Document checklist
Guinea → Mauritania: Short-stay tourist
What you need before you submit, checked against official requirements, not guesswork.
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Required documents
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Biometric data at the border
RequiredWhen 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.
Passport details on the form
RequiredThe 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.
Passport valid for at least 6 months
RequiredThe 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.
Financial
Visa fee
RequiredThe 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.
Travel
Choose a 30-, 90- or 360-day e-visa
RequiredThe 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.
Online e-visa application
RequiredMauritania 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.
Other
Keep your application number
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.
Supporting documents (not itemised)
RequiredThe 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.
Traveller and trip details
RequiredAfter 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.
Why applications on this route get refused
Passport with less than 6 months of validity
The agency says a passport with less than 6 months of validity can't get an entry visa without the authorities' prior permission. (The site's English version puts it more strongly, saying such holders may not enter.)
How to avoid it: Check your passport's expiry date before you apply, and renew it first if it has less than 6 months left.
Travelling without an approved e-visa
Sticker visas have been replaced by online visas. The agency says you use the approved e-visa, printed, to board and to enter Mauritania.
How to avoid it: Apply online well before your trip, wait for approval, then print your e-visa and carry it with you.
Mistakes in the application
The Foreign Ministry says your application is analysed after you submit it, and tells you to make sure all the information is correct.
How to avoid it: Check every entry against your passport before you submit, and have the documents the form asks for ready.
Sources
- Agence Nationale du Registre des Populations et des Titres Sécurisés (Mauritania), Visitors (الزائرون) · checked 26 Sept 2026
- Agence Nationale du Registre des Populations et des Titres Sécurisés (Mauritania), e-Visa application form · checked 26 Sept 2026
- Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, de la Coopération et des Mauritaniens de l'Extérieur (Mauritania), Visa · checked 26 Sept 2026
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