Embassy of the Republic of Uganda, Washington DC

10/30/2020

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Dear Ugandan Community in California

UCOC is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: PASSPORTS AND NATIONAL IDENTITY CARDS APPLICATION PROCESS

TIME: Oct 31, 2020 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada); 2:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada); 1:00 PM Central Time (US)

FACILITATORS: Embassy of Uganda, Washington DC

GUEST SPEAKERS:
1. Amb. Santa M. Laker Kinyera, Deputy Chief of Mission. 2. Ms. Margaret A. Kafeero, Diaspora Affairs Officer. 3. Mr. Ferdinand Kyoheirwe, Immigration Officer.
HOST: The Uganda Community Organization in California - UCOC

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10/09/2020

Isaiah Katumwa Live Stream

Isaiah Katumwa Live Stream

UGANDA INDEPENDENCE VIRTUAL CELEBRATIONS WITH UGANDA EMBASSY USA

10/08/2020

Dear Ugandans in the United States, South & Central America and the Caribbean, please join us for a VIRTUAL 58th Independence Day celebration tomorrow Friday 9th October 12noon-3:00pm (Eastern).

It will be broadcast live on www.ugandaindepence.com

10/08/2020

Embassy of the Republic of Uganda, Washington DC's cover photo

10/07/2020

Muna Uganda (Lyrics)- Isaiah Katumwa

This week we choose to celebrate our Ugandan heritage ... Isaiah Katumwa will be playing this for us this Friday 9th October. Join us for the virtual Independence Day celebration...

Muna Uganda Lyrics by Isaiah Katumwa @Isaiah Katumwa For the love of Uganda

10/07/2020

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10/07/2020

10/06/2020

Join the Uganda Embassy, Washington, DC in collaboration with Jazz Maestro Isaiah Katumwa for a virtual Independence Day Anniversary celebration on 9th October, 2020 come celebrate all that is beautiful about Uganda, the music, fashion, arts, cultural dances. Crown it off with a dance party...

10/06/2020

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10/04/2020

Uganda Civil Aviation Authority

What to expect at Entebbe airport

OFFICIAL RELEASE: Here's an instructional UCAA video to guide arriving and departing passengers with some of the key COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) at Entebbe International Airport. Be advised that similar measures may be encountered at other Airports. #COVID19UG #StaySafe

10/04/2020

Radio Uganda Boston

*IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING UGANDA PASSPORT RENEWAL, NATIONAL ID AND DUAL CITIZENSHIP!!!!!!!!!*

Dear all,

The Ambassador of Uganda to the United States HE. Ambassador Mull Ssebujja Katende will be hosted on the Radio Uganda Boston from 5pm Eastern Time on Sunday October 4th 2020 to discuss and update you all on how the Ugandan Embassy in Washington DC is operating as they continue to provide services to Ugandans in North Americas during the COVID-19 pandemic.

H. E Ambassador Katende will be available to answer all your questions as you dial in during the program.

Please tune in at
5pm Eastern
*THIS SUNDAY OCTOBER 4th, 2020*
by logging in at
www.radiougandaboston.com

or

Dialing in at
+17173665774

*For questions or comments live on Air* 1-781-314-6944

*For WhatsApp or text messages* 1-857-919-4280.

For quick listening in Download our Free Radio Uganda Boston App for iPhone (App Store) and Android Www.radiougandaboston.com.

Radio Uganda Boston, Your Voice and Beyond. We are the best diaspora online radio, home to fun, news. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

09/29/2020

New Standard Operating Procedures for passengers arriving in and departing from Entebbe International Airport

Here are the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for departing and arriving passengers at Entebbe International Airport. #Covid19

09/21/2020

Uganda Civil Aviation Authority

Scheduled commercial passenger operations at Entebbe International Airport are set to resume on October 1, 2020. Ministry of Works and Transport-Uganda Ministry of Health- Uganda Uganda Tourism Board ME Uganda Media Centre ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization NBS Television NTV Uganda Association of Uganda Tour Operators
#VisitUganda

09/18/2020

09/12/2020

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09/06/2020

09/05/2020

Amb. Mull Katende today officiated at the opening of the 32nd UNAA Convention which was kicked off by an online Trade and Business Forum.

09/03/2020

The 2020 Online UNAA Convention. Full Program.

Dear friends requesting for zoom credentials, since the discussions are on more than three fora, it is going to be a plug in from the UNAA Website rather than sending different Zoom logins. That will start going live today.

Get the full program for the 2020 UNAA Convention - the first ever fully-online UNAA Convention.

