DEPARTMENT OF CONSULAR SERVICES
Strategic Objective
The Consular Services Department provides consular services at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters and abroad through Uganda's Embassies and Missions.
The key functions of the Department are:
- Strengthening the policy and regulatory framework for the provision of consular services;
- Coordinating the establishment of Uganda Consular Missions abroad;
- Coordinating the provision of consular services by Ugandan Embassies and Missions abroad;
- Providing consular services at Headquarters to Ugandans, Diplomatic Missions and other foreign entities and nationals resident in Uganda;
- Managing consular relations between Uganda and other countries;
- Establishing national and international networks for the provision of consular services.
Consular Services provided by the Department include:
- General information on consular protection and assistance;
- Next of kin notifications in cases of death, illness, arrest and other emergency situations involving Ugandans abroad;
- Repatriation guidelines in emergency situations abroad;
- Coordination of visa application processes for Government Officials travelling abroad for official work;
- Authentication of academic documents issued by Ugandan academic institutions;
- Coordination of the issuance and renewal of Uganda Diplomatic passports for Ugandans carrying out diplomatic assignments abroad;
- Coordination of consular visits to foreign nationals detained in Uganda.
NAME | DESIGNATION | RANK | EMAIL ADDRESS |
Mr. Karugaba Michael | Head of Department | michael.karugaba@mofa.go.ug | |
Mr. Stilson Muwhezi | FSO | stilson.muwhezi@mofa.go.ug | |
Highlights
President Museveni Woos India's Banana Stem Processor, 27th-May 2022
President Yoweri Museveni has pledged to provide land in Mbarara to prospective Indian Investors who are proposing to set up a factory that uses banana stems to produce a wide range of products including liquid fertiliser, thread, cloth and biogas among other things.
President Museveni Condoles with UAE Over the Demise of President Khalifa, 18th-May 2022
President Yoweri Museveni has today paid his respects and sent condolences to the people of United Arab Emirates upon the demise of their former leader, President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Improved Agro-Production Will Spur Trade, Development - President, 17th-May 2022
President Yoweri Museveni has said that the NRM identified four principles that would enable Uganda to prosper and improve the welfare of Ugandans.
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