Please send TDS your current valid and signed passport. It must not expire within 6 months and must have at least one blank visa page. If your passport expires within 6 months, you must renew your passport and then we will secure your visa with the new passport. The applicants passport should not contain evidence of previous travel to Israel.

Please send 1 recent professional passport-type photograph.
Digital and non-passport photographs are not acceptable.

Please send a copy of your round trip airline tickets, or itinerary or e-ticket, or letter of confirmation from a travel agent. The itinerary must show the applicant's name, date of arrival and departure from the country, and flight information. The Embassy does not recommend purchasing your ticket prior to a visa being issued.

Photocopy of Alien Registration Card (Green Card) -or- evidence of legal status in USA (valid visa plus I-94 in passport)

Vaccinations - International Certificate of Vaccination for Yellow Fever and Cholera are recommended.

A copy of the applicant's recent bank statement or evidence of adequate finance, such as a letter from a bank, or money market statement. It is advisable to erase account numbers.

A Visa Approval from the Sudan Ministry of Foreign Affairs is required. The visa approval should be obtained on your behalf by a relative/friend, sponsoring company or organization in Sudan, or an approved hotel/travel agency in Sudan.

Click here   www.sudan.net for a list of Hotels and Travel Agencies that can assist with this process.

The applicant should plan their travel carefully as the waiting time for the approval and visa can be 4-8 weeks.

The Embassy of Sudan in Washington DC will only issue a visa for travel to Sudan, when the embassy has received Approval from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Please Send One Completed and Signed Application Form.

You must complete the Online Order Form.

The order form gives TDS your name, address, shipping information and payment method. Multiple applicants can be entered using one order form. You only need to complete one TDS order form per request. Please print two copies of the confirmation page. Include one copy with the documents you ship to TDS and keep one copy for your records.

While completing the online order form in this step, you will be asked how you want to pay TDS fees. You may pay our fees online with a credit card or enclose a personal or business check or money order.

Please forward the completed requirements detailed above to:

TRAVEL DOCUMENT SYSTEMS, INC.,
925 Fifteenth Street N.W. Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20005

Urgent applications should be shipped to TDS using only the FedEx Company.
Please use FedEx Priority Overnight. Do NOT ship "First Overnight." This will delay the delivery of your package.

Passports should NOT have Israeli visas or immigration stamps.

The Sudan tourist visa is valid for a stay up to 30 days. Extensions of periods of stay in the Sudan may be done through the Passport, Immigration and Nationality Office in Khartoum, Sudan.

The visa is hand carried to the Embassy and the issue is subject to prior approval from Sudan.

Processing time for applications without prior approval is 4-8 weeks.

Processing time for applications with prior approval of the Sudan Government is 4-5 business days.