Consular Section

Yellow Fever Vaccination Requirements

28 November 2007

Mozambican authorities now require all travelers entering Mozambique who have been to any of the 43 countries where Yellow Fever is known to exist to present a valid Yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate.  If you cannot present a valid certificate on entry you may be vaccinated at your expense (approximately US$50 or the equivalent in meticais).

Additional information on Yellow Fever Vaccination Requirements

Consular Section Hours December 2007 and January 2008

The Consular section will be open during normal business hours in December 2007 and January 2008 except on the following occasions when the section will be closed to non-emergency services.

Tuesday December 25              Christmas Day / Family Day

Tuesday January 1                    New Year’s Day            

Monday January 21                  Martin Luther King’s Birthday

For emergency services contact the Consular Section at 21 49 2797.  After hours: 21 49 0723 or 82 310 7190.

Please note the change in Consular Section hours:

Monday through Thursday 8:00 to 11:30 am & 2:00 to 4:00 pm; Friday 8:00 to 11:00 am.

Non-emergency American Citizen Services* hours:  Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9:00 to 11:00 am

*Non-emergency services include applications for passports, extra pages and consular reports of birth abroad, notarial services, registrations and requests for information.  Please schedule all visits for non-emergency services during these hours.  Please call the consular section at any time in the event of an emergency involving a U.S. citizen at 21 49 2797.

For the latest security information, Americans living and traveling abroad should regularly monitor the Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs Internet web site at http://travel.state.gov, where current Worldwide Caution, Public Announcements, and Travel Warnings can be found.  Up-to-date information on security can also be obtained by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll free in the U.S., or, for callers outside the U.S. and Canada, a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444.  These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).

The U.S. Embassy in Mozambique is located at 193 Avenida Kenneth Kaunda in Maputo

Telephone (258) 21 49 2797; Fax (258) 21 49 0448

Web site:  maputo.usembassy.gov

E-mail: consularmaputo@state.gov

Emergency after hours phone: 21 49 0723 or 82 310 7190