Closest Metro Stop:
Dupont Circle 
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Fax: (202) 319-1304
Phone: (202) 319-1991
Website: embassyeritrea.org
Email: embassyeritrea[at]embassyeritrea.org
Hours: Monday-Friday, 9AM - 4PM
Address: 1708 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009-2501
The Dupont Circle Metro Station on the red line of the Metro system is the closest station to the Embassy of Eritrea. The station has two exits; make sure to leave through the Q Street Exit. From the station, it is approximately a 6-minute walk to the Embassy. Use the map and directions shown below to find suggested routes.
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Quick Facts
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Visa-Exempt Countries
Passport holders of Kenya and Uganda can travel to Eritrea without a visa.
Passport holders of Sudan may obtain a visa on arrival for Eritrea.
Holders of diplomatic and service passports of China are visa exempt for 60 days.
If your country is not listed here, you will most likely need a visa. Contact the embassy for the most up-to-date information at (202) 319-1991 or
U.S. Citizens
U.S. Citizens must obtain an Eritrean Visa before leaving the USA. Travelers traveling to Eritrea without a visa are refused admission and returned on the next flight.
The Eritrea requires all travellers and residents, including U.S. diplomats, to apply 10 days in advance for permission to travel beyond 25 kms (15 miles) of Asmarais city limits. While permission is often granted for tourist destinations such as Massawa and Keren, requests to travel near the border areas with Ethiopia and Djibouti are often denied. Requests by U.S. diplomats to travel to areas outside of Asmara are also routinely turned down, thus impairing the ability of consular officers to provide emergency services to U.S. Citizens in areas outside Asmara.
Travel permits are valid for the approved final destination only, and do not allow for stops along the way to or in the proximity of the approved destination. Also, travel to religious institutions, such as monasteries, requires separate travel permissions even when such facilities are located in or near approved destination cities.
U.S. Citizens should avoid travel near the Eritrean-Ethiopian border and the Southern Red Sea Region because of the presence of Eritrean and Ethiopian troops along the contested border area, and because of the military tensions between the two countries. U.S. Citizens should also avoid travel to the contested Eritrea-Djibouti border region, where troops from Qatar patrol this area and tensions remain high.
Click here to register your trip with the U.S. Embassy in your destination country
The U.S. State Department strongly encourages American Citizens planning international travel to register with the U.S. Embassy in the countries they plan to visit.
