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7 Nov 2018
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No VTE any more? Only e-visa for Benin
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VTE (burkina/niger/cote divore/benin/ togo)
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Don't think the VTE exists any more.
I had email exchanges with Benin embassy in Barcelona in Nov '18 saying (a) they don't do the VTE any more (visa entente, they referred to it as - think it's the same thing), (b) they don't offer visas in Benin embassies any more (I took it they meant generally, not just in Barca) and c) the only visa now for Benin is an e-visa.
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12 Nov 2018
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Malian visa in Nouakchott: 1 month single entry for ~€15 (650 Ouguiyas).
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24 Nov 2018
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Originally Posted by zenbiker
Don't think the VTE exists any more.
I had email exchanges with Benin embassy in Barcelona in Nov '18 saying (a) they don't do the VTE any more (visa entente, they referred to it as - think it's the same thing), (b) they don't offer visas in Benin embassies any more (I took it they meant generally, not just in Barca) and c) the only visa now for Benin is an e-visa.
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A post on a facebook group from November 5 said it's still possible.
(This was not me)
"VISA ENTENTE IN OUAGADOUGOU
Just to let people know, it is still possible and very easy to get this visa in Ouga.
The cost is 25k CFA and you need two passport photos. You go to the main passport office in the morning and collect the same afternoon."
-Dan
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24 Nov 2018
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Yes, the VTE restarted at the Service des Passeports on the Bobo road at the beginning of the month!
Fingers crossed it continues
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26 Nov 2018
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I once applied for the VTE in Ouaga but was refused because I had only a three day transit visa to Burkina, bought at the embassy in Bamako for 24000 CFA.
They demanded a full visa which was then 48000 CFA.
I hear they now offer visa on arrival at Ouaga airport for 94000 CFA.
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2 Dec 2018
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Originally Posted by priffe
I once applied for the VTE in Ouaga but was refused because I had only a three day transit visa to Burkina, bought at the embassy in Bamako for 24000 CFA.
They demanded a full visa which was then 48000 CFA.
I hear they now offer visa on arrival at Ouaga airport for 94000 CFA.
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Yes, to get the VTE you need a single entry tourist visa for Burkina
The visa on arrival at the airport, you may get IF the airline allows you to board the aircraft! However, it's the same price if you try to get a visa on the border too ... far simpler and cheaper to do it prior to arrival at an embassy or consul!
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3 Dec 2018
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A few to add...
Australian Passport:
- Mauritania at Border – €55 on arrival
- Senegal in Nouakchott – 10,000 CFA same day (exception) – 2 weeks
- Mali in Nouakchott – €13 same day – 1 month
- Cameroon in Dakar – 51,000 CFA, 6 days turnaround – 1 month, with 3 months to present
- Togo in Bamako – 25,000 CFA 1 day or 50,000 same day turnaround – 1 month with date of entry specified
- Burkina Faso in Bamako – 48,000 CFA next day – 3 months with date of entry specified
- Benin e-Visa online – €50 immediate approval
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4 Feb 2019
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VTE
The VTE is not available from the Benin embassy in Barcelona now.
This by email from the embassy itself in November '18;
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I’m so sorry but, from 24th of April, the Embassies and Consulates of Benin no longer make visas. The only way to obtain the visa to enter into Benin is on https://evisa.gouv.bj/fr/
As for the entente visas, which they were made at the consulates, they are not made anymore.
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