Côté d'Ivoire Immigration | Customs and Immigration

April 16th, 2024 by lulu.firefly

Easy peasy, I crossed with the Nzerekoré - Man bus. Got the passport stamped easily and had to show my yellow fever vaccination. The vaccine guy kept asking semi-jokingly about expecting a gift, but I smiled and said nothing and it was all good ;) To note that they can also vaccinate you on the spot if you don't have your yellow booklet with you.

March 30th, 2024 by adversetoenail54

As described below-uncomplicated boarder with VERY friendly officers, no bribes requested.

Wrote our information in a book (passport details, parents' names, profession, telephone), took pictures of us / us with our caravan and we were free to go.
(No question regarding Yellow Fever Certificate nor route in Côte d'Ivoire nor hotel details)

Whole procedure (we arrived at the boarder at approx. 6 PM and we were the only ones crossing) took about 30 minutes.

March 16th, 2024 by Lookiir

From Guinea to Côte d'Ivoire.
Super friendly officers. I was traveling by bus and we arrived very late (probably around 7pm), yet the frontiere was still open (they actually don't close - and I just noticed that it was indicated above ^^). Anyway, there were no guys sitting outside so I couldn't wave at them like the comments below recommended, but when I gave the officers my passport, they showed me to an office where a guy, Basil, checked my visa and got me the stamp in five minutes. He was super nice and we chatted for a while while waiting for the other passengers to finish the health check. He even shared his dinner with me :) Really nice guy, very friendly.
(However, I'd advise against traveling by minibus by night from this frontier to Man. It was full of police controls, more often than not corrupt - one even requested to search all bags and threatened to arrest all those who carried meds or pills. I got through only because I had a French passport and so they didn't search my bag...)

March 10th, 2024 by Toby2101

Easy and very friendly border.
Be prepared, that they want to know your travel in the Ivory Coast, esspacially the Hotel for the first night.
We took officially Hotel in Danane (40km) and told our Main Route (Danane - Man - Capital town - Abidjan - Ghana) and all was fine.
They took pictures from the truck and us, CPD is stamped about 8km away. It is marked at Ioverlander, too.

March 9th, 2024 by Luci en Africa

Entering CI.Easy border crossing but it takes time. They will take pictures of all the people in the car and also a picture of the car. They say it is for security.

February 18th, 2024 by fulloffeet.wordpress.com

Guinée => CDI. Very easy crossing. Agree with earlier post re: saying hi to the guys sitting outside. They saw me walking with a big crowd of people from my bus, and called me over. After a short chat about whether or not I should have my hair cut, they brought me into a little office and got me all sorted within minutes. No solicitation of anything and they even let me choose where in my passport to put the stamp :D

December 16th, 2023 by advjack

Guinea -> CDI

First to health, they check Yellow Fever certificate.

Then immigration, easy but a little slow.
Passports stamped.
All good.

December 14th, 2023 by De Chapa em Chapa

Leaving Ivory Coast to Guinée.

Theofficials were very slow, but all was good.

First you go to health, then they stamp the exit.

They copy down our details from the passport... And eventual took a picture from our passport. So... Maybe they need to copy based on the original and not on a photo. 😅

Go figure it out. 😂

October 3rd, 2023 by wildastronomy01

Quick entry to CI. Say hello to the young outside border staff in uniforms - they’ll fast track you past the lineup’s straight to the Chief Kevin. He processed me in 10 minutes - stamped in - on my way. Very friendly and quick border folks. One of the better West Africa border experiences.
No LP. I had CI visa issued in Conakry.

April 30th, 2023 by socomfyinafrica

Guinea to Ivory Coast
Very very slow but easy crossing. They first checked our yellow fever vaccination (they didn’t check for Covid). After we went to an office and the official asked us a lot of questions about our journey and ourselves and took plenty pictures. It took about an hour.
Friendly but slow :))

March 18th, 2023 by 5167polo

We spent 2 nights here as our Ivorian visas were ending and our Guinean e-visas were not ready yet. We parked at the bridge and with the agreement of the Ivorian officers (thanks to M. Kevin Kouamé) we stayed here for the weekend. A small path at the "COTE D'IVOIRE" sign leads to a pretty, very refreshing riverside spot.

