
There is no British Embassy in Cape Verde. The British Ambassador to Cape Verde resides at Dakar. Mr Antonio Canuto, the British Honorary Consul in Mindelo, Sao Vicente island, can provide limited assistance in an emergency;
Mr Canuto (tel: (+238) 2322830),
or ask for Mr Canuto's assistant,
Isabel Spencer (tel: (+238) 2323512 / 2323123; fax: (+238) 2321284).
British nationals require a visa to enter Cape Verde. Cape Verde's Ambassador to the UK is Fernando Wahnon Ferreira, based in Brussels.
His address is:
Ambassade du Cap-Vert, Avenue Jeanne 29, 1000 Bruxelles,
tel. +32 2 6469025 / 2 6436270; fax +32 2 6463385,
email: emb.caboverde@skynet.be
For those travelling via Senegal there is a Cape Verde Embassy in Dakar. Specialist travel agents dealing with Cape Verde can also arrange visas.
Address:
British Embassy, 20 Rue du Docteur Guillet, Boite Postale 6025, Dakar
Telephone:
(+221) 33 823 7392
(+221) 33 823 9971
Fax:
(+221) 33 823 2766
Email: britembe@orange.sn
Email: dakar.visaenquiries@fco.gov.uk
Office hours:
GMT: (Local Time=GMT)
Mon-Thurs: 0800-1630
Fri: 0800-1230
Website: http://ukinsenegal.fco.gov.uk - click here
Website: British Government FCO Cape Verde Travel Advice and Updates - click here
Page updated: 18th January 2010 10:30