Cote D'Ivoire Embassy | Consulate / Embassy

January 5th, 2024 by universalpavement50

Very difficult to have a visa there if you're driving to ivory coast. Better doing it in Conakry

September 13th, 2023 by wildastronomy01

Confirming all below - No visa issuance for Overlanders without Senegal residence permit.
Head to Conakry.

July 17th, 2023 by nyedavis

DO NOT USE - The CdI embassy in Dakar is useless. They will accept you online payment but refuse you a visa in travelling overland. under no circumstances will they issue visas for overlanders. Go to Guinea Bissau or Guinea Conakry embassies instead.

April 24th, 2023 by greta-does-africa.com

After having done the e-visa online at https://snedai.com/e-visa/ we went here to get the visa stamp and was told that they are no longer are doing this and that we would have to go to Conakry, where the chap was adamant that they would do this for us without problem. Very polite about it all though

March 14th, 2023 by neilmcguire76

Need to get eVisa on SNEDAI website, then bring the paper to the embassy to get stamped. No in person application here.

February 23rd, 2023 by hugogriffaton

no way to get the visa if you dont have a plane tycket. apprently it was still possible until end 2022 but the ambassy received new instruction from the minister wich make them not able to deliver visa to overlander. I spoke with 4 differents personne at the ambassy. 3 of them where unhelpful. The lasy one much nicer but no way to help me anyway.
Before to go to the ambassy i did the prepayment of 58 euros and i had to book an apointement. It doesnt help. I couldnt get my money back either.

good luck travelers !

February 23rd, 2023 by hugogriffaton

no way to get the visa if you dont have a plane tycket. apprently it was still possible until end 2022 but the ambassy received new instruction from the minister wich make them not able to deliver visa to overlander. I spoke with 4 differents personne at the ambassy. 3 of them where unhelpful. The lasy one much nicer but no way to help me anyway.
Before to go to the ambassy i did the prepayment of 58 euros and i had to book an apointement. It doesnt help. I couldnt get my money back either.

good luck travelers !

November 28th, 2022 by vespup.com

I made prepayment online 58€ and I fixed appointment online. I went there and an employ put in the system my Visa request and all document attached. One day later ambassy called me because my Visa was approved e ready.

September 21st, 2021 by jan.wagner4

remarkable unhelpful and ignorant staff. It was not possible to get a Visa, apparently only residents. Tourists only via plane to Abidjan and E-Visa. Involving the embassy of Ivory Coast in Germany did not help, although they even organised an appointment at the embassy in Dakar after we were refused the first day. They said this is since Covid (2020), but according to older comments the problem persists longer.
we will try again in Bissau, let's hope...

December 3rd, 2019 by info

We just were refused the visa, no bribing or arguing worked out. They said only for Senegalese anymore and for foreigners only e visa but that only works when flying in. We will try in Bissau.

October 24th, 2019 by christoph.huegli

They didn't give me the Visa (Canadian passport) because I'm not a resident of Senegal. I don't think they were looking for bribes. I asked if there was no way to get it here and the lady said no.

August 19th, 2019 by juntosnaafrica.blogspot.com

Open from 10 until 16:00. Pause from 13 to 14:00. Must use paints (no shorts) and shoes, like a adult/monsieur.

January 14th, 2019 by gautier.delabie

indeed 85k CFA for the Visa, because not Senegalese resident. Sounds like a rip off to me, maybe someone keeps the money for themselves. had to take it though :-(

February 9th, 2018 by margoo_

Sadly quite unhelpful and unfriendly staff.
Was a hassle just to get information on the documents needed.
Finally had the info but they sent us away and asked to come on Monday to apply.
They requested 85000 FCFA per person (!). There was an official document with prices, should be 33000 (2014, updated 38000 in 2018) for short stay/tourism. The 85000 are for “urgent applications” or non resident or people driving a car (never one straight reason), one guy told us it’s an informal rule for people transiting by car and not the real fees.
Left without applying as they would not go down on the price

August 10th, 2017 by jkgeorge1579

Needed:
picture
yellow fever copy
passport copy
said you needed hotel booking but we didn't have any
letter explaining your trip.

They say they only issue visas to residents of Senegal, but we explained that we were driving and did not know what our date of entry would be. We met with the Ambassador, very friendly, explained our trip, and were issued the visa, picked it up the next day.

payable only in CFA, but forgot how much? 30,000 I think? could be wrong though.

November 28th, 2016 by pjmancktelow

33,000 cfa for visa
UK Passport

Make sure have print of booking confirmation. i just did a booking.com and will cancel it