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Passport/Visa

 Passport Required?Visa Required?Return Ticket Required?
BritishYesYesYes
AustralianYesYesYes
CanadianYesYesYes
USAYesYesYes
OtherEUYesYesYes
JapaneseYesYesYes


PASSPORTS: Passports valid for six months after intended length of stay required by all except nationals of Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo holding national ID cards.

VISAS: Required by all except the following:
(a) nationals of other ECOWAS countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Congo (Rep), Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo) for stays of up to three months;
(b) nationals of Andorra, Chad, Monaco, Morocco, Seychelles, Tunisia and Vatican City for stays of up to three months;
(c) transit passengers leaving on the same or first connecting flight within 12 hours provided holding onward or return documentation and not leaving the airport.


Types of visa and cost: Prices vary according to nationality. Prices given are for UK nationals. Tourist, Business and Transit: £35 (single-entry); £45 (multiple-entry).

Validity: Three months.

Application to: Consulate (or Consular section at Embassy); see Contact Addresses section.

Application requirements: Tourism: (a) Valid passport. (b) One application form. (c) One passport-size photo. (d) Evidence of hotel booking or faxed letter of invitation from Côte d’Ivoire resident. (e) Return ticket or travel itinerary. (f) Stamped, self-addressed, registered envelope for return of passport (if applying by post). (g) Fee. Business: (a)-(g) and (h) Fax from home company confirming financial responsibility for the applicant and an invitation letter faxed from Côte d’Ivoire.

Note: (a) A yellow fever vaccination certificate is required for all travellers over one year of age. (b) In addition to a valid visa, nationals of the following countries need an authorisation from the Ministry of Security, and should obtain it in plenty of time: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cambodia, Chile, China (PR), Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Indonesia, Jordan, Korea (Dem Rep), Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Vietnam and Yemen.

Working days required: Two to three.


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