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Transit Visa

AngolaTransit

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Which travellers require a transit visa/permission and which officially documented exemptions are important?

The Transit Visa is for a foreign national who must make a stop in Angola to reach the country of destination. The official source does not state the exemptions.

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  • PDF page 8, Article 50(1)
    1. O Visto de Trânsito é concedido pelas missões diplo- máticas e consulares angolanas ao cidadão estrangeiro que, para atingir o país de destino, tenha de fazer escala em ter- ritório nacional.

Can the traveller remain airside, and under what circumstances must immigration control be crossed?

The Act does not state whether a traveller can remain airside without a visa. It provides that a Transit Visa is granted to a foreign national who has to make a stopover in Angolan territory to reach the country of destination, and that it may exceptionally be granted at the border post to a foreign national on continuous travel who interrupts it for the mandatory stopovers of the means of transport used.

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Limits of the record
  • The Act does not state whether a traveller can remain airside without a visa.

What officially documented baggage collection, terminal, separate-ticket or self-transfer situations affect the immigration requirement?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm how baggage collection, terminal changes, separate tickets or self-transfer affect the transit requirement.

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Limits of the record
  • This records that the checked official-source captures did not establish the requested detail; it does not establish that a legal rule or right is absent.

What maximum transit period, overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules matter?

The Transit Visa is valid for 60 days, permits one or two entries and a stay of up to five days; it is not extendable. The official source does not state overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules.

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If permission is required, what permission is it, where/how is it obtained, and what core onward-travel evidence is required?

The permission is the Transit Visa, granted by Angolan diplomatic and consular missions; the applicant must prove a visa for the destination country and an onward ticket.

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  • PDF page 8, Article 50(2)
    2. O Visto de Trânsito é válido por 60 dias, para uma ou duas entradas e permite uma permanência de até 5 dias.
  • PDF page 8, Article 50(3)
    3. O Visto de Trânsito não é prorrogável.
  • PDF page 8, Article 50(1)
    1. O Visto de Trânsito é concedido pelas missões diplo- máticas e consulares angolanas ao cidadão estrangeiro que, para atingir o país de destino, tenha de fazer escala em ter- ritório nacional.
  • PDF page 8, Article 63
    Para obtenção de Visto de Trânsito, para além dos requi- sitos previstos no artigo 61.º é obrigatório que o interessado comprove que é titular de visto de entrada e de bilhete de passagem para o país de destino.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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