Visa Application

The process of applying for an Uganda visa. You’ll find step-by-step instructions, required documents, and helpful tips.
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Visa Application

You must apply online 2 WEEKS BEFORE DEPARTURE to obtain an entry visa:
 
https://visas.immigration.go.ug


Visa will expire 90 days from the application date.​

BEFORE YOU APPLY:

You must have the following:

  • Valid passport (saved as a .pdf or .jpeg)

  • Copy of your yellow fever vaccine card (saved as a .pdf or .jpeg)

  • A return flight information

  • Headshot photo of yourself (saved as .jpeg — not your actual passport photo)

You will need to upload scans of the above required documents. You will pay for your visa online ($51.50). Please be prepared to do so.

TO BEGIN:

STEP 1 APPLICATION TYPE:

  • Visa or Permit Type: Select Visa

  • Category: Select Uganda Ordinary/Tourist Visa 

  • Subcategory: Select Single Entry

​Supporting documents:

You only need the following scanned copies of these files to be uploaded later in the process. Minimum file size is 5 KB and max file size is 250 KB.

  • Recent Passport-size Photograph (Do not use your actual passport photo)

  • Vaccination Certificate (Yellow Fever)

  • Passport bio-data page (.jpeg or pdf copy of your passport)

    Note: You DO NOT need any of the other supporting documents listed in this section. An invitation letter IS NOT required. 

    If you bring in a substantial number of items for Show Mercy, we will give you with a letter to show the Uganda customs officials.

Step 2: FILL THE FORM

Group Data: Leave blank. Don’t select anything.

Personal Data: Enter your personal information

Passport data:

  • Passport Type: Select Ordinary Passport

  • Passport Number: Enter Number from Passport

  • Date of Issue and Date of Expiry: Found on your passport

  • Issuing Country: Found on your passport

  • Place of Issue: Found on your passport

Other data:
 

  • Address in Uganda: Show Mercy at Field of Dreams Wakiso, Bella, 256 783 481434

  • Travel history: Enter countries you’ve visited or type “NONE”

  • Purpose of Visit: Tourism *** DO NOT SELECT “FRIENDS” or “MISSIONARY”

  • Date of arrival: Enter DAY-MONTH-YEAR

  • Point of Entry to have visa personalized: Entebbe

  • Duration of stay: Enter number of days you will be in Uganda

Step 3: Upload Documents

Upload your passport, a headshot photo (not passport photo), yellow fever, and return ticket home. (The minimum file size is 5 KB. The maximum file size is 250 KB)

If you are filling out an application for a minor that is traveling to Uganda, upload a photo of the accompanying adult’s passport by clicking “Add New Document.” This is a required part of the visa application process.

Step 4: Submit


IMPORTANT: Save a screenshot of the application ID number and receipt of the payment.

Please submit your application at least two weeks before your departure date. After you apply, you will receive a confirmation email with a barcode attached within a few days. Please print the barcode email and bring it with you. Your visa application will be saved in the database in preparation for your arrival in Entebbe.

Grace's Story:

In 2004, when we began Show Mercy, we had no idea the depth and reach this journey would take. We simply said yes to helping 50 children. That’s it. No grand strategy. Just obedience.

And that’s when I met Grace—a quiet, wide-eyed little boy sitting in a church service. I invited him to sit on my lap, and from that moment on, he had a special place in my heart.

Grace’s story was painful. His father had died of AIDS, and by custom, he was sent to live with his grandparents. At just seven years old, Grace was forced to work in the fields from dawn to dusk, digging for food with his bare hands. He wasn’t allowed to go to school. He slept on the hard mud floor. His clothes were rags. He was in constant pain—his feet and hands raw and infected from living barefoot in the dirt.

When he was finally brought into our sponsorship program, everything changed.

A Heart Transformed

Grace was safe. He had a bed. A blanket. Shoes. Meals. Clean water. Medical care. An education. But more than all of that—he had love.He would run to carry my bags every time I visited. He started dreaming big, bold dreams. He told me with glistening eyes that one day he would be a pastor and evangelist for Jesus. And over and over again, he dreamed of fishing—casting nets—pulling in a catch.

One day, as he wept in my arms sharing the horrors of his early life, he suddenly lifted his head, smiled, and said something I will never forget:

“I now know what it means to be a King’s kid.”

Grace discovered who he truly was—not an orphan, not a slave—but a son of the King. That truth changed everything for him. And it became a cornerstone of this ministry’s calling.

The Final Goodbye

In 2008, we received the heartbreaking news that Grace had passed away. While being treated in the hospital for an injury, doctors discovered he had leukemia. It progressed quickly, and we didn’t even have time to say goodbye.

But then, something miraculous happened. My husband Mike had a dream. In it, Grace was sitting on Jesus’ lap—radiant, whole, joyful. He looked at Mike and said something like:

“Thank you… for showing me what a good Poppa is on the earth.”

He woke up in tears. It was as if Grace had come back one last time to say thank you—and to pass the baton.

Send your sponsored child a note!

Use this form to send a special note to your child in Uganda.
You can upload a few small photos as well.