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Niger |
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| Still current at: 25 November 2009
Updated: 20 November 2009 |
This advice has been reviewed and reissued with amendments to the Summary and the Terrorism sections. 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 medical and travel insurance before travelling. This should include cover for medical treatment and evacuation, accidents, cancelled flights and stolen cash, credit cards, passport and luggage. 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.
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Consular Assistance and Registration in Niger
There is no British Embassy in Niger. The British Ambassador to Niger resides in Accra. The British High Commission's Consular Section in Accra can only offer limited consular assistance in an emergency.
We recommend that British passport holders travelling to Niger register with the British High Commission using 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. More information about registering with LOCATE can be found here.
The nearest British mission to issue British passports is the High Commission in Accra, Ghana. Passport applications may be submitted by any of the following methods:
- Submit in person to the Consular Section of the High Commission in Accra; if one week’s prior notice is given before arrival in Accra arrangements can be made for the passport to be issued expeditiously.
- Forward completed application by reputable courier to the Consular Section and send a bank transfer to the value of the passport service required in Ghanaian Cedis to the British High Commission account with Barclays Bank, Accra. Please contact the Consular Section of the British High Commission in advance for guidance on how to do this. This process can be completed within ten working days.
Money
Niger is a cash based society. Credit cards are rarely accepted even in the best hotels and restaurants. There are no ATMs. Banks accept travellers' cheques: you will have to produce your passport and the receipt for the cheques from the issuing bank.
Niger is a cash based society. Credit cards are rarely accepted even in the best hotels and restaurants. There are no ATMs. Banks accept travellers' cheques: you will have to produce your passport and the receipt for the cheques from the issuing bank.
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Contacts
Ghana, Accra, British High Commission
Address:
British High Commission
Osu Link
off Gamel Abdul Nasser Avenue
PO Box 296
Telephone:
(00) (233) (21) 221665/645/672
Fax:
(00) (233) (21) 213 274
(00) (233) (21) 221715 Visa Section
Email: high.commission.accra@fco.gov.uk
Office hours:
Main Office:
Monday to Thursday 07:45 - 15:45 hours
Friday: 07:45 - 13:45 hours
Consular section opening hours:
Monday to Thursday: 0800 to 1400
Friday: 0800 to 1000
Website: http://ukinghana.fco.gov.uk/en/
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