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Visa in Rosso
Since a few months its also possible to get your [Mauritanian] biometric visa at the borderpost of Rosso, at the ferry. There's one price: €50 euro for a visa for one month. They don't issue the three day transitvisum.
At the other side of the river you can get your Senegalese visum. Even if you didn't pre-order it on the internet. But of course you do better to obtain it in your homecountry or the Senegalese embassy in Nouakchott and go to the Diama borderpost near Saint Louis.
Last edited by Chris Scott; 2 Jun 2014 at 15:06.
Reason: Clarification: presume you mean Mori visa
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Mauri visa at Diama ??
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Originally Posted by mariusdussel
Since a few months its also possible to get your [Mauritanian] biometric visa at the borderpost of Rosso, at the ferry. There's one price: €50 euro for a visa for one month. They don't issue the three day transitvisum.
At the other side of the river you can get your Senegalese visum. Even if you didn't pre-order it on the internet. But of course you do better to obtain it in your homecountry or the Senegalese embassy in Nouakchott and go to the Diama borderpost near Saint Louis.
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By saying this are you saying that its not possible to get the Mauri biometric visa the Diama crossing?
I've read Diama is the better (less hassle) crossing.
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I got my visa two times this year at the border between western Sahara and Mauritania near Nouadibou. Both times I had to wait four hours, as many Algerians and Moroccans are also waiting for visa! Not much shadow in front of the office involved. Paid a bribe to somebody in the end, otherwise it would have taken 8 hours, I fear. Next time I get my visa in Rabat.
From Mauritania I drove all the way to Agadez. No problems, only Niger visa is difficult in Bamako. At least two weeks waiting. Maybe better in Ouagadougou.
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Hope they aren't starting to mess up the border visa procedure, looking for bribes. That is what killed it last time, I heard.
Still beats spending two days in Rabat.
As for waiting, there are often westerners with trucks spending days sometimes weeks to pass the border customs, not being well organized (no documentation for the 50 refrigerators. fat tv sets etc they are bringing). Last time I was approached by someone looking like he had spent months, looked like Bigfoot. I hurried away and he started throwing rocks. Only later I heard he was actually a fellow countryman who had lost it, and felt a little bad about leaving him behind in no man's land. He may still be there...
Visa for Niger was easy in Ouaga.
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Rabat is same day service now!
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Rabat is same day service now!
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I didn't know. You still have to show up 2 in the morning to be first in line?
Some days they had more applicants then they could handle.
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Hi folks- our departure is fast approaching- we will leave from Ireland Nov.2. Original plan was to get our Mauritania visas in advance through visa service here in US, but we found out that with new "biometric" requirement (fingerprints) they must be got in person. Since a trip to Washington DC was out, our fall back plan is Rabat. Could it really take 2 days there? We are on a tight schedule as we are actually getting married in Azougui Nov. 15th. Losing 2 days in Rabat could be a problem. Would it be better to take our chances at the border?
Our plans on from Mauri keep changing, but now looks like Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin, then we figure out from there. What are conditions like in Mali these days? I remember reading a while ago that overland travel required an escort, but have not heard that for a while so hoping that is no longer the case.
We will be coming from Nema after taking the Tidjikja, Tichit, Oualata route (if we can still find it after the sand storm). Nara to Segou, then to Burkina.
Any info would be much appreciated!
Rick.
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