Visa Services
Kindly use mail with tracking numbers such as the US Portal Next Day Delivery to mail in your Visa Application and the required documents
- Download and completed Visa application form.
- Valid Passport (valid for at least six months) with blank pages.
- One passport size photograph.
- Evidence of Yellow Fever Vaccine.
- Prepaid self-addressed envelope (US Postal Next Day Delivery is advised).
- For applicants from outside the United States of America, a prepaid Self-addressed UPS airway bill should be enclosed.
- Please note down the Tracking Numbers for the following:
- The envelope which you used to mail in your visa application, passport, and all the requirements to enable you to track when your package was received at the Embassy.
- The prepaid self-addressed return envelope that you enclosed for the return of your passport. You may start to track the return envelope three to four business/working days after the day your application was received at the Embassy.
- Note that Cash payments are NOT accepted. Visa fees are payable either in money order or cashier’s check made payable to the Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the United Nations. Personal Checks are not accepted. All fees are payable in U.S. Dollars and are NON-REFUNDABLE.
- Please see the visa fee schedule below:
- All US Passport Holders are issued 3-year multiple entry visas – US$160.00
- Official and Diplomatic Passport Holders on official duties are issued GRATIS Visas
- ECOWAS passport holders are issued GRATIS Six Months visas (Single) or One Year (Multiple),
- Canada US$75.00, US$150.00 – Six Months (Single), One Year (Multiple)
- Britain US$229.00 US$523.00 – Six Months (Single), One Year (Multiple)
- Other Nationals US$ 40.00 US$ 80.00 – Six Months (Single), One Year (Multiple)
- Applicants wishing to expedite their visa application should pay an additional US$50.00 in Money Order for expedited services. No Cash Payment will be accepted. Note that for same-day services, the visa application should be received by 12 noon for pick up at 3 pm.
- Visa applications for MINORS (Children under the age of 18) should also have the following documents attached:
- Copy of the child’s birth certificate;
- A Letter of Consentsigned by both parents and notarized by a Notary Public; and
- Copies of a Government-issued ID such as passport or driver’s licenseof both the parents should be attached.
- Business Visa applicants should attach a letter of support from the inviting business firm in Sierra Leone.
Visa Fee Schedule
- Download and completed Visa application form.
- Valid Passport (valid for at least six months) with blank pages.
- One passport size photograph.
- Evidence of Yellow Fever Vaccine.
- Prepaid self-addressed envelope (US Postal Next Day Delivery is advised).
- For applicants from outside the United States of America, a prepaid Self-addressed UPS airway bill should be enclosed.
- Please note down the Tracking Numbers for the following:
- The envelope which you used to mail in your visa application, passport, and all the requirements to enable you to track when your package was received at the Embassy.
- The prepaid self-addressed return envelope that you enclosed for the return of your passport. You may start to track the return envelope three to four business/working days after the day your application was received at the Embassy.
- Note that Cash payments are NOT accepted. Visa fees are payable either in money order or cashier’s check made payable to the Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the United Nations. Personal Checks are not accepted. All fees are payable in U.S. Dollars and are NON-REFUNDABLE.
- Please see the visa fee schedule below:
