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Mauritania visa rules for United Kingdom passport holders

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The answer

e-Visa needed. United Kingdom passport holders need an e-Visa before travel to visit Mauritania.

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Official source

diplomatie.gov.mrMinistère des Affaires Étrangères, de la Coopération et des Mauritaniens de l'Extérieur (Mauritania)Checked 31 Oct 2026

Une fois validée, vous recevrez un visa électronique (e-visa) à travers le numéro de demande.

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Before you go

The conditions that come with this rule, from its official sources.

Conditions from official sources

  • Apply online on the ANRPTS site (anrpts.gov.mr) and bring the e-visa to board the flight.
  • Biometric data is taken at the border on arrival.

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.

Il est interdit à tout titulaire d'un passeport dont la durée de validité est inférieure à 6 mois d'accéder au sol mauritanien.

Tourist entry only

These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.

The other way round

What Mauritania passport holders need to visit the United Kingdom.

Mauritania passport United Kingdom

Visa needed

VN 1.1. A person who meets one or more of the criteria below needs entry clearance (a visa) in advance of travel to the UK for any purpose, unless they meet one of the exceptions set out in VN2.1 and VN2.2. (subject to VN 2.3.). (a) Nationals or citizens of the following countries or territorial entities (a "*" indicates there are exceptions in VN 2.2 to VN 6.5): Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia Herzegovina Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad People's Republic of China* Colombia Comoros Congo Côte d'Ivoire (formerly Ivory Coast) Cuba Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Iran Iraq Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea (North) Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (formerly Burma) Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia (formerly Macedonia) Pakistan Palestine Philippines Russia Rwanda São Tomé and Principe Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka St Lucia Sudan Suriname Syria Taiwan* Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

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Visa-free nearby

Other places United Kingdom passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Nouakchott, nearest first.

  1. SenegalDakar, about 410 km from NouakchottVisa-free · 90 days
  2. GambiaBanjul, about 520 km from NouakchottVisa-free · 90 days
  3. Cape VerdePraia, about 880 km from NouakchottVisa-free · 30 days
  4. Western SaharaLaayoune, about 1,050 km from NouakchottVisa-free · 90 days
  5. MoroccoRabat, about 1,990 km from NouakchottVisa-free

We list only countries whose rules we have reviewed. More appear as we review them.

Weather in Nouakchott

Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Nouakchott, month by month.

  1. JanHigh 29.6°CLow 14.9°CRain 0 mm
  2. FebHigh 31.0°CLow 16.4°CRain 1 mm
  3. MarHigh 33.4°CLow 17.8°CRain 0 mm
  4. AprHigh 34.1°CLow 19.2°CRain 0 mm
  5. MayHigh 34.3°CLow 20.6°CRain 0 mm
  6. JunHigh 34.7°CLow 22.5°CRain 2 mm
  7. JulHigh 32.1°CLow 24.4°CRain 8 mm
  8. AugHigh 33.0°CLow 25.5°CRain 39 mm
  9. SepHigh 35.3°CLow 26.0°CRain 40 mm
  10. OctHigh 37.0°CLow 24.0°CRain 6 mm
  11. NovHigh 33.9°CLow 19.7°CRain 2 mm
  12. DecHigh 31.0°CLow 15.9°CRain 3 mm

Bar and large number: average high, °CSmaller number: average low, °Cmm: average rainfall

Averages of 18 to 30 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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