February 17th, 2023 by justaroadtrip

Laissez passer not needed anymore. They didn't check COVID vaccination. Only yellow fever certificate and they measure your temperature.

December 18th, 2022 by Ropy

Don't bother going here without a Laissez-Passer. They said Ivory Coast will refuse entry for sure like had happened before.

They gave me phone number (+224622004068) of Pierre the (Dishounerly) consulate in Nezerekore. His office is at 7.7382431, -8.8157227. Was closed on Sunday but he answered on WhatsApp.
He demanded 1.500.000 for the LP
I don't want to support corruption so I refused.
He called me many times probably to offer a cheaper price but I refuse. I was sick of this so I went south towards Sierra Leona instead. I got my LP there.

December 18th, 2022 by leptitreporter.com

Very friendly even if they look « hard » at the beginning for some of them. A smile and everything is fine :) as it’s said before, health check, passeport stamped and then control and pictures ! Don’t forget the laissez passer, you won’t enter without it until they cancel it for security reasons :)

December 12th, 2022 by 2fools1africa

IC -> Guinea
Easy, checked our Laissez-passer, wrote some information on a paper, stamped the passport and took a photo of the car.

November 14th, 2022 by travelburners

Entry in Ivory Coast, easy, friendly officers !

1. Health office. An officer will take your temperature, Check your yellow fever vaccination and covid vaccination
2. Immigration Office. Stamp for the passport and control of the Laisser Passer
3. Another team will take in picture your passport, Ivorian visa and Laisser Passer + a picture of you in front of your vehicle #paparazzimomement

45 minutes for all of this ;)

August 7th, 2022 by Des routes & nous

French travelers. Going to Ivory Coast from Guinea.
They stamped our Passeport, checked our yellow fever carnet and our laissez passer.
Friendly staff we where here the day of the independence... So we wait like 3hours until the officials arrived.

May 23rd, 2022 by alexander.kortenbreer

friendly, but do not try to bribe them. they got really angry.

Besides the Visa you need the lassé passé to enter, which you can only get in the ambassy office from Mister Pierre (+224 622004068) in Ñ'zérékoré. They told us that to buy a bicycle cause we did not have any vehicle. We ended up finding another traveller with a car and entered with him. Payed 300 000 each for the laissez passer.

December 20th, 2019 by tothemoon.ab

Building looks quite new. Friendly and easy procedure. One guy did indeed take pictures of us and our passports, visas etc. but explained to us that they send all the details to the immigration data base via phone since they don't have computers or internet connection so far. Did not ask for anything. Since it was already dark they let us sleep in front of the police station.

September 25th, 2019 by timothe.hagnerelle

Easy border crossing, going to Ivory Coast.
Asked yellow fever carnet, passport and visa.

September 18th, 2019 by chiyongxin

The guy who stamp in no issues.
But, a police named Amani, he wrote all the information about me and my journey, and take picture of me and my bike. He was playing some game with me.
By the end, he ask something. I refused, he still give me his business card, ask me don’t send to other officers.
Other guys are easy and straight forward.

August 18th, 2019 by grupawschodu.pl

office is open 24/7 .

March 25th, 2018 by rickydeagrela

I checked out of Cote D'Ivoire and into Guinea
here. Very friendly and easy. I found it a nice border post to cross into Guinea

February 18th, 2018 by margoo_

Coming from Guinea to Ivory Coast.
First anti-drug search
Then immigration. It was a busy day but still went fine.
We entered one day prior to our visa starting and either they did not see or they did not care. No one bothered us about this.

February 1st, 2018 by f.f.s.l.tan

Next to customs, they also checked our Yellow Fever/vaccination booklets. No problems getting through, fast procedure.

March 27th, 2017 by ourepictrip.com

No services but there are money changers floating around. Also a shop with drinks and snacks. No problems with immigration.