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Mauritania visa for citizens of Burkina Faso

Citizens of Burkina Faso need an e-visa to travel to Mauritania. It is issued online, with no embassy visit. Official processing time is not published. Visago fills in and submits the application for you; the all-in price starts at $29, government fee included.

For citizens of Burkina Faso: the passport opens 30 countries visa-free; Ouagadougou — Nouakchott: ≈ 1,670 km, about 2.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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How much does a Mauritania visa cost for citizens of Burkina Faso?

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Can I travel to Mauritania without a visa on a Burkina Faso passport?

No: citizens of Burkina Faso need a visa. But you can get it quickly and at a low price — online with us, from $29, with no embassy visit.

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Mauritania visa rules at a glance

With a Burkina Faso passport you can visit 30 countries visa-free, 22 with a visa on arrival and 48 with an e-visa; 98 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Burkina Faso passport ranks 142nd of 199.
Burkina Faso passport: visa-free access to 30 countries; Mauritania passport: 26.
Citizens of Burkina Faso and Mauritania can travel together visa-free to 21 countries, for example: Niger, Mali, Ivory Coast, Benin, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Senegal, Chad, Cape Verde, Tunisia, Rwanda, Kenya, Barbados, Dominica, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Citizens of Mauritania, in turn, don’t need a visa for Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso visa for citizens of Mauritania

Travelling to Mauritania: good to know

Ouagadougou — Nouakchott: about 1,670 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Mauritanian Ouguiya.
Languages: Arabic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MRU 40.
Mauritania is the 14th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Burkina Faso.