As relaxation of government restrictions continues in many countries, we are starting to reopen our Visa Application Centres in many locations. You will find more detailed information below.
Please note that you will be required to provide a body temperature reading, wear a mask and respect social distancing guidelines to enter our centres.
UK: Reopening of additional centres
As UK Visas & Immigration continues its phased resumption of services, we will be reopening additional centres from the week of July 27th, in the following locations:
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa), Malta (Valletta), Mauritius (Port Louis), Nigeria (Abuja, Ikeja, Victoria Island).
And from the week of August 3rd in the following locations:
Estonia (Tallinn), Finland (Helsinki), Latvia (Riga), Lithuania (Vilnius).
Our centre in Ghana (Accra) will also be reopening for new visa applications from August 5th.
The following centres are already open for new visa applications:
Albania (Tirana), Algeria (Algiers, Oran), Angola (Luanda), Armenia (Yerevan), Austria (Vienna), Azerbaijan (Baku), Belarus (Minsk), Belgium (Brussels), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo), Botswana (Gaborone), Bulgaria (Sofia), Cameroon (Yaoundé), Cyprus (Nicosia – South), Czech Republic (Prague), Denmark (Copenhagen), Egypt (Alexandria, Cairo), Ethiopia (Addis Ababa), France (Paris), Gambia (Banjul), Georgia (Tbilisi), Germany (Berlin, Düsseldorf, Munich), Greece (Athens), Hungary (Budapest), Iceland (Reykjavik), Ireland (Dublin), Iraq (Baghdad, Basra, Erbil), Israel (Tel Aviv), Italy (Rome), Jordan (Amman), Kazakhstan (Almaty, Nur Sultan), Kenya (Mombasa, Nairobi), Kosovo (Pristina), Lebanon (Beirut), Macedonia (Skopje), Madagascar (Antananarivo), Malawi (Lilongwe), Montenegro (Podgorica), Morocco (Rabat), Mozambique (Maputo), Namibia (Windhoek), Netherlands (Amsterdam), Norway (Oslo), Occupied Palestinian Territory (Jerusalem), Poland (Warsaw), Portugal (Lisbon), Romania (Bucharest), Russia (Ekaterinburg, Moscow, Novosibirsk Rostov, St Petersburg), Rwanda (Kigali), Senegal (Dakar), Serbia (Belgrade), Sierra Leone (Freetown), South Africa (Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth), Spain (Barcelona, Madrid), Sweden (Stockholm), Switzerland (Geneva), Tanzania (Dar es Salaam), Tunisia (Tunis), Turkey (Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Gaziantep, Istanbul, Izmir), Uganda (Kampala), Ukraine (Kyiv), Zambia (Lusaka), Zimbabwe (Harare).
Our other centres for UK Visas & Immigration remain closed, awaiting further UK government approval. Please check our individual country pages and gov.uk for more information.
France: Reopening of our Visa Application Centres for certain visa types
Most of our Visa Application Centres for France are now open for new applications, for certain visa types. For more information, please check the website of your local TLScontact centre, via this link.
Italy: Reopening of our centres
All our Visa Application Centres for Italy are now open again for new visa applications, for certain visa types. For more information, please check the website of your local TLScontact centre, via this link.
Belgium: Reopening of our centres
Most of our Visa Application Centres for Belgium are now open for a limited number of visa types. For more information, please check the website of your local TLScontact centre, via this link.
Switzerland: visa services suspended
Our Visa Application Centres for Switzerland are closed until further notice. For more information, please check the website of your local TLScontact centre, via this link.
Germany: Visa Application Centres closed
All our Visa Application Centres for Germany are currently closed until further notice, except for limited passport return services at our centres in Egypt (Cairo) and South Africa (Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Centurion, Port Elizabeth). For more information, please check the website of your local TLScontact centre, via this link.
The Netherlands: Visa Application Centres closed
All our Visa Application Centres for The Netherlands are closed until further notice. For more information, please check the website of your local TLScontact centre, via this link.
Portugal: Visa Application Centres closed
All our Visa Application Centres for Portugal are closed until further notice. For more information, please check the website of your local TLScontact centre, via this link.
Cyprus: Visa Application Centres closed
All our Visa Application Centres for Cyprus are closed until further notice. For more information, please check the website of your local TLScontact centre, via this link.