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3 Oct 2013
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Apparently you should definitely wait for the second email though if you are picking up the visa at Rosso. A German couple had to wait two days at the Senegalese side of the border for it and other people supposedly even 5 days.
We are in Nouakchott and waiting for the second confirmation.
If anybody has crossed without having the second mail and picked up the visa directly at Rosso please let us know.
Cheers Fabian
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3 Oct 2013
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Hi Wootan,
We have just applied for the Senegal visa, to be picked up at Rosso, and we got the second confirmation email through within 48hours.
Did you have a hotel confirmation for the night you say you will arrive in Senegal? I am suspicious that this may have been an issue for some people, though thinking out loud.
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4 Oct 2013
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Hi David,
good to hear that it actually came through in 48 hours in your case. We applied yesterday evening so there is nothing to be worried about yet. It apparently did take some people longer than others. Someone just phoned the contact number and after a little chat with the woman on the other side he had the second mail within 15 minutes.
I don't have a reservation though and others who have crossed recently did not either so shouldn't be of importance.
Just didn't want anybody getting ideas about going to the border without the second mail printed out as that was the reason for people being stucked there before. 
Fabian
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4 Oct 2013
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in Rosso is not necessary to have the pre registration. This can be done directly to the police station to red and pay them directly (50 EUR)...but without pre-registation you need more time at the police office.
however, you must inform the police if you want a visa with single or multiple entry. If you don't ask, they made a single entrance visa..and after the print of visa, if you need more entrance... you must pay other 50 €...
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15 Oct 2013
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senegal visa/boarders
hello, I,m thinking of entering Senegal from mali (kadeira I think ) jan/feb time, anyone heard anything about this boarder crossing regards this new visa carry on. regards chris
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16 Oct 2013
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FYI: Found on the LP Forum....this guy tried for Senegal visa in Banjul (with pre registration paper) but refused. However offered cash, accepted, paid and visa issued!
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22 Oct 2013
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have people been filling in names of people/addresses in senegal on the online form? have you made them up? cheers.
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22 Oct 2013
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Ended up having to wait a whole week in Nouakchott for our confirmation e-mail. Trying to contact them by mail was never fruitful in our case and endless phone calls only started doing any good when we got too annoying.
Met three Portugese guys at Rosso Senegal who went there without a visa. They had to do the preregistration online and pay 100€ to some guy to be processed a day or two later. They were able to stay in St. Louis though with their passports being held at the border.
Border crossing took us 6 hours and went relatively smooth. Payed about 50€ in total for everything including fixer. Abdul N’Deng (00221776355549 – Senegal, 0022246135429 – Mauritania) was our fixer after not being juicy enough for our first one and did a good job. Very friendly and correct in our experience. Got receipts for everything but the 3000CFA to get the passports processed on the Senegalese side.
Was a very interesting day in our experience.
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22 Oct 2013
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Can the Senegal visa be obtained before we even get to the border? I plan to get the Lassez-passier at the embassy as well before heading south as I did when I drove north in the spring.
I'd like to get as much done before arriving at the border so to give the crooks at Rosso/Diama as little as possible to hang me on!
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28 Oct 2013
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Overland travel to Senegal, coming from Mali - VISA
Hi guys,
we're currently in Togo, West-Africa and in one month we'll be travelling via Burkina and Mali to Senegal. It's all fine that you can pick up your visa in Rosso and 2 other places, but on the online application form the Kidira border (close to Kayes in Mali) is not indicated.
Does anybody have experience with getting a visa for Senegal in Bamako or so (or in Lomé)? What's the deal with cars older than 7 years? I do not have a Carnet de Passage en Douane. For older cars they used to give the "Passavant" for 3 days (to transit).
Any advise would be VERY welcome
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29 Oct 2013
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Senegal visa in Madrid
Hi All,
Just thought I would share my experience of getting the visa in Madrid. I applied online, but lost the connection and at first would not accept my payment. That done, the mail arrives but says for collection at Dakar airport! I mail the helpline but no reply. So decide to just head to the Madrid consulate.
Got ushered straight into the visa office. They make you fill out the form again, same questions as online. But this seems to just be kept in her draw, as she gave me one that had already been completed as guidance.
Handed over copy of passport, 1 photo and they looked at my vehicle registration.
All done in about 20 minutes. So if you are heading through Madrid it is certainly an easy consulate to get the visa.
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29 Oct 2013
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Originally Posted by African Adventurer
Hi guys,
we're currently in Togo, West-Africa and in one month we'll be travelling via Burkina and Mali to Senegal. It's all fine that you can pick up your visa in Rosso and 2 other places, but on the online application form the Kidira border (close to Kayes in Mali) is not indicated.
Does anybody have experience with getting a visa for Senegal in Bamako or so (or in Lomé)? What's the deal with cars older than 7 years? I do not have a Carnet de Passage en Douane. For older cars they used to give the "Passavant" for 3 days (to transit).
Any advise would be VERY welcome
Regards
Gert
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I cannot comment on visas as we didn't need one in the spring. Get a Lassez-passier at the Senegalese consulate/embassy. You'll need your ECOWAS brown card and vehicle papers. We got our lassez-passier at the Senegalese consulate in Freetown, Sierra Leone. It should be no problem even for an older vehicle. We have an '82 Toyota Land Cruiser and we drove through Senegal in the spring of 2013, spending nearly two weeks driving around Senegal as well as a little in The Gambia. We entered from Guinea and left via Diama.
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Originally Posted by Tenere Traveller Mike
Hi All,
Just thought I would share my experience of getting the visa in Madrid. I applied online, but lost the connection and at first would not accept my payment. That done, the mail arrives but says for collection at Dakar airport! I mail the helpline but no reply. So decide to just head to the Madrid consulate.
Got ushered straight into the visa office. They make you fill out the form again, same questions as online. But this seems to just be kept in her draw, as she gave me one that had already been completed as guidance.
Handed over copy of passport, 1 photo and they looked at my vehicle registration.
All done in about 20 minutes. So if you are heading through Madrid it is certainly an easy consulate to get the visa.
Mike
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So no problems for non-residents? Have you entered Senegal yet with this visa? Any problems entering?
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11 Nov 2013
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Senegal visa in Banjul
Guys,
Just to confirm you can get the Senegal visa in Banjul (even without doing the online pre-registration). We were there 3 weeks ago and there were people there who had not completed the online registration and they received their visas the same as us. Be aware though the process is lengthy, you get there register at the little window (filling out another "local" set of forms) then you wait for your name to be called then you go round the front and enter the building get your photo and finger prints done and then told to come back at 3:30.
All well and good so we left did some maintenance on the Landy and went back on time but still had to wait till 5 to get our visas along with everyone else.
Be prepared for the visas to be issued in African time!
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12 Nov 2013
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Same day application and pick up at 3:30pm? That's not African time! 
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12 Nov 2013
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Just to confirm you can get the Senegal visa in Banjul (even without doing the online pre-registration).
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What good is getting the visa in Banjul for overlanders? Unless you fly in you had to pass through Senegal to get to Banjul anyways?
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