Cape Email Off Verde

ENTRY/EXIT REQUIREMENTS:  A passport and visa are required.  Visa approval can take several days and Cape Verde issues two types of tourist visas: a single-entry visa valid for up to 90 days or a multiple entry visa valid for one year.  See our Foreign Entry Requirements brochure for more information on Cape Verde and other countries.  Visit the Embassy of Cape Verde website at www.capeverdeusa.org for the most current visa information or contact the Embassy of the Republic of Cape Verde, 3415 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington D.C. 20007, tel. (202) 965-6820; or the Consulate General of Cape Verde in Boston (tel. 617-353-0014).  Overseas, inquiries should be made to the nearest Cape Verde embassy or consulate. ... [Read More]

Travelling Information

Getting Here Traveling to Cape Verde is easy but requires planning as flights to and from Cape Verde arrive daily but from different cities and on different days of the week. Cape Verde has two international airports: Amilcar Cabral on Sal Island and Francisco Mendes Airport in Praia, Santiago Island. As of January 2002, Transportes Aéreos de Cabo Verde (TACV), the official airline of Cape Verde h ... [Read More]

US Department Of State Post Report

Cape Verde provided skilled sailors and workers for the whaling ships from New England and the Netherlands. Since those ships concluded their multiyear voyages by signing off the crew at their home ports, large Cape Verdean communities came into existence in New England and Northern Europe.  The first U.S. Consulate in Cape Verde was established in 1816 to protect the whaling fleet and its crews.  In the 20th Century, Cape Verdeans in the United States established themselves across the continent, and are now found as far away as Hawaii.   In all, there are more Cape Verdeans living outside the archipelago than within it, including an estimated 350,000 in America.  Senegal and Angola each have tens of thousands of Cape Verdeans.  There are emigrants in Portugal, Italy, Luxembourg, France (10-15,000) and Holland (8-10,000).  There are substantial numbers in Argentina, Brazil, Spain and Sweden.  These processes have given Cape Verde its internationa ... [Read More]

U.S. Department of State Websites of U.S. Embassies and Consulates

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Tips for Travelers to Sub Saharan Africa

March 2001 Foreword Your trip to Africa will be an adventure off the beaten path. Conditions and customs in sub-Saharan Africa can contrast sharply with those in the United States. These pages contain advice to help you avoid inconvenience and difficulties. Take our advice seriously but don’t let it keep you at home. Most Americans have unforgettable experiences in Africa. We are often welcomed and helped by Africans who are happy to share not just their scenery, but their culture and tradition ... [Read More]

Visa Bulletin for August 2004

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Sao Tome and Principe (04/05)

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Mestico, or mixed-blood, descendants of African slaves brought to the islands during the early years of settlement from Benin, Gabon, and Congo (these people also are known as filhos da terra or "sons of the land"); Angolares, reputedly descendants of Angolan slaves who survived a 1540 shipwreck and now earn their livelihood fishing; Forros, descendants of freed slaves when slavery was abolished; Servicais, contract laborers from Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde, living temporarily on the islands; Tongas, children of servicais born on the islands; and Europeans, primarily Portuguese. ... [Read More]

Documentation of U.S. Citizens Born Abroad

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