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Samoa visa for citizens of Mauritania

Citizens of Mauritania get a Samoa visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Mauritania: the passport opens 26 countries visa-free; Nouakchott — Apia: ≈ 17,390 km, about 22 hours of flying.

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

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

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Mauritania get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Samoa visa rules at a glance

With a Mauritania passport you can visit 26 countries visa-free, 25 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 98 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Mauritania passport ranks 157th of 199.
Mauritania passport: visa-free access to 26 countries; Samoa passport: 82.
Citizens of Mauritania and Samoa can travel together visa-free to 13 countries, for example: Gambia, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Rwanda, Haiti, Kenya, Seychelles, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Micronesia, and Hong Kong.
Citizens of Samoa, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Mauritania. Mauritania visa for citizens of Samoa

Travelling to Samoa: good to know

Nouakchott — Apia: about 17,390 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 22 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +13 hours.
Local time: Nouakchott 12:00 — Apia 01:00.
Local currency: Samoan Tala.
Languages: English and Samoan.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ WST 2.73.
Samoa is the 188th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Mauritania.