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DCIC GETS NEW LEADERSHIP
The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC) has received new Leadership. The new leaders are the Director Maj. Gen Apollo Gowa Kasiita, the Commissioner for Citizenship and Passport Control, Brig. Johnson Namanya and the Commissioner for Immigration Control Col. Geofrey Kambere. Maj. Gen. Gowa has been serving as the Military Attache at the Ugandan Embassy in Washington.
PRESS RELEASE ON FRAUDULENT VISA SITES
The Ministry of Internal Affairs, Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control, would like to inform the general public and our esteemed clients that the official electronic visa application portal for the Republic of Uganda is, www.visas.immigration.go.ug; and also take this opportunity to warn our esteemed clients of the existence of Scam sites which either charge our clients exorbitantly or defraud them totally.
INTRODUCTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL EAST AFRICAN e-PASSPORT
The Republic of Uganda is set to introduce an International East African e-Passport to replace and eventually phase out the current East African and International Machine-Readable Passports. Find more in the attached file.
WARNING ON FRAUDULENT E-VISA APPLICATION PORTAL
The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC) Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uganda would like to inform all our esteemed clients of a scam website https://www.evisaforuganda.com/index which on top of fraudulently claiming to be an application portal for electronic visas ( e-Visas ) to Uganda, goes on to charge applicants way beyond the official fees charged on our official e visa portal www.visas.immigration.go.ug.
RESUMPTION OF NORMAL OPERATIONS IN ISSUANCE OF PASSPORTS
PRESS RELEASE
21ST AUGUST 2017
RESUMPTION OF NORMAL OPERATIONS IN ISSUANCE OF PASSPORTS
The Ministry of Internal Affairs informs the general public that normal operations in the issuance of passports have resumed and shall serve the public as follows;