Visa policy of Mali

Visitors to Mali must obtain a visa from one of the Malian diplomatic missions unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Visa policy map

Visa policy of Mali

  Mali

  Visa-free access

Visa exemption

Citizens of the following countries and territories can visit Mali without a visa: ^{[5] [1]}

Algeria (3 months) Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Cape Verde Chad (3 months) Côte d'Ivoire Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Hong Kong [6] Indonesia (30 days)

Liberia Macao (30 days) Mauritania (3 months) Morocco (3 months) Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo Tunisia (3 months) United Arab Emirates (90 days)(only listed by IATA)

Date of visa changes
30 April 1980: ECOWAS [7] (Economic Community of West African States): Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

Holders of diplomatic and service category passports of Brazil, China, Cuba, Russia and Rwanda do not require a visa for a maximum period of 90 days.
Nationals of any country with a diplomatic and service passports do not require a visa for a maximum period of up to 1 month.
Nationals of China holding passports for public affairs do not require a visa for a maximum stay of 90 days.

Visa exemption agreement for diplomatic, service, official passports was signed with South Africa but not yet ratified. ^[8]

Visa on arrival

Nationals of the following 2 countries may apply for a visa on arrival for a maximum stay of 3 months. ^[9] Up until 9 March 2015, many countries were also eligible for visa on arrival:

Kenya Rwanda

Syria

Entry and transit is refused to Syria nationals, even if not leaving the aircraft and proceeding by the same flight. ^{[1] [10]}

Visitor statistics

Most visitors arriving to Mali for tourism purposes were from the following countries of nationality: ^{[11] [12]}

Country	2014	2013
France	31,580	21,717
Senegal	8,308	7,464
Côte d’Ivoire	7,632	6,432
United States	4,479	3,946
Burkina Faso	3,793	3,402
Guinea	3,508	3,816
China	3,201	2,687
Netherlands	2,299	637
Congo	2,036	1,582
Ghana	2,003	1,707
Total	110,529	85,315

See also

• Mali portal

• Visa requirements for Malian citizens

References

1. "Visa and passport". Timatic . International Air Transport Association through Emirates . Retrieved 26 November 2023.
2. "Venir au Mali". Ministère des Affaires Étrangères et de la Coopération Internationale (in French). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
3. "Visas". Embassy of Mali to the United States of America. The Embassy of Mali, Washington DC. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
4. "Visa". Ambassade du Mali au Canada. Ambassador of Mali in Canada. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
5. "Venir au Mali - Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, de la Cooperation Internationale et de l'Intégration Africaine". diplomatie.ml. Archived from the original on 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
6. Embassy of the Republic of Mali and Republic of China
7. "Treaty Establishing the Economic Community of West African States - Protocol A/P1/5/79 on Free Movement of Persons, Right of Residence and Establishment". Archived from the original on 14 June 2018 – via United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
8. "African Daily Voice (ADV)".
9. "Rwandans traveling to Mali to receive Visas on arrival". www.en.igihe.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
10. "Visa & Health Information".
11. Statistiques sur le tourisme au Mali Annuaire 2014 p. 20-21
12. "Statistiques sur le tourisme au Mali Annuaire 2013 p.21-23". officetourismemali.com.