Visa application centre
	Public holiday and closures
	Feedback and complaints
	Security information
	Data Protection Act

Visa application center

UK Visa Application Centre Saay New Building, Bole Road, 3rd Floor, House No:676/05 Addis Ababa Ethiopia. Working Hours Monday to Friday Application submission 800 hrs - 1500 hrs Passport collection 0830 hrs - 1030 hrs

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Public holiday closures

The VFS Visa application centre in Addis Ababa will be closed on the following public holidays in 2012:

Date Day Holidays 2012 2 January Monday In lieu of New Year’s day 20 January Friday Ethiopian Epiphany 2 March Friday Victory of Adwa 6 April Friday Good Friday (UK) 9 April Monday Easter Monday (UK) 13 April Friday Ethiopian Good Friday 28 May Monday Downfall of the Dergue 4 June Monday Spring Bank Holiday (UK) 5 June Tuesday Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (UK) 11 September Tuesday Ethiopian New Year 27 September Thursday The Finding of the True Cross (Meskel) 6 November *Tuesday Eid Al Adeha (Arafa) 24 December Monday Christmas Privilege Day 25 December Tuesday Christmas Day 26 December Wednesday Boxing Day

*Actual date to be decided nearer the time as they are based on lunar calendar.


Feedback & complaints

If you want to provide feedback or complain about the service that you have received at a VFS visa application centre, please see the Feedback and complaints page on this website.



Security Information

All visitors to the visa application centre are security checked before entering the building. Mobile phones are allowed within the premises but must be switch off. Fire arms or weapons of any kind are not allowed and we have no facility to store these while your application is being processed.


Data Protection Act

The Data Protection Act prevents the UK Border Agency and VFS from providing information about an application to anybody other than the individual visa applicant or their authorised representative.