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Mauritania for Australian passport holders: eVisa

Your circumstances

Passport:
🇦🇺 Australian
Lives in:
Not specified (general rule)
Going to:
🇲🇷 Mauritania
Purpose:
Holiday

Route summary

eVisa

e-Visa required before boarding

Mauritania's foreign ministry says visitors apply online, receive an electronic visa (e-visa), and must carry it to board a flight to Mauritania; biometrics are taken on arrival. The ministry's list of visa-exempt nationalities was not checked, so confirm with the embassy.

Conditions

No conditions recorded for this route — check the official source.

About this route

Route type
eVisa: you apply online before you travel.
Documents
Document list not published by the official source.
Fee
US$60 (as published).
Processing
Processing time not published by the official source.

Next step

Steps not published by the official source — use the official link to start.

Official application pageanrpts.gov.mr ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Last checked 21 Oct 2026 against diplomatie.gov.mr · Official_source

Documents

Document list not published by the official source.

Fees

Official government fee
US$60
Visa-centre / service fee (not a government fee)
None stated by the official source
Notes from the source
30 days: EUR 55 / USD 60; 90 days: EUR 95 / USD 100.

Visa-centre, service or other third-party charges are never official government fees.

Processing and validity

Processing time, validity and maximum stay: not published by the official source.

How to apply: e-Visa required before boarding

Where to apply

Where: ANRPTS online agency

Official application page: anrpts.gov.mr ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Quick answers

Do Australian passport holders need a visa for Mauritania?

e-Visa required before boarding. Mauritania's foreign ministry says visitors apply online, receive an electronic visa (e-visa), and must carry it to board a flight to Mauritania; biometrics are taken on arrival. The ministry's list of visa-exempt nationalities was not checked, so confirm with the embassy. Source: https://www.diplomatie.gov.mr/fr/node/50

Business, work or just passing through?

The rules above are for a holiday: tourism and visiting family and friends. Business visits, paid work and transit are covered separately below.

Business visits to Mauritania

Not verified yet (not yet covered). We haven't verified the business rules for Australian passport holders, and we don't publish rules we haven't checked against an official source. A rule that is awaiting verification or not yet covered is not a negative visa decision: it only means we haven't confirmed it on an official source yet. Until then, see diplomatie.gov.mr.

Working in Mauritania

⚠ Not from an official source: items marked below come from secondary sources (law firms, employer-of-record guides, IOM, Wikipedia), not the destination government. They are not verified and may be out of date; confirm with the embassy or immigration authority.

Main work visa routes for Mauritania

These are the main routes and what they require. Whether you qualify depends on your circumstances; the official page decides.

Work permit, then work visa

⚠ Not from an official source

For: Foreign employees in Mauritania

  • Skills not readily available locally
  • Work permit first, then the work visa

Source: Rivermate – Mauritania hiring guide (employer-of-record guide) (Not official) (rivermate.com) · Not from an official source.

What the source says

"Foreign nationals need a work permit to be employed in Mauritania." … "You must have a work permit before you can apply for a work visa" … "the foreign national must have skills that are not readily available in the local job market."

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Requirements, fees and thresholds change; confirm on the official page before applying.

Your work travel report

We only create the PDF report from rules checked against an official government source.

Transit through Mauritania

Option 1
Visa-freeTransit (changing flights)

Airside transit within 24 hours generally without a visa (not from an official source)

Unofficial source – not verified

This rule is not from an official Mauritania government source. It is based on a secondary reference source (dict.dyimin.com). Confirm with the embassy or the official immigration authority before you travel.

Not from an official Mauritania government source: based on the World Visa Encyclopedia (dict.dyimin.com, an unofficial reference site), a single unofficial source. Not verified - conditions vary by airline and airport; confirm with your airline and the embassy before travel. The site says: “Conditions for Visa-Free Airside Transit Passengers may transit within the international transit area without a Mauritanian entry visa if all of the following conditions are met: Length of stay: The stay in the International Transit Area must not exceed 24 hours.”

Conditions

  • Stay in the international transit area (airside); do not pass immigration.
  • Check your airline allows it (through ticket and checked-through baggage).
Government fee
Fee not officially published
Processing
Not verified yet
Validity
Not verified yet
Max stay
Not verified yet
Steps, documents & where to apply

How to apply

Steps not verified yet — follow the official source below.

Documents checklist

Document list not verified yet — check the official source.

✓ Secondary_research

Official wording

“World Visa Encyclopedia (dict.dyimin.com), 'Mauritania' chapter 14 Transit / Transfer: “Conditions for Visa-Free Airside Transit Passengers may transit within the international transit area without a Mauritanian entry visa if all of the following conditions are met: Length of stay: The stay in the International Transit Area must not exceed 24 hours.””

Your transit travel report

We only create the PDF report from rules checked against an official government source.

Alert me if this route changes

Get an email when we update the guidance for Australian passport holders going to Mauritania, after we've checked the change against the official source. Nothing else.

Tell me about changes to

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Before you go to Mauritania

Customs cash limits and the scams official travel advice warns about in Mauritania.

Common tourist traps

Official travel advice for Mauritania doesn't name specific tourist scams. Normal precautions apply.

Emergency numbers in Mauritania

Paraphrased from official travel advice: gov.uk · FCDO page updated 19 Oct 2026 · Last checked 24 Oct 2026.

Explore Mauritania

Planning more than the paperwork? Our Mauritania guide picks out places to visit, with a source for every tip.

Places to visit:
Banc d'Arguin National Park
Read the full Mauritania guide

Australian passport: of the 154 destinations with a rule verified from an official source, 105 visa-free, 20 visa on arrival, 25 eVisa or travel authorisation, 4 embassy visa.

Mauritania: rules verified from an official source for 190 of 198 passports. Mauritania guide and every passport →

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Plan your trip to Mauritania

Verify with the embassy before you book. Visa rules change without notice. We link every rule to its official source and last checked it on 21 Oct 2026, but the embassy, official e-visa portal and your airline have the final say. MyVisaPort is not a visa agent and is not affiliated with any government.