Sub Saharan Africa

Lesotho
Still current at: 26 November 2009 Updated: 12 November 2009

This advice has been reviewed and reissued. The overall level of the advice has not changed.

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Travel advice for this country

General

Insurance

We recommend that you obtain comprehensive travel and medical insurance before travelling, including cover for medical evacuation by air. You should check any exclusions, and that your policy covers you for all the activities you want to undertake. For more general information see travel insurance.

If things do go wrong when you are oversees then this is how we can help.

Registration

Register with our LOCATE service to tell us when and where you are travelling abroad or where you live abroad so our consular and crisis staff can provide better assistance to you in an emergency.

Representation

There is no British High Commission in Lesotho, but there is a British Honorary Consul in Maseru, who can be contacted in consular emergencies only:

Peter Barrett

Sentinel Park

United Nations Road

Maseru

Lesotho

Telephone: (266) 2231 5537
Mobile: (266) 5885 1210
Facsimile: (266) 2232 6237

E-mail: barrett@leo.co.ls

All other enquiries should be directed to the British High Commission in Pretoria, which covers Lesotho. You can apply for new passports at the Consular Section of the British High Commission in Pretoria in person or by courier (you pay the charges if you use a courier).

A couple of ATMs in Lesotho have the facility to accept international ATM cards but are unreliable (First National Bank and Standard Bank). Credit cards are not widely accepted. You should take traveller's cheques or South African Rand in cash, which circulates as an official currency in Lesotho along with the Maloti.

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Contacts

South Africa, Pretoria, British High Commission

Address:

British High Commission
255 Hill Street,Arcadia 0002, Pretoria, South Africa

Consular Section: 256 Glyn Street, Hatfield 0083, South Africa

Telephone:

(27) (12) 421 7733 General Enquiries
(27) (12) 421 7800 Consular Enquiries
(27) (12) 421 7801 Passport Enquiries
(27) (12) 421 7802 Visa Enquiries

Fax:

(27) (12) 421 7555 Switchboard
(27) (12) 421 7599 General Enquiries
(27) (12) 421 7888 Visa Enquiries
0044 208 082 4743 (Mon-Frid 8-5pm) Passport Enquiries

Email: media.pretoria@fco.gov.uk

Email: pta.passportenquiries@fco.gov.uk

Email: pta.visaenquiries@fco.gov.uk

Email: satrade@fco.gov.uk

Office hours:

GMT:
Mon-Thurs: 0600-1500
Fri: 0600-1030

Local Time:
Mon-Thurs: 0800-1700
Fri: 0800-1230

Consular section:

Mon - Thurs: 08h00 - 13h15
Fri: 08h00 - 12h00

Out of hours, High Commission provides contact number.

Website: http://ukinsouthafrica.fco.gov.uk/en/