Bureau De Change
Whether you want to travel abroad or pay for your international medical bills, we have good news for you!
You can now buy or sell foreign currency at select Bureau de Change at prevailing bank rate. In compliance with the Exchange control circular No.3 of 2021 issued by the Director of Exchange Control you can shall be buy foreign currency for of international payments and travel.
In the guidelines the following products were specified as permitted:
- Business travel allowance
- Personal travel allowance
- Air tickets
- Foreign medical fees
- School fees
- DSTV subscriptions
- Mobilizing foreign currency for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises.
- Purchase of foreign currency from Micro Small and Medium Enterprises.
Required Documents
To buy foreign currency you will need the following supporting documents, depending with the need, as per operational guidelines for Bureau de change issued in December 2019:
- Invoices
- Travel documents
