Foreign passport holders travelling to Cameroon are hereby informed that  our
new visa application forms are now available for download or at our office, and they will henceforth fulfil the following requirements in order to obtain a visa form the High Commission.

 

• (A)   Documents to be submitted:

1. A passport valid for at least 6 months.

2. Two completed application forms

3. Two passport-size photographs taken frontally

4. a legalised letter of invitation with the Cameroon police from either the host/contact/partner in Cameroon and a letter of sponsorship from the applicant's well-known employer/establishment/organisation (in the case
   of a private or business visit).

5. Applicants would also need to show a return or continuation ticket and
   proof of financial means of subsistence except where a tour operator/travel agency is organising the trip. A confirmed hotel reservation for tourists not in organised trips.

6. Visa application fee.

 

   (B)  Official/Diplomatic/Courtesy visas:

1. Items 1, 2, & 3 (in section A) and a note verbal are required

2. Conditions of reciprocity apply

  (C) Tourist/Business and Transit Visas:
 

           Requirements are listed in section (A) 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

 

 Application Procedure

 

Completed applications should be lodge at the reception desk of the High Commission between 9.30am to 12.30pm, Monday to Friday, except on bank, (public) holidays: England and Cameroon. Passports are generally ready for collection within 48 hours. Collection is between 2.00pm and 3.30pm every working day. Request for accelerated processing should be justified. If not, it is the normal waiting period, which applies.

 

Application Fees:

1 day to 3 months = £75
6 months = £118

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Sanitary Requirements

Compulsory vaccines:

1. Yellow Fever

2. Cholera

Recommended Vaccines

1. Typhoid

2. Meningitis

3. Malaria protection

 Firearms:

The importation of firearms is subjected to prior authorisation by competent Cameroonian authorities. Applications can be made through the High Commission.

 

Journalist and Cinematographers:

1. require accreditation to operate in Cameroon.

2. Forms are available at the High Commission.

3. All accreditation formalities are completed by the competent Department of the Ministry of Communication in Yaounde (through the High Commission in London).

4. The above conditions do not apply to amateur/tourist photography. Airports, military personnel in uniform and strategic sites may not be photographed.