IMPORTANT: Your passport must have more than 6 months validity remaining after your travel date in order to apply for a visa. It must also contain at least one blank visa page for entry & exit stamps.
Please scan a clear and legible color copy of the information pages of your passport: Passport Scan Example. This must be uploaded, or emailed to us, during the application process. Please do not take a picture of your passport info page- it must be scanned instead.
If your passport has been amended (name changed, validity extended—found in the back pages of your passport) you will also need to scan and upload along with your passport information pages.
A passport photo will need to be uploaded, or emailed to us, as a part of the application process. You may either:
(1) Scan a recent 2x2 passport photograph that meets Passport Photo Style Regulations. Please don't take a picture of your passport photo—the passport photo must be scanned; OR
(2) Take a digital photo using a camera. You must attach the original file size (100KB or larger)- thumbnail size is not accepted. Please make sure the picture is taken against a light/white background—Sample Photo Click Here
The letter must be written on company letterhead and include the following information:
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Addressed to the Consulate General of Cameroon
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Name the applicant (traveler) sponsored or employed by the company.
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Explain the nature of business to be conducted.
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State the dates of visit.
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State the name and address of the company to be visited.
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Specify the type and validity of the requested visa.
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Company guarantee of financial responsibility for all travel expenses.
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An original closing signature (someone other than the applicant).
Please carefully review the details of the
Sample Business Letter
This document will need to be
scanned & uploaded during the application process. Please do not take a picture of it—it must be scanned. If you prefer, you may also email it to us and we will upload it on your behalf once your order is placed.
From host, sponsor or company to be visited in Cameroon stating responsibility for and acknowledgement of your stay in Cameroon.
The letter must:
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The specific visa type & validity should be explicitly mentioned on the invitation.
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Be legalized* by thoroughly identified business partner(s) in Cameroon, undersigned by Immigration or Police Authorities.
*For a letter to be "legalized" it must be "notarized" by a local authority in Cameroon. The seal of the notary must be on the letter: Cameroon Legalized Letter (Sample).
The following may also be requested:
Business contract between traveler(s) and partner(s) in Cameroon, undersigned by Administrative or Immigration Authorities.
The document will need to be scanned and uploaded during the application process. If you prefer you may also email it to us and we will upload it on your behalf once your order is placed.
Please scan a clear and legible copy of the information pages of your yellow fever certicate.
The yellow fever certificate will need to be scanned & uploaded during the application process. Please do not take a picture of it- it must be scanned.
If you prefer, you may also email it to us and we will upload it on your behalf once your order is placed.
Please provide one of the following two options:
1. Hotel Reservation with your name and valid for the duration of your stay
2. Letter of invitation from host or sponsor in Cameroon
The letter must:
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State the specific validity being requested.
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*Legalized by local Police in Cameroon.
*For a letter to be "legalized" it must be "notarized" by a local authority in Cameroon. The seal of the notary must be on the letter: Cameroon Legalized Letter (Sample).
Note: the following may also be requested:
Certificate of Accommodation issued by the inviting party, and undersigned by territorially competent Administrative, Immigration or Police Authorities.
(1) If you've received a visa: submit a scan copy of most recent Cameroonian visa.
(2) Naturalized U.S. citizens born in Cameroon who are first time visa applicants must surrender their former Cameroonian passport to the Embassy after we've submitted your request.
Send it to Embassy of Cameroon (FedEx/UPS/USPS with tracking), Attn: Consular Section E-Visa, 2349 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008 and include a note bearing your name, phone number, visa application number, and indicate that the Cameroonian passport is sent as part of an E-visa application.
Note that due to this, visa processing time will take a bit longer.
(3) If your Cameroonian passport is lost, submit a scan copy of the police report showing case number, indicating that it was lost.
(4) If the Cameroonian passport was retained by U.S. Authorities (Immigration or other), provide a scan copy of attestation from said Authorities confirming that fact.
U.S. citizens born in Cameroon or of Cameroonian origin applying for a long stay visa (6-month or 1-year) must comply with the requirements set out above for visitors requesting a long stay visa.