Mauritania eVisa

All foreigners who are not exempt need a visa. Exemptions apply under reciprocal agreements to nationals of Mali, The Gambia, Niger, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Tunisia, Libya, Côte d'Ivoire, Algeria, Chad and Burkina Faso. Diplomatic, service and UN staff passport holders may receive free or courtesy visas.

Employees and workers who travel frequently without staying long enough to apply for residence can have their employer request long-duration visas of 3, 6, 12 months or more from the competent authorities, with supporting evidence of why a residence card cannot be requested.

Your passport must be valid for at least six months; holders of passports valid for less than six months cannot obtain an entry visa without prior authorisation from the competent authorities. People whose passports have fully expired cannot obtain exit visas without a laissez-passer from their own country's authorities or representatives in Mauritania.

The request runs through five stages, visa options, passport, traveller, details and review, before you choose a package and move to payment. You upload a passport image and a photo, which the form checks against the passport’s machine-readable zone and your face, enter the travel document number, issue and expiry dates and place of issue, your personal details, profession, email and telephone, the reason for travel, the planned arrival date and your address in Mauritania. The form also asks which countries you visited recently for health purposes, and a company can apply as sponsor with its name, tax identification number, address and contact person.

After entering the ANRPTS website and completing the visa request, the application is referred to the competent authorities. Once it is approved, you print the eVisa and use it to travel and enter Mauritanian territory. On arrival, the authorities at the crossing point complete the technical side of the process. Reception centres for arrivals operate at Nouakchott and Nouadhibou international airports, at the km 55 crossing near Nouadhibou, at Rosso and Diama on the Senegalese border and at Gogui Zemal on the Malian border.

People who want to leave Mauritania after their visa period has ended without renewing it can obtain an exit visa at any of the border crossing points. Holders of passports that have completely expired cannot obtain an exit visa without a laissez-passer issued by their own country’s authorities or by its representation in Mauritania.