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Where United Kingdom citizens in Guinea-Bissau get consular help.
Covers Guinea-Bissau from Senegal
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British Embassy Dakar · Dakar, Senegal
All emergencies 112: ITU-T E.129 lists 112 as general emergency (updated 2023-06-16). UK FCDO lists 1313 for ambulance and fire, and 117 for police. Source: https://www.itu.int/net/itu-t/inrdb/e129_important_numbers.aspx. Verified 2026-09-29. Police 117: UK FCDO lists 117 for police. Source: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/guinea-bissau/getting-help. Verified 2026-09-29. Ambulance 1313: UK FCDO lists 1313 for ambulance. Source: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/guinea-bissau/getting-help. Verified 2026-09-29. Fire 1313: UK FCDO lists 1313 for fire. Source: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/guinea-bissau/getting-help. Verified 2026-09-29. Fire 118: ITU-T E.129 lists 118 as fire (updated 2023-06-16). UK FCDO lists fire as 1313. Both are kept. Hospital and judiciary-police short codes in the same update are not recorded. Source: https://www.itu.int/net/itu-t/inrdb/e129_important_numbers.aspx. Verified 2026-09-29.
GOV.UK routes British nationals in Guinea-Bissau to British Embassy Dakar in Senegal.
To call us in an emergency or send us an online enquiry use our contact form: https://www.contact.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/posts/senegal/british-embassy-dakar Office access Important information about accessing the British Embassy in Dakar. Security regulations Please be aware that all visitors to the British Embassy will have to pass through Embassy security. While we aim for this to be as light-touch as possible, it does require a search of bags and pockets. The British Embassy in Dakar security regulations, in line with all British Diplomatic Missions world-wide, do not permit visitors to enter the embassy with mobile telephones, laptops, PDAs or any other similar electrical devices. We prefer that you arrive at the Embassy without them. If this is not possible we can retain them at the entrance during your visit. Weapons (including pepper sprays), or any object that our Security Staff consider could be used as a weapon, are also forbidden. These will not be retained by our staff. Should you arrive with such an object you will not be grante
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