Apply for UK visa at pop-up centre at British Embassy Conakry
From 28 to 30 May 2024, you can submit your UK visa application at the British Embassy in Conakry, Guinea.
Instead of travelling to another country to apply for visa, the British Embassy and TLScontact will run a 3-day “pop-up” visa application centre at the British Embassy in Conakry, Guinea. Only applications for a visit visa (for a validity of six months, 2, 5 or 10 years) can be made at the “pop-up” visa clinic. Applicants for other visa routes – student, work, settlement etc – will not be able to use this service.
Limited appointments are available, so book your place as soon as possible.
Note that you should not apply through this clinic if you need your passport within a month of submitting your application.
Passports will have to be sent out to Ghana for processing and the British Embassy in Conakry will have no access to them until a decision has been made and they have been returned to Post.
Just follow the steps below to apply for your visa and confirm your appointment to submit your application in Conakry.
How to apply and book your appointment
Option 1: For those bringing their supporting documents to the biometric appointment
- Visit GOV.UK and apply for the visa you need. You MUST select Ghana as the country where you want to submit your application.
- Answer all the questions on the GOV.UK application form.
- Pay for your visa.
- You will receive a confirmation and your GWF reference number.
- Pay your visa clinic fee of GNF 1,100,000.00 to the following bank account:
AMBASSADE DE GRANDE BRETAGNE
Bank: ECOBANK
Account number: 7308012836
RIB 010 001 7308012836 29
Swift code: ECOCGNCN
6. Email the BritishEmbassy.Conakry@fcdo.gov.uk with your details and GWF number as well as proof of payment of the visa clinic fee and request an appointment using “pop-up application centre in Conakry on 28-30 May” as the subject line. No appointment will be confirmed without this information.
7. Prepare all the supporting documents you need for your application based on the checklist provided by GOV.UK. Make copies of all these documents and bring the originals and copies with you to the appointment.
8. Attend your appointment at the “pop-up” visa application centre in Conakry.
9. The copies of your supporting documents will be sent to the TLScontact visa application centre in Ghana for scanning. The copies will not be returned to you, so please make sure you bring copies along with the originals.
10. You do NOT need to go to the TLScontact website to make an appointment or submit your documents.
Option 2: For those that will choose to upload digital copies of your supporting documents before attending the biometric appointment
- Visit GOV.UK and apply for the visa you need. You MUST select Ghana as the country where you want to submit your application.
- Answer all the questions on the GOV.UK application form.
- Pay for your visa.
- You will receive a confirmation and your GWF reference number.
- Pay your visa clinic fee of GNF 1,100,000.00 to the following bank account:
AMBASSADE DE GRANDE BRETAGNE
Bank: ECOBANK
Account number: 7308012836
RIB 010 001 7308012836 29
Swift code: ECOCGNCN
6. Email BritishEmbassy.Conakry@fcdo.gov.uk with your details and GWF number as well as proof of payment of the visa clinic fee, and request an appointment using “pop-up application centre in Conakry on 28-30 May” as the subject line. No appointment will be confirmed without the required information.
7. Prepare all the supporting documents you need for your application based on the checklist provided by GOV.UK.
8. To upload digital copies of your supporting documents, log into your GOV.UK account and continue to the TLScontact website.
9. Choose any available free appointment date in Accra, Ghana. This is just to allow you to create an account to upload your documents, and you will not need to travel to Ghana. This appointment will be cancelled automatically later.
10. Once you have confirmed an appointment, you will have the option to self-upload your supporting documents. Click on “Self Service” Upload and follow the instructions on TLSdocuments to upload your documents.
11. Attend your appointment at the “pop-up” visa application centre in Conakry. Make sure you bring your valid passport and any other required documents from the GOV.UK checklist to this appointment.
Note: if you are applying for a 6-month visa, your intended date of travel to the UK should not be after December 2024.
Updates to this page
Last updated 23 May 2024 + show all updates
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Announcement: A pop-up visa application centre will be open at the British Embassy in Conakry on 28 and 30 May 2024 so applicants do not need to travel to another country to apply for UK visa.
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