• 22/08/2014

​Kenya - The visa requirement for nationals of South Africa holding normal passports, scheduled to take effect from 1 September 2014, has been suspended until further notice.

• Prima unaffected by UK Passport Office delays

​Our service is still unaffected by the delays that have been reported in the press. We currently have daily appointments at the Passport Office for applications to be lodged.

SRI LANKA, 25 August The Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) is not available to nationals of Congo, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Sudan and Uganda. Nationals of these countries must apply for a visa prior to
their departure for Sri Lanka. These nationalities may also be subject to screening by a Health Officer before being granted entry.

SOUTH AFRICA, 22 August
Visitors arriving from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are refused entry even if holding a visa. Nationals and alien residents of South Africa are subject to screening and complete medical examination.

BOTSWANA, 22 August
Visitors arriving from Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone are refused entry even if holding a visa. Nationals and alien residents of Botswana are subject to screening and health checks. Passengers may be quarantined for further assessment.

OMAN, 20 August
Ministry of Health of the Sultanate of Oman published Ebola Virus Disease ( EVD) prevention and surveillance procedures
applicable for airlines operating to Oman. For details please see: www.moh.gov.om/en/

BAHRAIN, 19 August
Nationals of Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone are refused entry, even if holding a valid visa or residence permit issued by Bahrain. Transit through Bahrain (BAH) for up to 8 hours is possible. However, it is not possible to obtain the 24 hour transit visa nor the 24 hour Causeway Transit Visa on arrival.

SEYCHELLES, 18 August
Nationals of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Congo(Rem. Rep.), Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo require a visa, applied for prior to departure for the Seychelles. Visas can be applied for at www.ics.gov.sc

Source: World Health Organization (WHO), 18 August

• 20/08/2014

​​Israel - Effective from 30th August 2014 nationals of Bolivia will require a visa

Bolivia - Effective from 30th August 2014 nationals of Israel will require a visa

• 11/08/2014

Uzbekistan - The visa processing centre at the embassy will only be open on Monday, Tuesday and Friday every week. Please bear this in mind and allow for the extra days when submitting your applications.

• 22/07/2014

​Qatar - Effective immediately, the issuance of visas on arrival for nationals of Slovakia has been suspended.

• 10/07/2014

Kazakhstan - We have now had confirmation from the Kazakhstan Embassy in London of last week's news item:
Effective from 15th July 2014, up to and including 15th July 2015, nationals of France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Netherlands, USA, United Arab Emirates and British passports will be visa exempt for a max. stay of 15 days.

• 02/07/2014

Mongolia – Effective immediately and until 31st December 2015, nationals of the following countries are visa exempt to enter Mongolia for a max. stay of 30 days if travelling to Mongolia for transit, tourist or business purposes.
Country name:
1 Andorra       2 Argentina      3 Austria      4 Bahamas      5 Belgium   6 Brazil       7 Bulgaria     8 Chile         9 Costa-Rica     10 Croatia     11 Cyprus     12 Czech   13 Denmark     14 Estonia     15 Finland     16 France  17 Gibraltar     18 Greece    19 Grenada      20 Hungary   21 Iceland   22 Ireland       23 Italy        24 Latvia     25 Liechtenstein 26 Lithuania    27 Luxembourg       28 Malta        29 Monaco             30 Netherlands  31 Norway    32 Panama     33 Poland       34 Portugal 35 Romania   36 Slovakia     37 Slovenia   38 Spain      39 Sweden     40 Switzerland 41 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 42 Uruguay

• 26/06/2014

BRITISH PASSPORT VALIDITY EXTENSION STAMP -

For an unspecified period, British passports endorsed  British Citizen  can be extended at British diplomatic posts overseas. Passports that have been extended will contain a stamp that extends the expiry date of the passport by a period of 12 months from the date the extension is applied.

The extension stamp will possess a five digit serial number, which should not be confused with the nine digit passport number on the biodata page. Extension stamps will only be applied to passports where there are at least three empty visa pages available. A note will be written on the observations page stating  Passport extension on page XX . This indicates the location of the extension stamp within the passport. If the Observations page in the passport is laminated, the note will be at the top of the page opposite the photograph.

Country information is being updated as and when confirmation has been received that these passports are being accepted. The USA has stated that the extended passports do not meet the requirements to enter under the Visa Waiver Program. To enter the USA, holders of extended passports must obtain a non-immigrant visa prior to travel. Extended passports will only be accepted for returning alien residents of the USA and holders of immigrant and non-immigrant visas.

• 23/06/2014

Kenya - Effective from 1 September 2014, nationals of South Africa holding normal passports will require a visa, obtained prior to arrival.

We would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to our new members of the Prima Passports and Visas team:-

Anna D'Souza - Senior Visa Consultant - With over 11 years' experience of working in visa procurement, Anna will be able to assist with all your queries.

Amy Brown - Junior Visa Consultant - Currently carrying out a full training program and will soon be able to assist clients with their every need. Amy will be happy to help.

New services offered by Prima:-
Do you need a Tourist Voucher or Official Letter of Invitation? We can arrange it for you.

Saudi Business Invitation
When you travel to Saudi Arabia on business you will require an official invitation in order to apply for your visa.
Prima can obtain official invitations from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Saudi Arabia on your behalf.

Assistance in obtaining a visa on arrival for the United Arab Emirates
A number of nationals are required to pre-arrange for a visa prior to departure. The visa will be issued on arrival in the United Arab Emirates. Through our UAE sponsor we can assist in pre-arranging your visa approval.

Prima Website Updates

We are constantly looking to improve the service that we are able to provide you. Ensuring that our website has all the functionality needed to facilitate your application process and that it reflects your requests and suggestions is fundamental in building lasting relationships.

Please send us your feedback so that we are able to improve our service offering to you.

You are now able to run your own reports on your activity.

Available to account holders this discretionary feature allows you to run a report in excel format on your account’s activity. Each application appears as a line item with each column containing all the relevant information regarding that application.
If you would like this feature to appear on your account tracking screen please let us know by emailing carlosc@primavisa.com.

You are now able to book applications for different countries for the same applicant using the same booking.

To save you time we have added a button that allows you to add an application for a different country to the same booking. When you click on this button you are given the opportunity to do a visa search for a different country once you have completed the search you will be taken to the requirements screen from where you can proceed to the booking page which will be completed as per you previous entries.

You can add as many applications as you want and once done complete the bookings. You will receive one visa pack with each country’s requirements listed on it.

We will process any visa, worldwide for staff members of our Account Holders travelling on personal holidays at a 50% discounted service fee.

Please make a note of the up and coming embassy closures as these will affect the processing time of your application.

For a full list of the regular and bank holiday closures please refer to our website.

Embassy Closures