 months, allowing the holder a stay of up to ninety (90) days not renewable, in each period of twelve (12) months.

Categories of beneficiaries

Under the Protocol, Brazilian citizens intending to travel to Angola, particularly in the following situations, are beneficiaries:

a) Market research, participation in business meetings, signing contracts and financial activity, management and administrative purposes

b) Negotiation of investment projects

c) Business people and investors, except for those situations to which they apply work or permanent visas, requiring specific authorization

d) Board members of companies, except situations when work or permanent visas may apply, which require specific authorization

Deadline for Visa Grant

Angolan consular posts grant visas within 10 days from the date of request.

Gainful activity exercise

Visas granted under the Protocol do not allow the exercise of any paid activity.

2. Visa under the Bilateral Agreement on Visa Facilitation between the Republic of Angola and the Republic of Cape Verde - 22/03/2012

Purpose

The agreement creates a mechanism facilitating the issue of visas in ordinary passports.

Scope

Under the agreement and the legislation in force in individual states (Angola and Cape Verde), the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties shall facilitate the provision of Short Stay visas, in particular:

1 - The Short Stay visas valid for multiple entries for a period of 36 months, allowing the holder a stay of 3-36 months, may be extended for the purpose that determined their issue.

2 - Visas for academic, sports, cultural, scientific and technological purposes, are valid for multiple entries, short or long-term, extendable, for the purpose that determined their issue.

3 - Long-term work visas, valid for multiple entries for a period of 36 months, allowing the holder a continuous length of 3 to 36 months, extendable, for the purpose that determined their issue.

Categories of beneficiaries

Under the agreement, the beneficiaries of the above visa are the citizens of the Republic of Cape Verde proven the need to frequently travel to Angola, namely:

1. Short-term:

a) Market research

b) Develop exploratory comercial contacts or similars

c) Conduct negotiations of investment projects

d) Business people and investors

e) Board members of companies

f) To conduct conferences or training activities

g) For academics, sports, cultural, scientific and technological purposes

h) Long-term work: workers involved in investment projects, contracted by public enterprises, private or mixed capital from both countries (Angola and Cape Verde) or third countries with which both countries (Angola and Cape Verde) have cooperative relations

Deadline for visa

1 - Visas for short-term and for academics, sports, cultural, scientific and technological purposes are granted within a maximum of 8 working days from the request date.

2 - Visas for long-term work are granted within a maximum period of 15 working days from the request date.

3. Visa under the Agreement between the Government of Angola and the Government of the Republic of France on the Visa Facilitation and Permanence Professionals and Interns

Purpose

This agreement aims to simplify and facilitate administrative procedures for professionals and trainees of a State wishing to go and stay in the territory of another State, in order to contribute to the strengthening of economic, business, scientific and cultural relations between the parties.

Beneficiaries

A) Under this agreement, are considered professionals the people in the following categories:

1 - Stays for less than three (3) months:

a) Financial Agents and investors who have to carry out market research and studies, establish preliminary contacts in a trade or similar sector, to participate in negotiations in relation to investment projects;

b) Board members of companies that among other activities, have to establish commercial contacts, carry out assembly of equipment’s or assist customers;

c) Employees and senior staff of a enterprise that carry out a study, operation or training tour, in a subsidiary company of the same group, in the case of investment projects, deployed in the territory of another State;

d) Representatives of local bodies of the two States under mutual arrangements between states, have to establish preliminary contacts, monitoring and / or evaluation with a view to their implementation;

e) State of French national who goes for academic purposes, sports, cultural, scientific or technological in Angola;

2 – For stays superior than three (3) months, French State nationals, who wish to enter and remain in Angola, with the purpose of exercise:

a) Company leadership roles or company agents, to carry out a professional project that contributes to the development and economic growth of Angola;

b) Employees of a French company in an establishment of the same group installed in Angola (under an employment contract) and seconded employees (when the deployment takes place between establishments of the same company or between companies in the same group), as long as the person is benefiting from gross remuneration at least equal to one and a half (1.5) the minimum wage in force in Angola;

c) Activities as an employee of a French company assigned to a company governed by the local laws and deployed in the territory of Angola (when made between an agreement from both companies);

d) Employment highly qualified as an employee of a company governed by local law installed in one of the States. This requires qualification validated by a diploma of at least three (3) years of higher education, which is issued by an institution recognized by the State in which the establishment is situated; or by a professional experience of at least five (5) years in the same area.

