Enrolling your biometric information
Published 21 October 2013
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If you normally provide biometric information (fingerprints and facial photograph) to get a visa to enter the UK, you will still need to provide your biometric information to get a Games accreditation card. You should arrange to attend and provide your biometric information for accreditation cards from the dates we have listed for your country in the ‘more information’ section below. You must enrol your biometric information at the relevant British High Commission or visa application centre in your country. You can find the details about the Biometric collection in the ‘more information’ section. We will provide the contact details for booking an appointment on this page in October 2013.
The closing date for providing your biometric information for of the Commonwealth Games accreditation process is 30 April 2014.
1. Bangladesh
Games Family Members can enrol their biometric information from November 2013. This will take place at the High Commission in Dhaka on Tuesdays and Wednesdays only. You must book an appointment before you attend. Your appointment can be made by email, making clear that you wish to register your biometrics as part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Accreditation process. You should also advise of any preferred day or date.
Address for the High Commission:
British High Commission Dhaka
United Nations Road
Baridhara
P O Box 6079
Dhaka 1212
Bangladesh
2. Cameroon
Games Family Members can enrol their biometric information from November 2013. This will take place at the High Commission in Yaounde on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays only. You must book an appointment before you attend. Your appointment can be made by email, making clear that you wish to register your biometrics as part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Accreditation process. You should also advise of any preferred day or date.
Address for the High Commission:
British High Commission in Yaounde
Avenue Winston Churchill,
P.O Box 547, Yaounde,
Yaounde
Centre Region
547
Cameroon
3. Ghana
Games Family Members can enrol their biometric information from 1 November 2013. This will take place at the visa application centre in Accra on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays only. You must book an appointment before you attend. Your appointment can be made by email, making clear that you wish to register your biometrics as part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Accreditation process. You should also advise of any preferred day or date.
Address for the visa application centre:
UK Visa Application Centre
House No. 2
Lenshie Crescent
North Labone
Accra
4. Guyana
Games Family Members can enrol their biometric information from 1 November 2013. This will take place at the High Commission in Georgetown on Tuesdays and Thursdays only. You must book an appointment before you attend. Your appointment can be made by email, making clear that you wish to register your biometrics as part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Accreditation process. You should also advise of any preferred day or date.
Address for the High Commission:
British High Commission
44 Main Street
Georgetown
Guyana
5. India
Games Family Members can enrol their biometric information from 1 November 2013. This will take place at the High Commission in Chennai, Mumbai and New Delhi on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays only. You must book an appointment before you attend. Your appointment can be made by email, making clear that you wish to register your biometrics as part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Accreditation process. You should also advise of any preferred day or date.
Addresses for the High Commissions:
5.1 Chennai
British Deputy High Commission Chennai
20 Anderson Road
Chennai 600 006
5.2 Mumbai
British Deputy High Commission Mumbai
Naman Chambers,
C/32 G Block Bandra Kurla Complex,
Mumbai
Bandra (East) 400 051
5.3 New Delhi
British High Commission New Delhi
Shantipath, Chanakyapuri
New Delhi 110021
6. Jamaica
Games Family Members can enrol their biometric information from 6 January 2014. This will take place at the High Commission in Kingston on Tuesdays and Thursdays only. You must book an appointment before you attend. Your appointment can be made by email, making clear that you wish to register your biometrics as part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Accreditation process. You should also advise of any preferred day or date.
Address for the High Commissions:
British High Commission
P O Box 575
28 Trafalgar Road
Kingston 10
7. Kenya
Games Family Members can enrol their biometric information from 1 November 2013. This will take place at the visa application centre in Nairobi on Wednesdays only. You must book an appointment before you attend. Your appointment can be made by email, making clear that you wish to register your biometrics as part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Accreditation process. You should also advise of any preferred day or date.
Address for the visa application centre:
Geomaps Centre
Matumbato Road
Upper Hill Nairobi - 00100 P.O. Box 25180
8. Lesotho
Games Family Members can enrol their biometric information from 6 January 2014. This will take place at the High Commission in Pretoria on Wednesdays only. You must book an appointment before you attend. Your appointment can be made by email, making clear that you wish to register your biometrics as part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Accreditation process. You should also advise of any preferred day or date.
Address for the High Commission:
British High Commission
255 Hill Street
Arcadia
Pretoria
0028
9. Malawi
Games Family Members can enrol their biometric information from 6 January 2014. This will take place at the visa application centre in Lilongwe on Wednesdays only. You must book an appointment before you attend. Your appointment can be made by email, making clear that you wish to register your biometrics as part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Accreditation process. You should also advise of any preferred day or date.
Address for the visa application centre:
Plot 13/16,
Tevata House,
Unit No 2, Ground Floor, Lilongwe, Malawi.
10. Mozambique
Games Family Members can enrol their biometric information from 6 January 2014. This will take place at the visa application centre in Maputo on Wednesdays only. You must book an appointment before you attend. Your appointment can be made by email, making clear that you wish to register your biometrics as part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Accreditation process. You should also advise of any preferred day or date.
