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The Ministry of Internal Affairs is a cabinet-level government ministry of Uganda.It is responsible for the facilitation of "legal and orderly movement of persons to and from Uganda, regulate the residence of immigrants in the country, verify and process Uganda citizenship and enforce national and regional immigration laws for the development and security of Uganda". [1]
The passport was a British titled passport but in the location it mentioned Uganda. At this time Uganda was still a British Protectorate but unlike Kenya it was slightly more self-governing. Uganda became an independent Dominion on 9 October 1962, then a republic on 9 October 1963 and it is from that day that all the passports have the title of ...
Under its terms, Uganda reinstated provisions for nationality to be acquired by birth in Uganda as long as the person's parent or grandparents belonged to an ethnic group living in Uganda before 1 February 1926. The schedule attached omitted any Asian ethnicities and included only indigenous ethnic groups of African descent, as a basis for ...
Ordinary passport These passports are issued to citizens and are intended for occasional travel, such as vacations and business trips. They contain 32 pages, and are valid for 5 years. Official/Service passport These passports are issued to officials attached to government institutions who have to travel on official business. Diplomatic passport
The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) is a semi-autonomous government agency, established by Act of Parliament in 1998 in Uganda.URSB is responsible for civil registrations (including marriages and divorces but not including births, adoptions, or deaths), business registrations (setups and liquidations), registration of patents and intellectual property rights, insolvency and ...
Ugandan passport. Visa requirements for Ugandan citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Uganda by the authorities of other states. As of 2 July 2019, Ugandan citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 65 countries and territories, ranking the Ugandan passport 79th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
Holders of diplomatic or service passports issued to nationals of India, Italy, Namibia and South Africa [7] do not require a visa for 3 months.. A visa exemption agreement for holders of diplomatic and official / service passports was signed with Ethiopia in August 2019, but it has not yet entered into force.
During the 2019-2020 Hong Kong protests, Uganda was among the African countries that expressed support for China's approach. [ 16 ] : 41 In October 2019, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement that Uganda "firmly supports the one country, two systems policy of the People's Republic of China on the matter of Hong Kong and other areas ...