09/02/2020

Ugandan North American Association - UNAA

Welcoming the Ugandan Embassy in Washington to the 2020 Online UNAA Convention, #UNAA2020 👏👏👏
Don't miss a talk from the Embassy Team regarding common diaspora concerns on passports, dual citizenship, immigration, land ownership and so much more. Full program coming soon at www.unaaonline.org
...
#unaa #unaabusiness #unaaconvention #livestream #UNAAConvention2020 #convention #usa #uganda #canada #imsoug #256 #ndimunauganda
#business #culture #networking #discovery #technology

09/02/2020

Dear all,
We are happy to Introduce our Speakers and Sponsors of the Upcoming 32nd UNAA Online Convention.

UNAA is Happy to Welcome *Mr. Michael Bulwaka, Uganda Counselor for Economics and Trade at Ugandan Embassy in Washington* as a Speaker at the Convention.

Mr. Bulwaka will present and give an overview of the existing investment climate in Uganda, Policies, who the investors are, and what they are investing in.

Please endeavor to attend this forum because you will have a chance to field your questions.

08/30/2020

Dear all,

We are happy to announce that Amb. Santa M Laker Kinyera, Uganda’s Deputy Ambassador to the United States will be a Speaker at the Convention on *Saturday September 5th, 2020 at 12:30 pm Central Time.*

Ambassador Kinyera's presentation will focus on the following Consular matters that are of interest to our diaspora community, namely;

- Passport renewals
- Visas
- National IDs
- Dual citizenship
- Deportation of Ugandans
- Repatriation of remains (deceased nationals)

Please endeavor to attend this forum because you will have a chance to field your questions.

08/30/2020

CEO INTERVIEW: Uganda Airlines CEO Mr Cornwell Muleya speaks to NTV about one year of commercial operations and the future.

....the successes, resumption of operations, COVID-19, network expansion, arrival of Airbus A330 in December, staffing, new routes to Europe and Asia, repatriation flights and much more.

08/29/2020

Dear friends,

Our Official Embassy website is currently unavailable as it is undergoing scheduled maintenance by NITA-U.

We should be back up and running in a few hours.

We apologize for any inconveniences caused.

washington.mofa.go.ug

08/28/2020

Dear all,

We are happy to Introduce our Speakers and Sponsors of the Upcoming 32nd UNAA Online Convention.

UNAA is Happy to Welcome *H.E. Ambassador Mull Ssebujja Katende, Uganda’s Ambassador to the United States* as a Sponsor and Speaker at the Convention.

Regards,
Henrietta Wamala
President/CEO UNAA

08/28/2020

Uganda Airlines

Uganda Airlines

VIDEO: Anniversary message from Uganda Airlines CEO Mr Cornwell Muleya, Chairman BoD Mr Pereza Ahabwe and the Hon Minister of Works & Transport Gen Katumba Wamala.

Thanks for choosing us as your favourite airline.

08/28/2020

Uganda Airlines

It's one year already! Yet it seems like just yesterday.

This takes us back to our first day of a great new experience with Uganda Airlines. You have made our days brighter and have given us a reason to stand out and serve with love.

Thank you all for choosing us as your favourite airline!

08/23/2020

Uganda Passport Application System

ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING DEADLINE OF APPLICATION FOR EAC E-PASSPORTS

To all Ugandans:
You may have seen a notification circulating on social media regarding the January 2021 deadline for the expiry of Ugandan Machine Readable Passports.
This deadline was agreed upon by the East African Community (EAC) Heads of State summit, and binds all five EAC States.
Nevertheless, before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, stakeholder consultations were underway about the viability of the deadline. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted this process considerably.
A number of you have raised concerns at this notification and the difficulties involved in meeting this deadline during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The general public is therefore advised that a new deadline will be announced after appropriate stakeholder views have been harmonised.
You are still strongly advised to continue renewing your passports while following COVID-19 safety protocols, to avoid inconveniences of processing last-minute applications.
For more details, please contact us on [email protected] or [email protected] www.mia.go.ug & or Tel +256752451811

Jacob Siminyu
Spokesperson Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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For applicants in North America, Central & South America, as well as the Caribbean, after going online www.passports.go.ug and applying, print out the online application and together with the required attachments, mail to Uganda Embassy, Washington D.C.

Please make sure that you fill out and download the Passport Interview Form which is being used in the interim, in lieu of in-person interviews and submit it together with your application documents.

The Embassy will then interview you by phone (or physically if necessary), provide a covering letter, and send physical application to Uganda Immigration in Kampala.

Immigration Kampala will send your processed passports to the Embassy and onwards to you.

Note that for payment, in the online application, you will be asked to choose a bank in Kla which bank will give you options for online payment by credit/debit card.

Visit the Embassy website for any other details

https://washington.mofa.go.ug/data-smenu-48-E-Passport.html

You are kindly requested to read ALL the instructions on the passport renewal page BEFORE you start your application.

08/18/2020

Deputy Chief of Mission Amb. Santa Laker-Kinyera, accompanied by Members of Staff of the Uganda Embassy, Washington, DC, this morning saw off 125 passengers from Washington Dulles International Airport. They will join Ugandans and residents of Uganda from Canada, Russia, UK, Tokyo, Seoul, Canberra and Geneva in Addis Ababa and will arrive tomorrow Tuesday, 18th August 2020 aboard ET at 14:00 hours.