Address for the visa application centre:
Avenue 24 de Julho No 641,
Maputo. Mozambique
11. Nigeria
Games Family Members can enrol their biometric information from 1 November 2013. This will take place at the visa application centre in Abuja, Ikeja, Lagos and Lekki, Lagos on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays only. You must book an appointment before you attend. Your appointment can be made by email, using the links below, making clear that you wish to register your biometrics as part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Accreditation process. You should also advise of any preferred day or date.
Address for the visa application centres:
11.1 Abuja
VF Global Services Nigeria Ltd.
No 38, Lobito Crescent, Wuse II
Abuja
11.2 Ikeja, Lagos
Ground and 1 Floor, 16, Billingsway
Oregun Industrial Area, Ikeja
11.3 Lekki, Lagos
Block - 94, Plot No. 23,
Providence Street,
Lekki EPE Express Way,
Lekki Schemen 1,
12. Pakistan
Games Family Members can enrol their biometric information from 1 November 2013. This will take place at the High Commission in Islamabad on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays only. You must book an appointment before you attend. Your appointment can be made by email, making clear that you wish to register your biometrics as part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Accreditation process. You should also advise of any preferred day or date.
Address for the High Commission:
British High Commission Islamabad
Diplomatic Enclave, Ramna 5,
P O Box 1122, Islamabad
13. Rwanda
Games Family Members can enrol their biometric information from 1 November 2013. This will take place at the High Commission in Kigali on Wednesdays only. You must book an appointment before you attend. Your appointment can be made by email, making clear that you wish to register your biometrics as part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Accreditation process. You should also advise of any preferred day or date.
Address for the High Commission:
British High Commission Kigali
Parcelle No 1131, Boulevard de l'Umuganda
Kacyiru-Sud
Kigali
BP 576
14. Sierra Leone
Games Family Members can enrol their biometric information from 6 January 2014. This will take place at the High Commission in Freetown on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays only. You must book an appointment before you attend. Your appointment can be made by email, making clear that you wish to register your biometrics as part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Accreditation process. You should also advise of any preferred day or date.
Address for the High Commission:
British High Commission Freetown
6 Spur Road Freetown
15. South Africa
Games Family Members can enrol their biometric information from 1 November 2013. This will take place at the visa application centres in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria on Wednesdays only. You must book an appointment before you attend. Your appointment can be made by email, making clear that you wish to register your biometrics as part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Accreditation process. You should also advise of any preferred day or date.
You can find the addresses for the visa application centres below:
15.1 Cape Town
2202, 22 Floor,
ABSA Centre,
2 Riebeck Street,
Cape Town
15.2 Johannesburg
10 Floor
Office Towers, Sandton City Mall (Above Ned Bank)
Johannesburg
15.3 Pretoria
1 Floor - Lobby 4,
Bank Forum,
337 Veale Street, Opposite Brooklyn Mall,
Brooklyn, Pretoria
16. Sri Lanka
Games Family Members can enrol their biometric information from 1 November 2013. This will take place at the High Commission in Colombo on Tuesdays and Wednesdays only. You must book an appointment before you attend. Your appointment can be made by email, making clear that you wish to register your biometrics as part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Accreditation process. You should also advise of any preferred day or date.
Address for the High Commission:
British High Commission Colombo
389, Bauddhaloka Mw, Colombo 7
17. Swaziland
Games Family Members can enrol their biometric information from 6 January 2014. This will take place at the High Commission in Pretoria on Wednesdays only. You must book an appointment before you attend. Your appointment can be made by email, making clear that you wish to register your biometrics as part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Accreditation process. You should also advise of any preferred day or date.
Address for the High Commission:
British High Commission
255 Hill Street
Arcadia
Pretoria
0028
18. Tanzania
Games Family Members can enrol their biometric information from 1 November 2013. This will take place at the High Commission in Dar Es Salaam on Wednesdays only. You must book an appointment before you attend. Your appointment can be made by email, making clear that you wish to register your biometrics as part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Accreditation process. You should also advise of any preferred day or date.
Address for the High Commission:
British High Commission Dar es Salaam
Umoja House,
Garden Avenue, P.O. Box 9200
Dar es Salaam
19. Uganda
Games Family Members can enrol their biometric information from 1 November 2013. This will take place at the visa application centre in Kampala on Wednesdays only. You must book an appointment before you attend. Your appointment can be made by email, making clear that you wish to register your biometrics as part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Accreditation process. You should also advise of any preferred day or date.
You can find the addresses for the visa application centres below:
UK Visa Application Centre
Communications House
7th Floor, Plot 1 Colville Street - Plot 5 Portal Avenue
PO Box: 5418
Kampala
20. Zambia
Games Family Members can enrol their biometric information from 6 January 2014. This will take place at the High Commission in Lusaka on Wednesdays only. You must book an appointment before you attend. Your appointment can be made by email, making clear that you wish to register your biometrics as part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Accreditation process. You should also advise of any preferred day or date.
Address for the High Commission:
British High Commission Lusaka
5210 Independence Avenue, P.O. Box 5005
15101 Ridgeway
Lusaka