What the Eritrea visa rules mean for Mauritania travellers
Mauritania citizens need a visa issued in advance by an embassy or consulate of Eritrea. Start the application several weeks before departure: you will typically need a passport valid for six months with blank pages, a completed application form, passport photos, a travel itinerary, proof of accommodation and of sufficient funds, and sometimes an invitation letter or bank statements.
The main option is the Tourist visa with a processing time of 10 business days.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Eritrea applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: The UK government says that to enter Eritrea your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive. The Eritrean Embassy in Switzerland asks for a national passport valid for at least six mo…
- Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 3 blank pages.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: WHO's Annex 1 lists Eritrea as requiring proof of yellow fever vaccination from travellers aged 9 months or over arriving from countries at risk of yellow fever transmission.
- Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel insurance requirement for entering Eritrea. The UK government says public hospitals in towns other than Asmara are often poorly equipped and medical facilities in rural a…
Eritrea entry rules compared
Eritrea lets 2 passports in without a visa and requires an embassy visa from 196. Mauritania citizens are treated the same way as Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana and Burkina Faso. Overall the Mauritania passport ranks #155 in the world with 26 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Africa? With a Mauritania passport you can also visit 12 countries in the region without a visa, including Burkina Faso, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Algeria, Gambia, Kenya, Libya and Mali.
In the other direction, Eritrea citizens need evisa to visit Mauritania.