Visa policy of Mauritania

Citizens of the following 9 countries can visit Mauritania without a visa for a stay up to 90 days:[1][2] * — Not listed by Timatic as being visa-exempt.

[2] Holders of diplomatic and service passports issued to nationals of Brazil,[3] Bulgaria, China, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Morocco and Turkey do not require a visa for Mauritania.

Nationals of any country with a diplomatic passport except Italy do not require a visa.

[4] However, according to Timatic, nationals of Syria are ineligible to obtain a visa on arrival, and must obtain prior confirmation from the Direction General of National Security (DGSN) in order to enter Mauritania.

2 Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Russia and the partially recognised republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia each span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia.