Angola Visa policy and port of entry
1. Visitors to Angola must obtain either a visa in advance from one of the Angolan diplomatic missions or a pre-visa online, unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries;.
2. A tourist visa must be used within 60 days from the issue date and is valid for 30 days, a period that can be extended once for an additional period of 30 days. Passports must have a validity of 9 months and at least 2 blank pages. 3. Transit without visa is allowed for passengers continuing their trip to a third country by the same or first departing plane if they do not leave the airport. In the future, Angola is expected to participate in the KAZA UniVisa programme, which if delivered as planned will allow holders of the KAZA visa to travel freely between Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. 5. Transit: Passengers with a confirmed onward ticket for a flight to a third country within 24 hours. They must stay in the international transit area of the airport and have the documents required for their next destination.
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After the pre-visa is granted, travellers can then obtain a visa on arrival at the following designated ports of entry.
After the pre-visa is granted, travellers can then obtain a visa on arrival at the following designated ports of entry.
- Quatro de Fevereiro Airport">Quatro de Fevereiro Airport Luanda
- Lubango Airport
- Massabi Republic of the Congo (land border)
- Luau Democratic Republic of the Congo (land border)
- Curoca Namibia (land border)
Upon arrival in Angola, you will have to present your passport along with your printed e-Visa and all the other documents that were part of the application.
Quatro de Fevereiro Airport
Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport, is the main international airport of Angola. It is located in the southern part of the capital Luanda, situated in the Luanda Province.
Luanda International Airport is situated 5 km from the cemtre of the Angolan capital city of Luanda. It is the Republic of Angola's main airport linking the rest of the world to Angola via an extensive network of provincial airports.
The Portuguese name "Quatro de Fevereiro" refers to the date that an armed struggle began against colonial rule that led to the country's independence.
Lubango Airport
Lubango Mukanka Airport is an airport serving Lubango, the capital city of the Huíla Province in Angola. The Lubango non-directional beacon is located 2.4 kilometres east-northeast of the Rwy 28 threshold.
A small local airport, mainly serving domestic designations, without amazing facilities, but then clean enough, and basic enough not to get stressed. Lazy atmosphere at the airport, but a positive thing is that one does not get stressed by large crowds!
Congo - Cabinda border Police, inmigration and Customs
On the Cabinda side it makes life easier if you have passport and visa copy. At the immigration a form has to be filled out. At Douane you have to buy a TIP (around 6000 kwanza), even if they stamp into the carnet. You have to stop by at fiscal police, too.
This part of Africa on the Atlantic coast is quite tricky: between the southern parallels 5° and 6°, from Pointe-Noire (Congo) to Soyo (Angola), there are three border crossings within less than 200 kilometers. And those are not easy countries to get in: the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC, ex Zaire) and Angola.
Democratic Republic of the Congo (land border)
The DRC is bordered by 9 countries: Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. A 45 km wide strip of coastline in west provides the country's narrow access to the Atlantic Ocean.
border countries (9): Angola 2646 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of Angola's discontiguous Cabinda Province), Burundi 236 km, Central African Republic 1747 km, Republic of the Congo 1229 km, Rwanda 221 km, South Sudan 714 km, Tanzania 479 km, Uganda 877 km, Zambia 2332 km