08/15/2020

Uganda Civil Aviation Authority

We have noted widespread circulation of these draft protocols for resumption of passenger flight operations, which were prematurely shared. The slides are only part of a major presentation of SOPs that has been discussed with stakeholders, and is yet to be concluded. The final document will have various changes, which have already been considered and will be officially shared in a different format from power point slides. Please ignore the premature discussion of the draft SOPs.

08/07/2020

Ministry of Foreign Affairs releases worldwide repatriation schedule of flights to Entebbe for August and September 2020

#MoFAUpdate:❗ALERT❗

Updated Schedule of the Repatriation exercise of Ugandans stranded abroad due to the #COVID19 Pandemic.

You are highly encouraged to keep in close contact with the Embassy nearest to your location. (www.mofa.go.ug)

#RepatriationUG #WelcomeHomeUG #MoFAdelivers #RepatriateUgandans #StaySafeUG #repatriationflight #Uganda

08/05/2020

ANNOUNCING 2ND REPATRIATION FLIGHT FROM THE AMERICAS & CARIBBEAN REGION DEPARTING AUGUST 17TH 2020

There will be special repatriation flights out of the USA, South and Central America and Canada departing between 15th-17th August, 2020 and arriving in Entebbe on 18th August 2020.

If you are considering taking any of these flights, please contact the travel agent, Mr. Mukesh Sahu at Satguru Travel Solutions (contact details in document) to make your booking. Kindly read the announcement carefully up to its conclusion before you make your decision and note that all travelers are expected to meet their own expenses.

Please encourage any other Ugandan nationals or permanent residents/work/dependant permit holders in our region who may be interested in this flight and have not yet done so, to register with the Embassy PRIOR to contacting the Travel Agent for booking by clicking here:

1. USA, South & Central America: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnU6trXG6FZk50tB7Dr-Yj8QL8I_4eveJHgGqBMlI6ZkBL-w/viewform

2. Canada & Cuba: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSesWEuVPxaCiR5HIUIJkiSoGJfQTvH7WUAEbLvqUky-mqCtCA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1

07/28/2020

REQUIREMENTS FOR RENEWAL OF PASSPORTS

SPECIAL NOTICE CONCERNING IN-PERSON SERVICES AT THE UGANDA EMBASSY, WASHINGTON, DC PASSPORT ISSUANCE CENTER

***INTERIM REQUIREMENTS FOR PASSPORT RENEWAL***

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak and as per Federal Guidelines for staff safety and to do our part in containing the spread of the outbreak, with effect from Wednesday 18th March, 2020 all Embassy Staff are working from home. The Consular Section of the Embassy is CURRENTLY not offering any in-person registration services or passport renewals.

The Passport Issuance Center at the Uganda Embassy, Washington, DC is temporarily NOT printing the new E-passport booklets, as only the Kampala Center is currently in operation. However, we can receive application forms by mail for onward transmission to Kampala and collections of new passports from Kampala as follows:

1. Proceed to Online Passport Application at www.passports.go.ug

2. Once the application and payments are complete, print the copy showing a nine digit Application I. D number ( e.g. W000123456)

3. Print your receipts after making online payment. If you have a third party physically processing your application, in Kampala, the fee assessment can also be made before making an over the counter payment. This will not only save you time, but it will also help to know the exact amount that you need to pay for the service.

4. Download and complete the Passport Interview Record Form shorturl.at/imHPV

5. Mail all the above documents to the Embassy along with the following documents;

* 2 passport photos.

* Current old passport (to be retained at the Embassy)

* Copy of national I.D. or NIRA letter (If available)

* Copy of the recommender's Ugandan national I.D.

* Print-out of payment receipts

* Residential/Student/Driving license I.D. (If available)

* Include a pre-paid self-addressed return envelope in packet (EXPRESS or PRIORITY mail with a tracking number)

* Use EXPRESS or PRIORITY mail with a tracking number

6. Applicants are advised to verify and ensure that all requirements have been fulfilled. This will facilitate the expeditious processing of applications.

7. Avail the Embassy a reliable call back number in case of any additional information that may be required.

8. Applicants may be requested for additional supporting documentation where necessary.

9. Please do not book your travel until you have a valid passport.

(The Embassy will be closed to the public on Ugandan and United States Public Holidays) For Emergencies, please call (202)726-7100 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

For more information, please visit the Embassy website by clicking here https://washington.mofa.go.ug/data-smenu-48-E-Passport.htm

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak and as per Federal Guidelines for staff safety and to do our part in containing the spread of the outbreak, with effect from Wednesday 18th March, 2020 all Embassy Staff will be working from home. The Consular Section of the  Embassy is CURRENTLY not offering any in...