Passport validity
The UK Foreign Office says your passport must be valid for the duration of your stay in Mali.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Mali travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
Antigua and Barbuda
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Antigua and Barbuda passport holders need a visa for Mali, issued by an embassy or consulate before travel.
Source: Mali Ministry of Foreign Affairs — Diplomatic Missions and Consular Posts portal (visa check and online application) · checked 8 Oct 2026
Fee and processing time not published — confirm with the embassy or consulate before you apply.
Official application site →Antigua and Barbuda citizens need a visa issued in advance by an embassy or consulate of Mali. 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 Visa.
Whatever your visa status, Mali applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
Mali lets 16 passports in without a visa and requires an embassy visa from 182. Antigua and Barbuda citizens are treated the same way as Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and Bolivia. Overall the Antigua and Barbuda passport ranks #56 in the world with 98 visa-free destinations.
Planning a longer trip in Africa? With a Antigua and Barbuda passport you can also visit 12 countries in the region without a visa, including Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mauritius, Malawi, Eswatini, Tunisia and Tanzania.
In the other direction, Mali citizens need evisa to visit Antigua and Barbuda.
The UK Foreign Office says your passport must be valid for the duration of your stay in Mali.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Mali travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
The UK Foreign Office says you must have a certificate proving yellow fever vaccination to enter Mali.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Mali travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
No official source we could read states a travel insurance requirement for Mali.
Mali Ministry of Foreign Affairs — Diplomatic Missions and Consular Posts portal✓ Checked 26 Aug 2026
No official source we could read states an onward or return ticket requirement for Mali.
Mali Ministry of Foreign Affairs — Diplomatic Missions and Consular Posts portal✓ Checked 26 Aug 2026
Mali's Law No. 04-058 of 25 November 2004 on the entry of foreigners, which the online visa application shows before the form, says that to enter Mali every foreigner must carry the entry visa and documents on the purpose and conditions of the stay and, where applicable, on their means of subsistence and guarantees of repatriation. No amount is stated.
Mali Ministry of Foreign Affairs — visa application, entry-conditions step (Law No. 04-058 of 25 November 2004, Article 8)✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
No official source we could read states a currency declaration threshold for Mali.
Mali Ministry of Foreign Affairs — Diplomatic Missions and Consular Posts portal✓ Checked 26 Aug 2026
Data: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0). Entry rules can change — confirm with official sources before travel.
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