In most of the countries you will find diplomatic missions, which usually refers to an embassy and/or a consulate. Diplomatic bodies represent other country’s interests in Uganda, with the aim of strengthening international relations between the states and providing services for their citizens in Uganda.

Embassies and consulates are considered legal territories of their home countries. They are not "foreign territory" but they are protected and considered the property of the country using them, meaning that Uganda does not have jurisdiction over the embassy or consulate of another country.

What is the difference between Embassy and Consulate

The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations international treaty defines the diplomatic mission’s purpose and framework. The various diplomatic missions offer several services and carry out different missions. For example:

• Embassy: This is the primary diplomatic representation of a country’s government and is headed by an ambassador. An embassy is the main location for a diplomatic presence of one country in another. A country has at most one embassy in another country, and is always established in the capital city of the host country. In the absence of a consulate in a country, the embassy has also a consular section to carry out all the relevant consular services (see below).
• Consulate General: This is a diplomatic mission, headed by a consul that provides a full range of services such as: issuing passports/visas, keeping birth and marriage records, assisting expats, providing legal information, translations etc. It can be located in any major city of the host country, although often in the capital city (in certain cases, in the same building as the embassy). In major countries and large territories, you often have more than one consulate.
• Honorary Consulate: It supplements the Consulate to provide a limited range of consular services and is headed by an honorary consul. They help nationals abroad. For example, in the event of a hospital stay, missing person, death, natural disaster or another emergency. They can also issue emergency travel documents and consular declarations for which the applicant is required to appear in person.

NB: You will usually apply for a visa at the Consulate of the country you want to visit. However, if there is no such representation in Uganda, you can apply for a visa at the embassy.

Where to find Consulates and Embassies in Uganda

Not all countries have an Embassy and/or a Consulate as it depends on the political situation, the relationship with the host country, the size of the country, and the number of foreign citizens living there.

In some cases, countries can share representations and you can be assisted by the services of another embassy or consular service to get the information you need.

We recommend you register/contact your country’s embassy at your destination. It is a free service provided by any diplomatic mission and it will allow them to record information about your upcoming trip abroad. It can be used to assist you in case of an emergency.

Registration will also allow you to get routine information from your nearest embassy or consulate, as citizens residing abroad.

The capital of Uganda, Kampala hosts 44 embassies

There are also 44 consulates and one other representation located in Uganda.

All consulates and honorary consulates are located in Kampala, except for those countries who own an embassy in the capital of Uganda and might have another diplomatic mission outside the capital.

You will find below a list of selected countries (the list is not exhaustive) that have a diplomatic mission in Uganda. The list includes embassies, consulates, honorary consulates, and sometimes other official representations for you to be able to get information and services.

Embassies and Main Consulates in Kampala

Some countries may have consulates in addition to or instead of embassies. Consulates generally focus more on consular services like visa processing, passport renewals, and assisting their citizens.

China

Embassy of China in Uganda

Address: Plot 37, Malcolm X Avenue, Kololo, P.O. Box 4106, Kampala
Tel: (+256) 41 425 9881
E-Mail: chinaemb_ug@mfa.gov.cn
Social Media: https://twitter.com/PRC_Amb_Uganda

The consular section provides a range of consular services such as document authentication and legalisation processing, as well as visa affairs, and consular protection to all Chinese living in Uganda.

France

French Embassy in Uganda

Address: 16, Lumumba Avenue, P.O. Box 7212, Kampala
Tel: (+256) 414 304 528
E-Mail: ambafrance.kampala@diplomatie.gouv.fr
Social Media: https://twitter.com/FrenchEmbassyUg
Opening Hours: Monday to Thursday from 8:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. and Friday from 8:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

The consular section (or "consulate") is responsible for assisting French citizens in Uganda in all their procedures vis-à-vis the French administration, such as: applications for passports and identity cards; civil status documents (births, marriages, deaths), civil partnerships and notaries; registration in the register of French people established outside France; French nationality; participation in elections, etc.

