To provide more convenient service to Chinese visa or legalization applicants in Uganda, starting from January 31 （Wednesday）, 2024, the Embassy will entrust the Chinese Visa Application Center in Kampala (hereinafter referred to as the "Visa Application Center") to accept visa applications of ordinary passports holders or legalization applications. Visa applicants shall log on to the Visa Application Center’s website (www.visaforchina.cn) to fill in the application form online and then go to the Visa Application Center for processing. The Embassy will no longer directly accept visa applications of ordinary categories from ordinary passport holders or legalization applications.
1. The information of the Visa Application Center is as follows:
Address: 1st floor, PLOT 9, Yusuf Lule Road, Kampala
Telephone: +256-(0)326-300451
Email: kampalacenter@visaforchina.org
Website: www.visaforchina.cn
Working days: Monday to Friday (except for holidays)
Submission hours: 9:00am to 3:00pm (rush service before 11:30am)
Pickup hours: 9:00am to 4:00pm
2. The Visa Application Center has no decision on visa or legalization approval. The Embassy will decide whether to issue a visa, its validity, duration of stay and number of entries or whether to authenticate a certain document based on the applicant's personal circumstances. The consular officer may request the applicant to provide additional supporting documents or supplementary materials according to the specific situation, or appoint an interview.
3. In addition to the regular visa or legalization fee and express service fee collected on behalf of the Embassy, the Visa Application Center will charge a certain amount of service fee. For more information, please contact the Visa Application Center or view its website.
The Visa Center will be in trial run from 31 January to 2 February (no service fees will be charged during that period), and will be officially launched from 14:00 of 5 February 2024.
4. Except for the Chinese Visa Application Center in Kampala, the Embassy has not entrusted other institutions or individuals to accept Chinese visa or legalization applications. Applicants are kindly advised to be careful with relevant information.
5. Applicants holding diplomatic or service/official passports or applying for Chinese diplomatic, courtesy or official visas shall still submit applications directly to the Embassy (Address：Plot 37, Malcom X Avenue, Kololo, Kampala). The Embassy will still accept Chinese national’s passport (travel document) or notarization applications.
6. Please be kindly reminded that those who have submitted visa or legalization applications to the Embassy before 31 January 2024, shall still pick up the visas or authenticated documents from the Embassy.
7. Any comments or suggestions regarding the services provided by the Visa Application Center are welcomed. Please kindly contact the Embassy.
Telephone of the Embassy：+256-(0)393-000172
Inquiry Hours：14:00-18:00 of every working day
Email：consulate_uga@163.com