Ethiopia → Mauritania: Short-stay tourist

When you arrive at the border crossing point, your biometric data is captured to finish your entry into Mauritania. The Foreign Ministry says this is done quickly.

Source: Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, de la Coopération et des Mauritaniens de l'Extérieur (Mauritania), Visa

The form's passport step asks for your travel document number (marked as required), the document type (for example a standard passport), its issue date and expiry date, and the place it was issued.

Source: Agence Nationale du Registre des Populations et des Titres Sécurisés (Mauritania), e-Visa application form

The agency says that anyone whose passport has less than 6 months of validity left can't get an entry visa without the authorities' prior permission.

Source: Agence Nationale du Registre des Populations et des Titres Sécurisés (Mauritania), Visitors (الزائرون)

The Foreign Ministry's rate table has two bands. Arab world and Africa: €40 / $45 for 30 days, €70 / $75 for 90 days. Rest of the world: €55 / $60 for 30 days, €95 / $100 for 90 days. Longer stays cost more, for example 3 months to 1 year: €135 / $145 (Arab world and Africa) or €190 / $200 (rest of the world). The table doesn't say which countries fall in each band or which currency is charged online, so check the amount when you apply.

Source: Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, de la Coopération et des Mauritaniens de l'Extérieur (Mauritania), Visa

The application form starts by asking you to choose a package of 30, 90 or 360 days. The form says every e-visa is issued electronically and allows entry through all of Mauritania's international ports of entry.

Source: Agence Nationale du Registre des Populations et des Titres Sécurisés (Mauritania), e-Visa application form

Mauritania has stopped issuing sticker visas; entry visas are issued online. Apply through the e-visa service on the website of the national population-registry and secure-titles agency (ANRPTS). Your request goes to the authorities, and once it is approved you can print the e-visa and use it to board and to enter Mauritania.

Source: Agence Nationale du Registre des Populations et des Titres Sécurisés (Mauritania), Visitors (الزائرون)

After you submit, your application is analysed. The Foreign Ministry says that once it is approved you receive your e-visa through your application number, so keep that number.

Source: Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, de la Coopération et des Mauritaniens de l'Extérieur (Mauritania), Visa

The Foreign Ministry says to fill in the application with your personal information and the required documents, and to make sure everything is correct. Neither the ministry's page nor the agency's visitor page lists which documents those are, so read each step of the online form carefully and have your documents ready before you start.

Source: Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, de la Coopération et des Mauritaniens de l'Extérieur (Mauritania), Visa

After the passport step, the form has a traveller step and a details step, then a review step. It tells you to check the information you entered before it moves on to payment.

Source: Agence Nationale du Registre des Populations et des Titres Sécurisés (Mauritania), e-Visa application form