3) Under this agreement, are considered interns the people in the following categories:

i. French nationals: registered under the French program of International Voluntary Service in Business (VIE);

ii. Nationals of both States to conduct an internship as part of a higher education institution in the State of origin and that results in the issuance of a diploma.

4) Provisions:

Angolan authorities issue by presenting the documents referred to in point VII:

a) French professionals who frequently travel to Angola, as defined in the ponit i number 1: a visa for short-stay duration with multiple entries for a period of thirty-six (36) months, which allows the holder to a stay in the territory of the Republic of Angola, for a maximum of 90 days within the 180 days starting from the day he enter the country;

b) French professionals who wish to exercise a professional activity in Angola for a period exceeding three (3) months, such as defined in paragraph a) of number 2:

A long-stay Work visa with multiple entries: thirty-six (36) months, allowing their holders a continuous basis for a period of twelve (12) to thirty-six (36) months may be extended, for the purpose that determined the issue of the visa.

c) French trainees as defined in paragraphs a) and b) point 2: a long-stay visa with multiple entries for a maximum period of twelve (12) months. If the duration of stay is subject to extension, this visa may be renewed for a maximum period of twelve (12) months, upon presentation of supporting the extension.

5) - Visa issuance deadline

1. The visa short-stay duration are issued within a maximum period of eight (8) business days from the date of submission of the visa application process. 2. Long-stay visas are issued within a maximum period of thirty (30) business days from the date of submission of the visa application process.

6 - Stay Conditions

1. As soon as they reached the territory of the Republic of Angola, professionals and trainees of French passport holders of a long-stay visa defined in Point (b) of number 1, point (a) of number 2 may remain in the territory of the Republic of Angola without having to meet other administrative formalities concerning their residence for the respective visa validity period.

2. Any renewals or extensions of visa or residence titles under the Agreement shall be subject to an application with a minimum of two (2) months of maturity. Such requests will be instructed by the competent Angolan authorities as quickly as possible (no later than sixty (60) days).

7 - Entry mode and length of family of professionals:

1. Family members of French professionals in Angola defined in Point number 2 (i) benefit from the following facilities:

a) The spouse and minor children will be allowed to enter in the Angolan territory under a long-stay visa for family of professionals.

b) The minor children, as defined in point a) of number 6, leave when they turn eighteen (18) years old, to benefit from long-stay visa for family of professionals.

4. Memorandum of Understanding on Visa Application, between the Republic of Angola and Portugal - 05/04/2006

5. Visas under the Bilateral Protocol on Visa Facilitation between the Republic of Angola and Portugal - 15/09/2011

Application

Under the Bilateral Protocol between the Republic of Angola, the Portuguese Republic and the law in force in each state, the competent authorities of Angola facilitate the allocation of short-term and long-term visa, namely:

1. The short-term visas are valid for multiple entries over a period of 36 months, allowing the holder a continuous or interpolated stay for a maximum of 90 days per semester.

2. Visas for academic, sports, cultural, scientific, technological or for medical treatment purposes are valid for multiple entries short or long-term, renewable for the purpose that determined their issue

3. Long-term Work visas are valid for multiple entries over a period of 36 months, allowing its holder a continuous basis for periods of 12 to 36 months, extendable, for the purpose that determined their issue.

