⚠ PAYMENT OPTION CHANGES: From 6 June 2023, UK Visas and Immigration will be moving to a fully digital online visa fee payment process for all UK visa applications from Ethiopia. Find out more.

  ⚠ UK VISA APPOINTMENT SCAMS: You can only book a UK visa appointment through TLScontact. Beware of other websites, companies or agencies trying to sell UK visa appointments. Find out more here.

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BEWARE OF UK VISA APPOINTMENT SCAMS

Only book UK visa appointments through TLScontact.

TLScontact is the only official partner for UK Visas and Immigration in Ethiopia.

Beware of other websites, companies or individuals attempting to sell UK visa appointments.

UK visa appointments are available for free at the TLScontact Visa Application Centre in Addis Ababa.

TLScontact also provides some appointments for a fee. These offer additional flexibility or convenience. However, these paid appointments are all optional, and there are always free appointments available at other times or on other days. Please view the Added Value Services page for more information on the fees for these services.

TLScontact cannot guarantee that any appointments arranged through other companies or individuals will be legitimate or accepted when you arrive at the TLScontact Visa Application Centre.



Passport Collection

You will be contacted by our Visa Application Centre when your passport is ready for collection. Please do not attend our centre until you have been invited to do so.

Please note that if you applied as part of a family group, decisions are made separately, and each person will be notified individually when their passport is ready for collection.

If you have applied through a third party, such as an agency or a solicitor, and used their email address on the visa application form, email notifications will go to this address. Please check with the third party if they received a notification about the passport being ready for collection. Do not visit the Visa Application Centre until you have received this email.

If you need to travel urgently, please contact UKVI for assistance. Please note that this is a chargeable service for overseas customers.

Update to Settlement Visa Application Process. Click here for more details.

From 6 June 2023, UK Visas and Immigration will be moving to a fully digital online visa fee payment process for all UK visa applications from Ethiopia.

All customers wishing to apply for a UK visa must make an online visa fee payment on the official UK government website prior to submitting their passport and biometrics at a Visa Application Centre.

Cash payment for visa application fees will no longer be accepted at any Visa Application Centre in Ethiopia.

Customers will still be able to make cash payments at the Visa Application Centre for optional extra services.

For your protection, please note that legitimate TLScontact employees will not ask you to make payment via telephone. All payments related to TLScontact services should be made directly via our website or at our visa application centre.

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