Citizen Services
Information for Travelers
For the Embassy's advice to Americans travelling to Tanzania, please refer to Consular Information Sheet on the Department of State website.
The U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam's Consular Section provides a wide-range of services to all U.S. citizens visiting or resident in Tanzania. Please click on the options to the left for more information about a particular service.
If you require additional help please do not hesitate to visit, call, or e-mail our office.
We are located at:
686 Old Bagamoyo Road, Msasani
Dar es Salaam
Our mailing address is:
P.O. Box 9123, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The Consular Section is open to U.S. citizens for routine consular services
Monday – Thursday 8:00 AM o 4:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 to 10:00 AM
The Embassy is closed on official American and Tanzanian holidays and the Consular Section is closed to the public the last Wednesday of each month to allow for administrative affairs and in-service training.
Emergency Consular Services will always be available to American citizens and their families in distress due to illness, destitution, arrest, crime, death, or disaster. American citizens and their families facing these situations should call the Consular Section at 266-8001 x 4122 during working hours and x4111 when the Embassy is closed.
Our telephone number is: [255] (22) 266-8001 ext: 4122
Our fax number is [255] (22) 266-8247.
Our email address for American Citizen Services inquiries is: DRSacs@state.gov
For important updates and information for American citizens traveling to or resident in Tanzania, please visit our travel information.
Please Note: In order to best serve our American citizens, we limit our American Citizen Services window to the American Citizen Services listed at left. Questions about visa cases involving non-American citizens may be addressed to drsiv@state.gov (for immigrant visa cases), and drsniv@state.gov.(for nonimmigrant visa cases).
Generally, we do not discuss nonimmigrant visa cases with third parties. Under United States immigration law, the applicant must establish his or her eligibility for a visa him or herself. No other party, including an Americans citizen, can arrange or request or sponsor or affect a nonimmigrant tourist visa. For more information about United States visas, please refer to http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/denials/denials_1361.html