Visa And Work Permit Issuance
There are many different purposes you can travel to Somalia, some people come to Somalia and stay a few days for the purpose of Adventure tours, business trips, or family visits(usually diaspora who has been away from the country since 1991). There is a list of detailed our services.
- Tourist Visa
Although a Somali visa is on arrival, it’s necessary to have an invitation letter from an authorized company. Traveling to Somalia needs many arrangements and a visa is a key to entering the country legally. Once agreed on the purpose of the travel and package client is interested in, then we issue an invitation letter that allows travelers to board airlines and show it to the immigration officer, a visa stamp is collected when arriving at the Somali entry point, mainly Mogadishu Airport.
Some country citizens need to request an entry permit prior to traveling to Somalia, this may take some time, for this case we can help by applying for the entry permit at Immigration headquarter in Mogadishu and flowing up.
On the other hand, travelers going to Somaliland (Hargeisa) need an entry permit before they get a visa on arrival, we also issue entry prior to their travel to Somaliland.
The process of requesting a sponsor letter needs prior tour booking by depositing 10% tour cost via Western Union, PayPal, or Bank wire.
The following are the requirement when entering the country
- Travelers should be vaccinated with 3 or 4 shots of COVID-19 with proof from the government authorities or
- Travelers are required to have PCR negatives test valid 72 hrs
- travelers are required to be healthy physically and checked last 6 months
- Travelers should have tickets go and back
for more details, you can visit the official page of the Somali Immigration and Naturalisation Directorate
Note: Some travelers see that a Somali visa is on arrival and fly without checking the requirement to get a visa on arrival, but unfortunately, they are deported back.
2. Work visa and Work Permit
Our service is included facilitation service for the issuance of work visas and work permits for UN agencies, companies, embassies, and other related agencies that are based in Somalia and need help.
This is usually a contract between Visit Mogadishu Logistics and the Agent for a one-year agreement. the process is transparent, we help the whole process from work permit application, medical test, and visa application, once done will collect the passports and handover in time.
The service also included a medical check for those employees who have been in Somalia. The process of Work visa and Permit takes around a week, although some delays may happen sometimes due to the changes in the immigration and ministry of labor.
If you need any assistance with Work visas, Work permits, or Medical checks for your employees, email us at info@visitmogadishu.com, no matter where they are in Somalia.
