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Mauritania visa for citizens of Nigeria

Citizens of Nigeria 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 Nigeria: the passport opens 26 countries visa-free; Abuja — Nouakchott: ≈ 2,720 km, about 4 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 Nigeria?

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Can I travel to Mauritania without a visa on a Nigeria passport?

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Mauritania visa rules at a glance

With a Nigeria passport you can visit 26 countries visa-free, 14 with a visa on arrival and 47 with an e-visa; 111 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Nigeria passport ranks 157th of 199.
Nigeria passport: visa-free access to 26 countries; Mauritania passport: 26.
Citizens of Nigeria and Mauritania can travel together visa-free to 17 countries, for example: Benin, Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Senegal, Rwanda, Cape Verde, Kenya, Seychelles, Barbados, and Dominica.
Citizens of Mauritania, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Nigeria. Nigeria visa for citizens of Mauritania

Travelling to Mauritania: good to know

Abuja — Nouakchott: about 2,720 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −1 hour.
Local time: Abuja 12:00 — Nouakchott 11:00.
Local currency: Mauritanian Ouguiya.
Languages: Arabic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MRU 40.
Mauritania is the 24th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Nigeria.