How to get the tourist visa for the Angola

Entry visa: necessary, to be requested at the Angola diplomatic / consular offices present in Italy or abroad. It is possible to apply for an online tourist entry visa and collect it upon arrival at Luanda airport (Angola). Consult the website: http://www.smevisa.gov.ao/, where it is necessary to enter the travel data, upload the passport scann, Air ticket, BANK ACCOUNT, Hotel reservation, International Vaccine Certificate and a passport photo . No online payment is required. Thus the E-VISA is received. I received it after only 2 minutes, but some travelers received it after 2 days, some after 7 days, some after 2 weeks, some never. Keep in mind that contrary to what is written on the aforementioned website, the E-VISA is not valid for 60 days but for 30 days, which is the period within which you must enter Angola. Then once you enter the country you will be issued a visa valid for 30 days. For example, if you ask for an E-VISA on May 21st and it is released on May 23rd, this will be valid until June 22nd. You must therefore enter Angola by June 22nd. If, for example, you enter the country on June 21, your visa will be affixed to your passport until July 20th. One thing is certain: if you miss the procedure or the timing to ask for the E-VISA, nobody will be able to help you and nobody will answer you at the Email visa.angola@ao.brithol.com, so before starting the online procedure it is useful to consult the Lonely Planet Forum at the following link https://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/forums/africa/angola/angola-s-new-e-visa-tourist-visa-on-arrival-share-stories-here, where travelers explain all the problems they had and how they were solved. Once you arrive at Luanda - 4 de Fevereiro Airport (or at the land border posts indicated on the site http://www.smevisa.gov.ao/), after showing the Yellow fever booklet, you must immediately head to the left in the visa room, present your E-VISA printed at the Desk. Then the attendant will ask you if you intend to pay 104 Euro or 120 USD and will give you a card to present to the Desk next door, where you will proceed to pay cash. Keep in mind that if you go from 105 euros you will not be given change. You will then be given a receipt for payment to be returned to the previous Desk, where after being photographed, you get the actual tourist visa on the Passport and contextually the entry stamp. In theory the Authorities should ask you for all the documents loaded at the time of the online E-VISA request, but in my case this has not happened. Then collect your baggage and then check it.

My complete travel report with map, photographs and videos is available at this link: http://vivendosalendo.blogspot.com/2019/10/travel-in-angola-luanda-miradouro-da.html