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Waiver of Illegal Stay for Foreign Residents and Visitors in Uganda

Date Enacted: April 2020
Country: Uganda

The Ministry of Internal Affairs issued a press statement to “notify all foreign residents and visitors that fines accruing from illegal stay for foreigners in Uganda for the period 18 March, 2020 to 17 May, 2020 have been waived” and that “[f]oreign residents and visitors with expired immigration facilitates can freely access services in the country without the threat of being arrested.”