Date of publication:
04/07/2025
Uganda
Do domestic laws and policies impose fees for the issuance of a travel document?
Assessment by population
Analysis
The Uganda Citizenship and immigration Control (fees) Regulations (2021) establishes fees of Uganda Shillings (UGX) 220,000 for a Convention Travel Document (CTDs) and fees of UGX. 250,000 to obtain a Ugandan ordinary passport, which higher than the cost of the CTD.
The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control is the mandated institution to provide Conventional Travel Document (CTD) to refugees. The administrative procedures of the Directorate that provides the procedures for the issuance of passports and other kinds of documents including travel documents has not clearly set the amount of charge that an applicant for CTD should pay while listing all the other requirements to acquire CTD.
Related provisions of domestic law or policy
The Refugees Regulations (Uganda)
- Year: 2010
- Type: Domestic law
- Rights Category: Work & Workplace rights
- Link to external source: https://www.refworld.org/legal/decreees/natlegbod/2010/en/102127
Legal provision
Regulation 48 - Travel documents for refugees
The Commissioner shall forward the names and particulars of every refugee registered under these regulations to the Commissioner for immigration for the purposes of issuing travel documents to the refugee and every member of his or her family.
The Refugees Act (2006)
- Year: 2006
- Type: Domestic law
- Rights Category: Work & Workplace rights
- Link to external source: https://ulii.org/akn/ug/act/2006/21/eng@2006-08-04#part_IV__sec_21
Legal provision
Section 31 - Right to travel document
(1) A recognised refugee staying in Uganda is entitled to a travel document for the purpose of travel outside Uganda, unless compelling reasons of national security or public order require otherwise. (2) A travel document issued to a recognised refugee shall be valid for all countries except the refugee’s country of origin and those countries with respect to which Uganda has restrictions. (3) A recognised refugee in possession of a valid passport issued by the country of origin shall surrender that passport to the issuing officer before acquiring a travel document. (4) A person who has ceased to be a recognised refugee under this Act shall not be issued with a travel document, and if such person is in possession of a travel document, he or she shall surrender it to the immigration office. (5) For the purposes of this section, "travel document" means a travel document issued under or in accordance with article 28 of the Geneva Convention.