Business Visa For Somalia

Who needs the Somali business visa for travel from Sri Lanka?

Somali business visa is provided for a limited time frame of business trip to conduct business activities like visiting with company affiliates, attend an academic, professional, scientific or business seminar or conference, settle an estate or hammer out a contract with a Somali company.
A business visa stamp or sticker endorsed by a Somali visa officer on your passport that enables you to go to Somalia to carry out business pursuits.
Business visa for Somalia are usually issued by the Somali consulate in Colombo or in the nearest city to your usual residential address. Whenever making an application for a Somali business visa, you’ll be requested to clarify the reasons for going to Somalia.

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General Somali business visa information for residents of Sri Lanka

• Fully completed visa application form for Somalia and mandatory declaration
• Passport size photographs
• Valid national passport and one copy
• Original of valid visa for anyone who is national of another country and one copy
• Your most recent bank statement and one copy
• Confirmation letter from your travel health insurance for Somalia showing the insurance policy coverage and one copy
• Business references (letter from your employer, invite from company or organization in Somalia)
• Proof of group travel/ hotel booking reservation in Somalia / air ticket reservation for Somalia and one copy
• Visa fees for Somali visa
• Please click on Somali information to check if you need a holiday visa to visit Somalia or the current tourist visa requirements for Somalia.

Please notice: In individual situations, you could be expected to produce additional documents. Somali embassy procedures and regulations can and do, alter overnight. We accept no responsibilty for any such changes or any transaction initiated directly between an applicant and the Somali embassy.

Other types of Somali visas?

• Somali visitor visa granted for individuals visiting Somalia for holidays, tourism, recreation or to see friends and family in Somalia. For anybody who is a Somali national, you do not have to apply for a Somali visa. Find out more
• Somali business visa is granted to foreigners to either work with business affiliates, go to a scientific, educational, professional, or business convention or any other type of conference, settle an estate or negotiate a contract in Somalia. Find out more
• Somali transit visa allow you to travel through Somalia for no more than 24 to 72 hours if either you need to enter Somalia on your way to another country or you are making your way to join a ship as a member of the crew.

  Normally, you can include dependent children on your visa application if they’re traveling with you on your passport. You may not have to request this particular visa. Learn more

• Somali student visa is usually issued to conduct study in Somalia. Student visas are short-term visas that permit individuals to visit Somalia for a specified timeframe to undertake a course at a Somali educational establishment. Learn more
• Somali Working Visa is mostly issued to work in Somalia. In general, you have to have a appropriate Somali visa with work rights. A variety of temporary and long-term work visas are available for Somalia. Know more about Somali work visas.

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Please be aware: Ensure you obtain the right Somali visas where required and it is your obligation to acquire them. In most cases countries demand passports to be valid for six months right after the expiration of the visa. NB: Having a visa will not guarantee a person entry on arrival in Somalia.

Visitors must verify personally to make certain that details of specific importance to them is appropriate. We are not accountable for decisions taken by travelers based on information covered in this website.

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If you need to get additional information regarding travelling to Somalia from Colombo, Sri Lanka, please go through the relevant links here:

Please feel free to voice your own viewpoints with the Somali Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Whether you’re applying for a visa for going to Somalia or notarizing paperwork or merely just attempting to talk with someone at the Somali embassy in Colombo. Contact us by just submitting it right here.

Please Be aware: Your remarks are going to be seen by the general public, therefore do not include confidential information.

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