About British High Commission Gaborone


Plot 1079-1084Main Malloff Queens Road
Gaborone
Gaborone
Botswana

Contact form
https://www.contact-em...

Enquiries
Telephone +267 3952841/+44 20 7008 5000

Consular assistance is available to British Nationals 24/7. If you need urgent help (for example, you’ve been attacked, arrested or someone has died), call the High Commission on +267 3952841 or the British High Commission in Pretoria on +27 12 421 7500 and follow the options for emergency assistance. If you’re in the UK and worried about a British person in Botswana, call 020 7008 5000 (24/7, 365 days a year).

For consular enquiries, use the contact form. Public access to the Embassy is by appointment only.

Visa hours

Our Visa Application Centre (VAC) in Gaborone is now operated by FedEx, located at their premises:

Plot 74768 Gaborone, 1st floor, Capricorn House, New CBD, Gaborone

It is open 5 mornings a week.

At the same time, we are making the following changes to the visa service that we offer:

There will be a charge of £59 to use the Visa Application Centre in Gaborone. This will be in addition to the visa fee and will be charged at the point of booking the appointment and will cover the cost of providing the application submission facilities in Gaborone. Your appointment at this Visa Application Centre will not be honoured if this fee is not paid.

A new Priority Visa service will also be offered for an additional fee of £100. Priority Visa applications will normally be processed within 5 days.

You can Check if you need a visa or send an enquiry to UK Visas and Immigration.

Telephone: +44 203 481 1736.

Open Monday to Friday, 24 hours daily. Calls cost £1.37 per minute on top of your standard network charges.

Passport enquiries

  • Telephone: +44 300 222 0000
  • HM Passport Office: Webchat

Consular service hours

The High Commission is available 24/7 to support British nationals. Access to the consular section is by appointment only. Those with emergencies outside normal working hours can call the High Commission number +267 3952841 to seek assistance.

Privacy notice

If you visit the British High Commission Gaborone see our privacy notice for visitors which explains how we will process your data for security and public health management reasons.

Disabled access

Please call us if you would like to arrange parking at our car park, which allows easier access to the building.

Wherever possible, we have made our buildings and services accessible. Sometimes, however, this is not possible due to security or other restrictions.

Public holidays 2024

Date Holiday
Monday 1 January New Year’s Day
Tuesday 2 January UK in Botswana network holiday
Friday 29 March Good Friday
Monday 1 April Easter Monday
Wednesday 1 May Labour Day
Thursday 9 May Ascension Day holiday
Friday 10 May UK in Botswana network holiday
Monday 1 July Sir Seretse Khama Day
Monday 15 July President’s Day
Tuesday 16 July President’s Day holiday
Monday 30 September Botswana Independence Day
Tuesday 1 October Public holiday
Wednesday 25 December Christmas Day
Thursday 26 December Boxing Day