UK help and services in Ethiopia

Services if you're visiting, studying, working or living in Ethiopia. Includes information about trading with and doing business in the UK and Ethiopia.

Emergency help for British nationals in Ethiopia

Get help if you're the victim of crime, you've been arrested, or are affected by a crisis abroad.

Passports and emergency travel documents in Ethiopia

Includes how to cancel a lost passport, renew a passport and apply for an emergency travel document.

Travelling to Ethiopia

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

Coming to the UK from Ethiopia

Get a visa to study, work or visit the UK.

Living in Ethiopia

Includes how to access healthcare, get a document legalised, lists of lawyers and how to vote abroad.
  • FCDO travel advice for Ethiopia. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences. ​​

  • List of English-speaking funeral directors for British nationals abroad in Ethiopia.

  • Use the online service to get a UK document legalised.

  • Advice for British people living in Ethiopia, including information on health, education, finance, moving to the UK and more.

  • Information for British citizens moving to or living in Mali, including guidance on residency, healthcare and driving.

  • Find English-speaking lawyers, doctors and medical facilities, interpreters and translators, and funeral directors overseas.

  • Find out what benefits you might be able to receive while you’re abroad and how to export them from the UK or claim them while abroad

  • Find out how to vote in UK elections if you move or live abroad, including eligibility, registering to vote and renewing your registration.

Tax, benefits, pensions and working abroad in Ethiopia

Includes how to pay tax, claim State Pension and get tax credits abroad.

Birth, death and marriage abroad in Ethiopia

Includes how to get married, list of funeral directors and how to register a birth abroad.

News and events in Ethiopia

Find out about the UK government's diplomatic, security and development work in Ethiopia.

Trade and invest: Ethiopia

Includes investing and setting up a business in the UK and doing business in Ethiopia.
  • DBT provides trade and investment services and practical support. We help UK companies succeed in Ethiopia, and Ethiopian companies set up and invest in the UK.

  • Choosing a legal structure when you're starting a business: the differences between being a sole trader and a limited company, including legal risk, registration and taxes.

British embassy or high commission in Ethiopia

Includes contact details, opening hours and consular fees and local services.