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Mauritania Visa Requirements by Passport (2026)

9 of 207 passports can enter Mauritania without arranging a visa in advance: 9 visa-free. 198 can apply for an e-visa online.

  • Visa-free 9
  • E-visa 198
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No visa in advance

9 of 207

Visa-free, ETA or on arrival

Visa-free

9

E-visa online

198

Visa required

0

Passports that can visit Mauritania visa-free

9 passports. No visa or online approval needed. Show your passport at immigration.

Algeria90 daysChad90 daysGambia90 daysIvory Coast90 daysLibya90 daysMali90 daysNiger90 daysSenegal90 daysTunisia90 days

Passports that need an e-visa for Mauritania

198 passports. Apply online and get approved before you travel.

Afghanistan2 yearsAlbania2 yearsAndorra2 yearsAngola2 yearsAnguilla2 yearsAntigua and Barbuda2 yearsArgentina2 yearsArmenia2 yearsAustralia2 yearsAustria2 yearsAzerbaijan2 yearsBahamas2 yearsBahrain2 yearsBangladesh2 yearsBarbados2 yearsBelarus2 yearsBelgium2 yearsBelize2 yearsBenin2 yearsBermuda2 yearsBhutan2 yearsBolivia2 yearsBosnia and Herzegovina2 yearsBotswana2 yearsBrazil2 yearsBritish National (Overseas)2 yearsBritish Virgin Islands2 yearsBrunei2 yearsBulgaria2 yearsBurkina Faso2 yearsBurundi2 yearsCambodia2 yearsCameroon2 yearsCanada2 yearsCape Verde2 yearsCayman Islands2 yearsCentral African Republic2 yearsChile2 yearsChina2 yearsColombia2 yearsComoros2 yearsCosta Rica2 yearsCroatia2 yearsCuba2 yearsCyprus2 yearsCzechia2 yearsDenmark2 yearsDjibouti2 yearsDominica2 yearsDominican Republic2 yearsDR Congo2 yearsEcuador2 yearsEgypt2 yearsEl Salvador2 yearsEquatorial Guinea2 yearsEritrea2 yearsEstonia2 yearsEswatini2 yearsEthiopia2 yearsFiji2 yearsFinland2 yearsFrance2 yearsGabon2 yearsGeorgia2 yearsGermany2 yearsGhana2 yearsGreece2 yearsGrenada2 yearsGuatemala2 yearsGuinea2 yearsGuinea-Bissau2 yearsGuyana2 yearsHaiti2 yearsHonduras2 yearsHong Kong2 yearsHungary2 yearsIceland2 yearsIndia2 yearsIndonesia2 yearsIran2 yearsIraq2 yearsIreland2 yearsIsrael2 yearsIsraeli Travel Document (Teudat Ma'avar)2 yearsItaly2 yearsJamaica2 yearsJapan2 yearsJordan2 yearsKazakhstan2 yearsKenya2 yearsKiribati2 yearsKosovo2 yearsKuwait2 yearsKyrgyzstan2 yearsLaos2 yearsLatvia2 yearsLebanon2 yearsLesotho2 yearsLiberia2 yearsLiechtenstein2 yearsLithuania2 yearsLuxembourg2 yearsMacau2 yearsMadagascar2 yearsMalawi2 yearsMalaysia2 yearsMaldives2 yearsMalta2 yearsMarshall Islands2 yearsMauritius2 yearsMexico2 yearsMicronesia2 yearsMoldova2 yearsMonaco2 yearsMongolia2 yearsMontenegro2 yearsMontserrat2 yearsMorocco2 yearsMozambique2 yearsMyanmar2 yearsNamibia2 yearsNauru2 yearsNepal2 yearsNetherlands2 yearsNew Zealand2 yearsNicaragua2 yearsNigeria2 yearsNorth Korea2 yearsNorth Macedonia2 yearsNorway2 yearsOman2 yearsPakistan2 yearsPalau2 yearsPalestine2 yearsPanama2 yearsPapua New Guinea2 yearsParaguay2 yearsPeru2 yearsPhilippines2 yearsPoland2 yearsPortugal2 yearsQatar2 yearsRepublic of the Congo2 yearsRomania2 yearsRussia2 yearsRwanda2 yearsSaint Helena2 yearsSaint Kitts and Nevis2 yearsSaint Lucia2 yearsSaint Vincent and the Grenadines2 yearsSamoa2 yearsSan Marino2 yearsSao Tome and Principe2 yearsSaudi Arabia2 yearsSerbia2 yearsSeychelles2 yearsSierra Leone2 yearsSingapore2 yearsSlovakia2 yearsSlovenia2 yearsSolomon Islands2 yearsSomalia2 yearsSouth Africa2 yearsSouth Korea2 yearsSouth Sudan2 yearsSpain2 yearsSri Lanka2 yearsSudan2 yearsSuriname2 yearsSweden2 yearsSwitzerland2 yearsSyria2 yearsTaiwan2 yearsTajikistan2 yearsTanzania2 yearsThailand2 yearsTimor-Leste2 yearsTogo2 yearsTonga2 yearsTrinidad and Tobago2 yearsTurkey2 yearsTurkmenistan2 yearsTurks and Caicos Islands2 yearsTuvalu2 yearsUganda2 yearsUkraine2 yearsUnited Arab Emirates2 yearsUnited Kingdom2 yearsUnited States2 yearsUruguay2 yearsUzbekistan2 yearsVanuatu2 yearsVatican City2 yearsVenezuela2 yearsVietnam2 yearsYemen2 yearsZambia2 yearsZimbabwe2 years

Mauritania visa: common questions

Do US passport holders need a visa for Mauritania?

Yes. US passport holders need an e-visa for Mauritania, applied for online before travel, for stays of up to 2 years.

Do UK passport holders need a visa for Mauritania?

Yes. UK passport holders need an e-visa for Mauritania, applied for online before travel, for stays of up to 2 years.

Do Canada passport holders need a visa for Mauritania?

Yes. Canada passport holders need an e-visa for Mauritania, applied for online before travel, for stays of up to 2 years.

Do Australia passport holders need a visa for Mauritania?

Yes. Australia passport holders need an e-visa for Mauritania, applied for online before travel, for stays of up to 2 years.

Do India passport holders need a visa for Mauritania?

Yes. India passport holders need an e-visa for Mauritania, applied for online before travel, for stays of up to 2 years.

How long can you stay in Mauritania without a visa?

Most visa-free visitors can stay up to 90 days. The limit depends on your passport, so check yours above.

Visa requirements for every destination

Tourist visits only. Requirements come from a dataset compiled in October 2025, with changes since then checked against official government sources on 2026-10-31. Rules change, so confirm with Mauritania's official site before you book and again before you fly.