About British High Commission Dar es Salaam
Umoja House, Hamburg Avenue, P.O. Box 9200
Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
Public access to embassies, high commissions and consulates is by appointment only
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To call us in an emergency or send us an online enquiry use our contact form: https://www.contact.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/posts/tanzania/british-high-commission-dar-es-salaam
Opening hours
GMT
Monday to Thursday: 4:30 am to 1:30 pm and Friday: 4:30 am to 11:30 am
Local Time
Monday to Thursday: 7:30 am to 3:30 pm and Friday: 7:30 am to 1:00 pm
For consular enquiries:
Public access to the consular section is by appointment only. Use our contact form for online enquiries.
Visa:
Public Holidays 2025
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| 31 March or 1 April | Eid El Fitr |
| 18 April | Good Friday |
| 21 April | Easter Monday |
| 1 May | Workers Day |
| 7 July | Eid El Hajj |
| 25 August | Summer bank holiday |
| 5 September | Maulid Day |
| 14 October | Nyerere Day |
| 9 December | Tanzanian Independence and Republic Day |
| 25 December | Christmas Day |
| 26 December | Boxing Day |
Disabled access
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and the British High Commission, Dar es Salaam are keen to ensure that their buildings and services are fully accessible to disabled members of the public.
Wherever possible, we have made our buildings and services accessible. Sometimes however, this is not possible due to security or other restrictions. In these situations we will endeavour to provide a service or access to a building in an alternative way to ensure equality of access for disabled people.
To assist disabled visitors, we have set out below details of disabled access at this High Commission. We hope this information is helpful.
General physical access:
- entrances - clear and unobstructed
- steps and staircases - none of the stairs have clear step edging or anti slip edging
- ramps - permanent ramp gives access to visa section, no others installed
- lifts - lifts give access to wheelchair users and access all floors except high level of visa section
- toilets - two disabled toilets are installed, located on the 3rd floor, and visa sections
- parking - spaces available at owners’ risk, however, no transfer space for wheelchairs is included
- floor coverings - floor coverings are a mixture of carpet and hard surfaces, all are true and level
- handrails - handrails are accessible and widely available
- doors - corridor doors on hold opens, rest of doors not set up for disabled users
- lighting - lighting levels are set to Cat 2 office lighting, circulation lighting good
- phones - not set at heights accessible to wheelchair users, apart from when located on desks
Access for visually - impaired visitors:
- signs - signage is of internationally recognised symbols. Braille numbers available in the lifts
- guide dogs - access available
Access for Deaf/hard of hearing visitors:
- hearing loops - installed to all new visa and reception counters