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Hi Dave - actually, no, not planning on going through Nouakchott. Heading east after crossing Mauri border, along railroad, to Atar, Ouadane, Tichit, then south. We will be coming through Spain, so could stop in Madrid. A bit concerned about the Laissez-Passer - we would prefer not to get a carnet if we don't have to.
thanks, Rick.
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Ah ok.
Yes people have managed to get the visa in Madrid. There was a motorbike guide taking some bikers down and they got it in Madrid.
As for the laissez passez, I don't know, we use a CDP.
If you do get the LP it officially costs 2,500CFA (at the border)
But I believe your vehicle has to be less than 8 years old to get the LP.
If it is older than 8 years then they wont issue the LP (at the borders, and from our experience that is.........it might be different at the embassy).
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Hi folks- two questions:
- has anyone any experience in getting Senegal visa in Bordeaux, FR? We will be passing through and it may be more convenient than Madrid and it is listed in the online application
- is it possible to get in Rabat? We plan to process Mauritania visa there, so thought it might make sense to do Senegal as well. But Rabat does not seem to be listed in the online app...
thanks, Rick.
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Originally Posted by Dave The Hat
As for the laissez passez, I don't know, we use a CDP.
If you do get the LP it officially costs 2,500CFA (at the border)
But I believe your vehicle has to be less than 8 years old to get the LP.
If it is older than 8 years then they wont issue the LP (at the borders, and from our experience that is.........it might be different at the embassy).
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Has anyone got a laissez-passier at an Embassy/Consulate north of Senegal? We got one in Freetown last year and it worked but this year for the return trip we were told we don't need one.
Personally, I'd like to give the folks at Diama/Rosso as little as possible to ask for a "cadeau". Our Land Cruiser is a 1982 so it's a little beyond the 8 year limit but it is also registered in an ECOWAS country (Sierra Leone).
We also found that the embassy cannot issue a visa for longer than 3 months even if you pay for more. We're told it may change latter this month.
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