Visa Application

General Visa Information

• Completed visa application form with one recent passport size photograph (less than six months old).
• A passport valid at least one year before the date of expiration. Passport must contain sufficient blank visa pages.
• Copy of travel itinerary or round trip ticket should be produced. In some instances, the consular office will invite applicants for interview.
• For applicants that are minors, both parents must sign the form, the child’s birth certificate attached and a notary public must notarize the form.
• If applicant is mailing the passport, a prepaid self-addressed envelope should be enclosed.
• A valid and up-to-date international certificate of vaccination (yellow fever).

Instructions you must follow

To obtain a Sierra Leone visa, you must do the following:

• Submit a completed visa application form with one recent passport size photograph (less than six months old).
• A passport valid at least one year before the date of expiration. Passport must contain sufficient blank visa pages.
• Copy of travel itinerary or round trip ticket should be produced. In some instances, the consular office will invite applicants for interview.
• For applicants that are minors, both parents must sign the form, the child’s birth certificate attached and a notary public must notarize the form.
• If applicant is mailing the passport, a prepaid self-addressed envelope should be enclosed. For applicants outside the U.S. an additional US $35.00 US money order should be sent with the Visa Fees to cover the cost of return mail.
• A valid and up-to-date international certificate of vaccination (yellow fever).

Business visa applicants

• A profile of the company the applicant represents with a letter of invitation from a registered company/organization in Sierra Leone is required.
• Evidence of sufficient funds to cover the period applicant wishes to stay in Sierra Leone (e.g. Copy of bank statement).
• There is no limit to the amount of money carried into the country but the amount should be declared at the port of entry.

If your request is urgent or you would like to expedite you application, we suggest you contact our embassy in Washington direct www.EmbassyofSierraLeone.net. You can download an application form for a visa here.