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Online payment in USD for visa applications

From 16 December all applications for a UK visa made in Senegal must be paid online in USD.

• From: British Embassy Dakar
• Published: 6 December 2013

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

From 16 December all applications for a UK visa must be completed using our online application system and paid for online in US Dollars. Payment can be made using Visa or MasterCard credit and debit cards or the e-wallet.

The main objective of this change is to modernise our transactional processes and is consistent with a wider global trend to online transactions and payments.

Published 6 December 2013