We encourage you to apply for the visa well in advance of the meeting at an Ivorian Coast Embassy or Consulate to avoid unnecessary inconveniences. You can apply for the Meeting invitation letter as you register here.
You can apply for visa upon arrival. Please refer to our announcement.
Deadline to apply 4 November.
Air Algerie (AH)
Air Burkina (2J)
Air Cote d'Ivoire
(HF) Alitalia (AZ)
ASKY (KP)
Brussels Airlines(SN)
Corsair (SS)
Egyptair (MS)
Emirates (EK)
Ethipian Airlines (ET)
Kenya Airways (KQ)
Middle East Airlines (ME)
Royal Air Maroc (AT)
Senegal Airlines (DN)
South African Airways (SA)
Starbow(S9)
Tunisair(TU)
Turkish Airlines (TK)
All travellers entering Cote d'Ivoire are required to present a certificate of immunization against yellow fever. Infants, younger than 1 year of age, are not required to get immunization.
Free import by tourists over 15 years of age:
1. 200 cigarettes or 100 cigarillos or 25 cigars or 250 grammes of tobacco;
2. 1 bottle of wine and 1 bottle of spirits;
3. 1/2 litre of eau de toilette er and 1/4 litre of perfume.
Restrictions: For personal use only passengers are allowed to import a video camera. The camera must be declared on arrival and a deposit must be paid, which will be returned to the passenger upon departure. Video cassettes are subject to customs duties.
Cats and dogs accompanying passenger may enter without import licence. Must hold rabies inoculation certificate and good health certificate, dated no earlier than 3 days before travel commenced and issued by health authorities at point of origin. Health certificate must indicate that no contagious disease (including rabies) has existed in that territory during the previous 6 weeks. An import licence is required in addition to above certificates for cats and dogs not accompanying passenger, and for all other pets. Exempt are: animals originating from the following countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Rep., Chad, Congo, France, Gabon, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal; certificates as in a. above are sufficient.
Baggage is cleared at the airport of the final destination in Cote d'Ivoire, provided this is an international airport.
Exempt: baggage of transit passengers with a destination outside of Cote d'Ivoire, which is transferred automatically to the other aeroplane.
Airport Embarkation Tax is levied on passengers embarking in Cote d'Ivoire from:
1. Abidjan airport for destinations:
a. In Cote d'Ivoire: XOF 800
b. In Africa: XOF 3,000
c. Outside Africa: XOF 5,000
2. Any other airport for destinations:
a. In Cote d'Ivoire: XOF 600
b. In Africa: XOF 3,000
c. Outside Africa: XOF 5,000
Place of payment: Airport of departure.
RESIDENTS:
Local currency (CFA Franc-XOF): unlimited.
Foreign currencies: Euro - EUR: unlimited; other currencies: declaration required (currencies declared to be exchanged into XOF within 8 days).
NON-RESIDENTS:
Local currency: unlimited.
Foreign currencies: Euro - EUR: unlimited; other currencies: unlimited, but declaration of amount that will be exported when leaving.
RESIDENTS: if travelling to countries within the French Monetary Area: local currency (CFA Franc-XOF): unlimited; if travelling to countries outside the French Monetary Area: up to XOF 150,000.- or equivalent in foreign currencies, plus XOF 10,000 or equivalent in EUR per year.
NON-RESIDENTS:
Local currency: XOF 10,000.- or equivalent in EUR.
Foreign currencies: the equivalent of XOF 25,000 (currency in excess of limit may be exported, provided declaration at time of entry has been made); Traveller's cheques, letters of credit unlimited, provided issued abroad in traveller's name.
GROUP A: Nationals of the following countries, holders of valid diplomatic or service passports are not subject to the visa requirement: South Africa, Austria, Brazil, Gabon, Israel, Iran and Uganda.
GROUP B: countries whose nationals, holders of a valid passports from are not subject to the visa requirement.
GROUP B1: ECOWAS MEMBER STATES |
GROUPE B2 : OTHER COUNTRIES
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BENIN BURKINA FASO CAPE VERDE GAMBIA GHANA GUINEA GUINEE BISSAU LIBERIA MALI NIGER NIGERIA SENEGAL SIERRA LEONE TOGO |
REPUBLIC OF CONGO MOROCCO MAURITANIA SEYCHELLES ISLANDS PHILIPPINES SINGAPORE CHAD TUNISIA |
GROUP C: Nationals of the following countries holders of valid official and ordinary passports are subject to prior entry visa issued by the diplomatic and consular representations of the Côte d'Ivoire abroad without consulting the Ministry in charge of security:
South Africa (ordinary passport)
Germany
Andorra
Saudi Arabia
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria (ordinary passport)
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bosnia
Botswana
Brazil (ordinary passport)
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cayman (Islands)
Cameroon
Canada
Cyprus
Comoros (Islands)
South Korea
Costa Rica
Croatia
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominican (Republic)
UAE
Ecuador
Eritrea
Spain
Estonia
United States of America
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon (s ordinary passport)
Georgia
Greece
Granada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
India
Ireland
Israel (ordinary passports)
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kuwait
Lesotho
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Malta
Mauritius (Island)
Mexico
Moldavia
Monaco
outer Mongolia
Montenegro
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Norway
New Zealand
Oman
Uganda (ordinary passport)
Uzbekistan
Panama
Papua
Paraguay
Netherlands
Peru
Poland
Puerto Rico
Portugal
Qatar
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Romania
United Kingdom of Great Britain
Russia (Federation)
San Marino
Saint Vincent
St. Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Solomon Islands ()
Salvador
Sao Tome and Principe
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
Sweden
Switzerland
Suriname
Swaziland
Tajikistan
Taiwan
Tanzania
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkmenistan
Turkey
Tuvalu
Ukraine
Uruguay
Vanuatu
Vatican
Venezuela
Yugoslavia *********
Zambia
Zimbabwe
GROUP D: COUNTRIES WHOSE NATIONALS ISSUED MAY BE VISA AFTER CONSULTATION AND PRIOR APPROVAL OF MINISTRY IN CHARGE OF SECURITY:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Bangladesh
Burma
Bolivia
Cambodia
Chile
China
Colombia
North Korea
Cuba
Egypt
Indonesia
Iraq
Iran (ordinary passport)
Jordan
Laos
Lebanon
Libya
Nicaragua
Pakistan
Sudan
Sri Lanka
Syria
Thailand
Vietnam
Yemen (Arab Republic Kingdom)
Yemen (Democratic Republic South)
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