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Carnet for Mauritania
Hi, I called last friday the Mauritanian embassy in Brussels regarding a visa. They said that I would have to present a carnet to obtain such a visa if I planned on entering the country overland.
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Hi, I called last friday the Mauritanian embassy in Brussels regarding a visa. They said that I would have to present a carnet to obtain such a visa if I planned on entering the country overland.
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Thanks for the reply Patrick. As far as you know, does that include both 2 wheels and 4? Does that apply to ALL vehicles regardless of age?
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again and again...
in short:
you do not need a carnet to enter mauritania.
(all kinds of vehicles, no matter which year of construction )
get your visa at rabat, morocco, nowbody will ask you to show carnet there.
at the border they do not care, wether you have one or not.
it´s only certain mauritanian embassies in europe who want to see the carnet,
belgium and switzerland for example.
if you apply in germany, it is printed at the visa- application that you need one,
but they issue the visa without carnet.
if more and more people show up at the border with carnet, i am afraid one day you really need one !!
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Just what I wanted to hear! Without in any way doubting you, how recent was your experience of crossing the border without one?
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hi mystic,
my last entry to mauritania has been 3 month before, but
i am in contact with mauritanian people working in tourist business.
also, friends of mine entered mauritania without carnet last week,
if you look at certain german sahara boards you will also find some postings from the last weeks, never ever problem without carnet.
i will go to mauritania next week, also without carnet.
in my opinion all this carnet story is only due to one posting in a french board a few month back. there somebody from a so called french- mauritanian alliance posted that you need a carnet f. cars older than 5 years, that they change the import rules and so on... that post has been crossposted in a lot of boards, and here we are now...
in fact there is a law in mauritania that you need carnet since 1999, but they never enforced it, they allways write the vehicle into your passport.
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Thanks Todo. That's laid that one to bed! Planning a trip on a GS early in the New Year down to Senegal & Gambia. Just didn't want to find myself "stopped in my tracks" en route!
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hi mystic,
are you aware that senegal in fact has this 5 years rule ?
actually it is meant to stop import of older cars but if you enter
senegal via rosso they want to see a carnet, even for a bike.
personally i only know two biker who could enter there
without a carnet since 2003.
to avoid problems you should enter senegal via diama,
there you can pay the senegalese customs to let you enter
without carnet, no reciept of course...
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