Beneficiaries

The beneficiaries of this type of visa are Portuguese citizens that have proven the need to frequently travel to Angola:

1. For short-term:

a) Market research

b) Develop exploratory comercial contacts or similars

c) Conduct negotiations of investment projects

d) Business people and investors

e) Board members of companies

f) Assemble equipments and provide after sales services

g) To conduct conferences or training activities

2. For academics, sports, cultural, scientific and technological purposes, as well as citizens in search of medical treatment and their companions

3. For long-term:

a) Workers involved in investment projects, as for example: projects of national reconstruction, contracted by a public company, private or of mixed capital from both countries.

Deadline for grant

1. For Short Term visas and for academic, sports, cultural, scientific and technological purposes, as well as citizens in search of medical treatment and their escorts are granted within a maximum of 8 working days from the request date.

2. Work Visas for long-term are granted within a maximum period of 30 working days from the request date.

3. Renewals or extensions necessary to ensure the permanence of applicants in Angola until the end of the condition which determined visa concession to be granted by the competent authorities of the Republic of Angola within 5 working days from the request date.

 

NECESSARY DOCUMENTS

The required documents vary according to the type of visa as stated in Law No. 13/19 of 23 May. Also when necessary the application of the principle of reciprocity with the previously identified countries.

Law 13/19 of 23 May, ARTICLE 61

(General conditions for granting entry visas)

The granting of entry visa in the national territory, obeys the following conditions:

Have a travel document valid for a period of at least 6 months;

Have a recognized travel document valid for Angolan territory;

To be of age or minor, to have the express permission of the parents, legal representative or the person exercising parental authority, except in the cases provided for in paragraph 3 of article 16 of this law;

Not being included in the national list of unwanted persons entering the national territory;

Not constitute a danger to public order or national security interests under the law;

Have complied with all sanitary provisions established by the Ministry of Health for entry into national territory.

 

Before you start your application process ensure that you have the following available:

1. A valid passport for a minimum of one year with at least 4 empty pages

2. A recent photograph with a white background suitable for official use.

3. The entire original supporting documents needed for the submission of the Visa. These documents vary depending on the Visa type you are applying to. Please read the list of document listed against your visa selection carefully.

4. Please note while submitting these documents now through the website will enable the authorities to make a decision on your application, it is mandatory to take the original documents with you when visiting the consulate for biometric data collection and interviews for verification purposes.

The process of applying for the online visa is based on uploading all necessary documents images in the specific and strict format that is compatible with the needs of the authorities in the consulate.

Note that the only way to upload the images into this website is to have them scanned and stored as files where you can brows and select them from your local disk. The website doesn’t support any live scan directly from the scanners and have to be done by browsing and selecting files.

Please ensure that all images are captured accordingly by setting your scanner to the following:

All scans should be done in gray scale. Please do not scan colored images or black and white.

The scan resolution should be set to a minimum of 100dpi and a maximum of 150dpi. Please ensure your scanner is set up correctly

All scan sizes should be a standard A4

When saving the images please ensure that you either save them as JPEG or TIFF format. For more info regarding these formats please click here.

As some supporting documents are in multi-sheets formats such as employment contracts or multi sheet invitation letters, it is important to scan the sheets together and save them as one file in a tiff format. Tiff, stands for Tagged Image File Format allow multiple sheets to be saved as one document.

Once all documents are scanned and saved in a local or mobile disk, then they should be browsed one at a time and uploaded into the website.

A verification process will take place once all are uploaded to ensure that all the uploaded images are compliance with the format and size specified. A preview window will allow the applicants to view all the documents that have been loaded. We strongly advise that this is done thoroughly so that any error or bad quality scan can be revised before the application is concluded.

