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Unofficial guide · Embassy of Ethiopia in Ottawa
Ethiopian Embassy services, explained step by step
Find out which documents you need, what it costs and where to apply, before you contact the embassy.
This guide covers the Embassy of Ethiopia in Ottawa only.
Not sure which service you need?
Answer a question or two and we’ll point you to the right page.
What do you need to do?
Latest changes
- No more mail-in or in-person requests for Authentication and Power of Attorney
These requests now go only through the Digital MOFA app (Google Play and Apple App Store).
DetailsSource ↗ - New website coming for Origin ID (“Yellow Card”)
The embassy plans a new site for new and renewal applications. Contact the embassy in the meantime.
DetailsSource ↗ - Tourists apply online or on arrival
Tourists apply for an e-visa at evisa.gov.et, or get a visa on arrival if eligible. The embassy processes only diplomatic and service visas.
DetailsSource ↗
Most needed
- Passport renewal or replacementRenew or replace an Ethiopian e-passport through the online immigration portal.
- Laissez-passer (emergency travel document)A one-time travel document for Ethiopian nationals whose passport has expired and who must travel to Ethiopia urgently.
- Authentication & legalizationMake Canadian documents (certificates, driver’s licences, court decisions, property documents, fingerprint records and more) valid for use in Ethiopia.
- Power of attorneyAuthorize someone in Ethiopia to act on your behalf.
How it works
- Pick your service
Find what you need: passport, power of attorney, laissez-passer and more.
- Gather your documents
Tick off each document on the checklist, or print it.
- Apply the right way
See exactly where to apply: online, in the Digital MOFA app, by mail or by email.
Where do I apply?
Most services have moved online or to the Digital MOFA app. There are no walk-ins right now.
The embassy and Ethiopia
Contact the embassy
- Address
- 350 Sparks St., Unit 908, Ottawa, ON K1R 7S8 Open in Maps ↗
Reception office inside the Hilton Garden Inn. - Phone
- (343) 961-7212
- info@EthioEmbassyCanada.org
- Website
- ethioembassy.ca
- Social media
- As linked from the embassy’s website.