UK help and services in Senegal

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

Emergency help for British nationals

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

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

Travelling to Senegal

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

Coming to the UK

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

Living in Senegal

Includes how to access healthcare, get a document legalised, lists of lawyers and how to vote abroad.
  • Use the online service to get a UK document legalised.

  • Information for British nationals living in Senegal, including information on health, education, benefits, residence requirements and more.

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

  • FCDO travel advice for Senegal. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

  • List of English speaking medical facilities for British nationals in Senegal.

  • Lists of English-speaking lawyers and notaries for British nationals in Senegal.

  • Information on the legal and prison systems for British prisoners, their family and friends in Senegal.

  • List of translators and interpreters for British nationals in Senegal

  • 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

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

Birth, death and marriage abroad

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

News and events

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

Trade and invest

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

  • This report provides information on key security and political risks which UK businesses may face when operating in Senegal.

  • What you need to do to start a business: choose a legal structure, see if you need licences and insurance, learn about reliefs and benefits

British embassy or high commission

Includes contact details, opening hours and consular fees and local services.
  • The British Embassy in Senegal maintains and develops relations between the UK and Senegal.

  • This page lists guidance on how you can help yourself stay safe abroad, and the help the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can provide.