Please send TDS your current valid and signed passport. It must be valid 6 months beyond intended stay and must have at least two blank visa page. If your passport expires within 6 months of intended stay, you must renew your passport and then we will secure your visa with the new passport.

Please send 2 recent professional passport-type photographs, signed on the reverse.
Digital and non-passport photographs are not acceptable.
Passport Photo Guide - Click Here

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

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.

Letter of invitation on letterhead from a host company or organization in Zambia. Invitation should detail purpose of trip, duration of stay, address where you are staying in Zambia and your name and passport number, letter must be signed by host.   Fax or scan is accepted.

A business letter of responsibility is required, to be typewritten on your company letterhead and addressed to:
Embassy of Zambia, Visa Section, Washington DC
The letter must explain all of the following:
Nature of business to be performed
Name and address of reference to be visited
This letter should request Multiple Entries visa if required
Guarantee of return transportation and sufficient funds for the visit
The letter should be signed by an officer of the company other than the applicant.

Complete and Sign Two application forms.

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.

ALL WEST AFRICAN PASSPORT HOLDERS AND COUNTRIES LISTED BELOW must obtain visas explicitly
from Lusaka, TDS is unable to assist.

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China Egypt, India, Hong Kong, Iran, Indonesia, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Korea, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, PNG, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Somali, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE.

The list of countries above is subject to change without prior notice.

Single Entry Business Visa - is valid for 3 years for a period of stay not to exceed a total of 30 days per year.
Double and Multiple Entry Visa - is valid for 3 years for a period of stay not to exceed a total of 30 days per year.

Visa Requirements, processing times, validity of the visa, and Embassy visa fees are subject to change without prior notice.