Germany

German Embassy in Uganda

Address: 15 Philip Road, Kololo, Kampala, P.O. Box 7016
Tel: (+256) 31 219 1100
E-Mail: info@kampala.diplo.de
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/GermanEmbassyKampala and https://twitter.com/GermanyDiplo
Opening Hours: Monday to Thursday: 07.30am – 04.00pm and Friday: 07.30am – 01.00pm
Visiting Hours of the Visa and Consular Section: Monday to Friday: 08.00 - 11.00am

The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Uganda provides passports and ID cards’ services, nationality, family and inheritance matters, criminal records, visa and entry, lawyers, doctors and translators and customs service, etc.

Japan

Embassy of Japan in Uganda

Address: Plot 8, Kyadondo Road, Nakasero, Kampala
Tel: (+256) 312 261 564/6
E-Mail: jp-embassy@kp.mofa.go.jp
Social Media: https://twitter.com/JapanEmb_Uganda
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:30 - 12:30 and 13:30 - 17:15

The Japanese embassy provides a range of consular services such application for passport download application form, notification of residence or related to family register/nationality. Procedures related to various certifications, overseas election, visa Acceptance environment for foreigners in Japan Development efforts (foreigner life support portal site, life and work guidebook, guidance for new immigrants), etc.

Russia

Embassy of Russia in Uganda

Address: 33 Nakasero Road, Kampala
Tel: (+256) 414 345 698
E-Mail: rusemb.uganda@mid.ru
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/RusEmbUganda/ and https://www.instagram.com/rusemb.uganda/ and https://twitter.com/RusEmbUganda
Consular section working hours: Tuesday, Thursday, from 10 am to 12 pm

For services such as issues of citizenship of the Russian Federation, issues of registration of foreign passports and START, notary issues and document translation, request for official documents, pension issues, consular registration, etc. it is requested to visit the Consular Section under appointment.

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

High Commission of the United Kingdom in Uganda

Address: Windsor Loop, Kamwokya PO. Box 7070, Kampala
Tel: (+256) 312 312 000
E-Mail: Kampala.Bhcinfo@fcdo.gov.uk
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/ukinuganda/ and https://twitter.com/UKinUganda

The British Embassy in Uganda provides services to British nationals living and visiting the country. Some of the services are: emergency travel document replacement, notarial and documentary services, marriage, consular fees, etc.

USA (United States of America)

Embassy of the United States of America in Uganda

Address: 1577 Ggaba Road, P.O. Box 7007, Kampala
Tel: (+256) 414 306 001
E-Mail: KampalaUSCitizen@state.gov
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/U.S.EmbassyKampala and https://twitter.com/usmissionuganda and https://www.instagram.com/usmissionuganda/ and https://www.youtube.com/user/USMissionUganda

The US representation in Uganda provides a range of consular services such as regular passport applications and renewals, Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBA), and notarial services, assistance on death of a U.S. Citizen and emergency financial assistance, etc.

Honorary Consulates in Uganda

Contact directly the Embassy/Consulate website for more information.

For countries with no consulates or embassies in Uganda, the Honorary Consulates are supervised by diplomatic representations located in other countries, often Nairobi, in Kenya for Uganda.

General Consulates and embassies in Kampala

• Australia (australianconsulate.ug@gmail.com)
• Belgium (kampala@diplobel.fed.be) 
• Brazil (brasemb.nairobi@itamaraty.gov.br - For consular assistance, call the embassy of Brazil in Nairobi, Kenya) 
• Canada (nrobi-consular@international.gc.ca - For consular assistance, call the High Commission of Canada in Nairobi, Kenya) 
• Denmark (kmtamb@um.dk)
• Egypt
• Italy (amb.kampala@cert.esteri.it)
• Kenya (kampala@mfa.go.ke)
• Mexico (infoken@sre.gob.mx)
• South Africa (kampala.sahc@dirco.gov.za)
• Switzerland (kampala@honrep.ch)