Status board · Updated 24 October 2026
Uganda entry, borders and border technology
Visas, Entebbe airport, customs, the main border posts and the status of government border technology projects, with official findings and dates.
Entry and airport
- Arriving at and leaving Entebbe International Airport
Step by step through arrival and departure at Entebbe International Airport: visa checks, biometrics, the 2026 health declaration, security and gate times.
- Entebbe International Airport charges
Passenger service and security charges, landing, parking and navigation fees at Entebbe from the UCAA schedule, plus 2024 car park rates.
- The East Africa Tourist Visa in Uganda
The East Africa Tourist Visa covers Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda for US$100. Validity, first entry rule, documents and how to apply online in Uganda.
- The Uganda e-visa and e-immigration system
How Uganda's online visa and permit system works, when it went live in July 2016, what the approval letter is and what happens at the border.
- Uganda entry requirements
Uganda entry rules: online visa approval, passport validity, visa fees in US$, exempt countries and the 2026 yellow fever notice.
- Uganda passenger data, API and PNR
What official sources say about Uganda's advance passenger information and PNR plans, the e-immigration database, health declarations and data law.
Customs and borders
- How customs clearance works in Uganda
Step by step customs clearance in Uganda: URA's ASYCUDA World, clearing agents, documents, payment by PRN, the single window and cargo tracking.
- Malaba and Busia border posts on the Uganda and Kenya border
Malaba and Busia one stop border posts between Uganda and Kenya: legal basis, launch dates, funding, traffic, audit ratings and digital plate fitting.
- Mutukula (Tanzania) and Katuna (Rwanda) border posts
Mutukula one stop border post with Tanzania and Katuna/Gatuna with Rwanda: legal basis, launch, crossing times, the 2019 to 2022 closure and audit ratings.
- Uganda's border posts with the DR Congo and South Sudan
Elegu, Mpondwe, Goli, Bunagana and other Uganda crossings with the DR Congo and South Sudan: status, funding, audit ratings and the 2026 Ebola notice.
- URA customs systems: ASYCUDA World and related platforms
How URA uses ASYCUDA World, its history since 1997, user access rules, the single window, cargo tracking and research on customs data quality.
Technology projects
- Uganda's digital tax stamps (DTS): status, costs and findings
How URA's digital tax stamps work: goods covered, stamp prices, penalties, how to verify a stamp, the SICPA contract and the court case.
- Uganda's e-gates and e-immigration systems: what is live
Status of Uganda's e-immigration system and the Entebbe Airport e-gates: who runs them, who can use the gates and passport links.
- Uganda's Intelligent Transport Monitoring System and digital number plates
Status of Uganda's ITMS digital number plate project in October 2026: contract, fees, rollout, Parliament's inquiry and the Attorney General's view.
- Uganda's national ID and e-passport systems: status and findings
Status of NIRA's 2025 national ID renewal and Uganda's e-passport: dates, numbers, costs, Auditor General warnings and the April 2022 passport deadline.
- What Uganda's Auditor General and other official bodies found
Dated Auditor General findings on Uganda customs border posts, national ID renewal and the import inspection portal, with official responses.