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🇸🇴 Does a Somali need a visa for Mauritania 🇲🇷?

What this means for your trip

An e-Visa is applied for on the destination's official government website. You upload your passport scan and photo, pay online and receive an approval letter by email.

Apply well before departure and print the approval; use only the official portal, as many look-alike sites charge extra.

Your passport should normally be valid for at least six months beyond your planned departure date and have blank pages for stamps; many countries apply this rule.

Mauritania at a glance

Capital: Nouakchott · Currency: Mauritanian ouguiya (MRU, UM) · Official languages: Arabic · Calling code: +222

Plugs and voltage

Your plugs fit: every plug type used in Somalia (C) works with sockets in Mauritania.

More about entering Mauritania →

Easier destinations near Mauritania for Somali passport holders

• 🇧🇯 Benin — Visa-free 90 days
• 🇬🇲 Gambia — Visa-free 90 days
• 🇨🇻 Cape Verde — Visa on arrival
• 🇬🇭 Ghana — Visa on arrival
• 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau — Visa on arrival

The other way round

🇲🇷 Mauritanian passport holders visiting Somalia: Mauritanian passport holders need a visa for Somalia, and it can be applied for online as an e-Visa before travelling.

The Somali passport at a glance

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