The passport scan:

The photo scan

Supporting documents

File upload Instructions:

Face image :

minimum allowed height is 496 pixels.

maximum allowed height is 744 pixels.

minimum allowed width is 381 pixels.

maximum allowed width is 571 pixels.

maximum allowed file size is 200 KB.

allowed format is .jpg/.jpeg

Passport image:

minimum allowed height is 340 pixels.

maximum allowed height is 720 pixels.

minimum allowed width is 480 pixels.

maximum allowed width is 1000 pixels.

maximum allowed file size is 300 KB.

allowed format is .jpg/.jpeg

Supporting documents:

minimum allowed height is 1150 pixels.

maximum allowed height is 1770 pixels.

minimum allowed width is 810 pixels.

maximum allowed width is 1250 pixels.

allowed formats are .tif/.jpg/.jpeg

maximum allowed file size for .jpg/.jpeg is 150 KB.

maximum file size allowed for .tif image is 10240 KB.

 

The tourism visa applied for through this portal is covered by the Presidential Decree no. 189/23, of 29 September, which establishes the exemption regime and the procedures for simplifying administrative acts for granting tourism visas.

Passport with at least 6 months validity: A copy of the passport page showing data and photo, Maximum file size - 70 KB, Image format - JPEG;

Photograph with white background: One standard size photo. Width (381-571) pixels, Height (496 - 744) pixels, Maximum file size - 200 KB, Image format - JPEG;

Vaccination certificate: Valid international vaccination certificate;

Booking an air ticket: Booking of round trip air ticket;

VISA FEE: 36.600,00 KZ paid in cash at the border;

Images of supporting documents must be scanned in black and white with a resolution of between 100dpi and 150dpi in JPEG or TIFF format. Max. tiff size - 15360Kb (15Mb). Max. size JPEG each image 350Kb.

NOTE: Nationals of the countries mentioned below are, under the terms of the above Decree, exempt from tourist visa requirements for stays in the Republic of Angola of up to 30 days per entry and 90 days per year:

⦁ Algeria

⦁ American Samoa

⦁ Antigua and Barbuda

⦁ Argentina

⦁ Australia

⦁ Austria

⦁ Bahamas

⦁ Barbados

⦁ Belgium

⦁ Belize

⦁ Botswana

⦁ Brazil

⦁ Bulgaria

⦁ Canada

⦁ Cape Verde

⦁ Chile

⦁ China

⦁ Cook Islands

⦁ Croatia

⦁ Cyprus

⦁ Czech Republic

⦁ Denmark

⦁ Dominican Republic

⦁ East Timor

⦁ Equatorial Guinea

⦁ Estonia

⦁ Eswatini

⦁ Fiji

⦁ Finland

⦁ France

⦁ Germany

⦁ Gracia

⦁ Grenada

⦁ Guyana

⦁ Haiti

⦁ Hungary

⦁ Iceland

⦁ India

⦁ Indonesia

⦁ Ireland

⦁ Israel

⦁ Italy

⦁ Jamaica

⦁ Japan

⦁ Kingdom of Spain

⦁ Kiribati

⦁ Latvia

⦁ Lesotho

⦁ Lithuania

⦁ Luxembourg

⦁ Madagascar

⦁ Malawi

⦁ Malta

⦁ Marshall Islands

⦁ Mauritius

⦁ Mexico

⦁ Micronesia

⦁ Monaco

⦁ Morocco

⦁ Nauru

⦁ Netherlands

⦁ New Zealand

⦁ Niue

⦁ Norway

⦁ Palau

⦁ Panama

⦁ Papoa New Guinea

⦁ Poland

⦁ Portugal

⦁ Qatar

⦁ Romania

⦁ Russia

⦁ Rwanda

⦁ Saint Christopher of the Snows

⦁ Saint Lucia

⦁ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

⦁ Salmon Islands

⦁ Saudi Arabia

⦁ Seychelles

⦁ Singapore

⦁ Slovakia

⦁ Slovenia

⦁ South Korea

⦁ Suriname

⦁ Sweden

⦁ Switzerland

⦁ Tanzania

⦁ Tonga

⦁ Trinidad and Tobago

⦁ Tuvalu

⦁ Türkiye

⦁ United Arab Emirates

⦁ United Kingdom of Great Britain

⦁ United States of America

⦁ Uruguay

⦁ Vanuatu

⦁ Vatican

⦁ Zimbabwe

The countries listed below are also exempt from visa requirements for short stays, under the terms of bilateral agreements:

⦁ Mozambique

⦁ Namibia

⦁ Sao Tome and Principe

⦁ South Africa

⦁ Zambia

 

Before you start the process of applying for the Visa, please take sometime to read carefully and note the following:

1. This site is a Visa online service, approved and certified by ministry of Interior authorities that are responsible of the Visa issuing in Angola.

2. This online service, represent only the collection of your application process digitally and the safe delivery to SME. The E-Visa will be sent to you by email provided all the data and documents are validated and visa request is approved by SME. It is not designed to substitute your physical presence at the consulate (which is mandatory at a subsequent phase), which means the Visa itself can only be granted after a visit to the consulate has taken place, including an interview and biometric data collection and Visa fee payment have all successfully done.

3. The service is designed to help people avoiding visits to the consulates to deliver the documents and the forms, only to go back again to submit the passport. It is ideal for those who live far away from the nearest consulate, where traveling will have costs both financially and in terms of time.

4. In some cases where the country of origin or residence does not have an Angolan consulate, using the service means the applicant will avoid the cost of traveling to the nearest country with an Angolan consulate and have to either stay there for the period during which the Visa is processed, or have to come back to his country for that period, only to go back again to collect the Visa.

5. Please before you advance make sure you read and agree to the terms and conditions , and the privacy policy of this service.

6. Please ensure that you read and understand the steps and requirement for this service

7. Please ensure that you read the technical explanations, the requirement and specifications needed before you start the process.

8. Not following the steps to the letter, and not meeting the technical specification precisely may result in the rejection of your application, which will mean more delays in your Visa processing.

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Privacy Policy

Purpose and the Scope

BMIBV, is committed to safeguarding the personal information that We collect from individuals who use the BMIBV Website, in accordance to the Law 22/11 of 17th of June (Angolan Personal Data Protection Law ). And with WBP (Wet bescherming persoonsgegevens- Dutch Personal Protection Data Act that came into force on 1st September 2001 and implements the directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of the Euopean Union in 23th November 1995)- Accordingly, BMIBV has developed this Statement to describe what type of data and how it will be collected from users of the BMIBV Michcoma International BV Website and the purposes for which BMIBV may collect, share or disclose the data. BMIBV also outlines reasonable precautions which are taken to keep your data secure.

Collected and the purpose of your information

BMIBV shall collect the following personal data:

• Personal Information about the applicant, including names, date of birth, address, nationality, etc…

• Information about your employment or the business to attend

• Purpose of visit to Angola

• Scan images of photo and passports

• Scan images of the supporting document to the Visa application including invitation letters, contracts, criminal and health certificates, etc…

BMIBV will use Your personal data only for the purposes of the website (submission of process to obtain an Angolan visa) that involves the collection of Your application process digitally and the safe delivery of them to the nearest consulate to You.

BMIBV may disclose Your information to its employees, inside or outside your country of residence to perform Our services. Our employees, who have access to personal data obtained through BMIBV Website are obliged to respect privacy.

When transferring personal data to SME we make sure that comply with applicable laws.

We also disclose your information to the Ministry of Interior, or other governmental agencies or entities, regulatory authorities, or other persons related with Your application as either required or permitted by applicable Angolan law.

BMIBV will keep Your personal data for a two years period.

The Security measures implemented to protect information from you

BMIBV uses technical and organizational security measures in order to reasonably protect personal data against unauthorized access, accidental or intentional manipulation, loss and destruction.

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Should you have a request regarding the processing of your personal data please send an e-mail to:

geral@sme.ao

By accessing the SME Website you accept this Privacy Statement, The terms of this Statement are subject to the above Personal Data Protection mentioned Legislation