Cote d'Ivoire eVisa

Check your passport and arrival point first

Visa rules depend on nationality and passport type, not simply where you live. Check any exemption with the Ivorian embassy responsible for your residence before paying. This guide does not decide every nationality’s eligibility.

An ordinary passport, an official passport and a refugee travel document are different cases. Do not choose “ordinary passport” merely because a form offers it.

Ivorian embassy in Morocco: passport-specific visa rules

Which document do you have?

Keep payment, the authority’s response and the issued visa separate. SNEDAI describes an online barcode response followed by biometric visa collection at an equipped issuance point; its airport service is at Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan.

Arriving by land, sea or another airport? Do not assume Abidjan’s online-to-airport process covers that journey. Confirm the alternative consular channel before spending money.

SNEDAI: online response and airport visa issuance

Prepare the three uploads

Ordinary passport: at least six months’ validity at application. Upload its identity page, return-flight reservation, and invitation or accommodation certificate. Missing documents can cause refusal. Each JPG, PNG, GIF or PDF file must be at most 1 MB.

An invitation must be typed, printed, signed, stamped and legalised. The published response can exceed 48 working hours, Monday–Friday: this is not a guaranteed two-day service.

SNEDAI: current e-visa instructions

A hotel receipt is not the same document as a host certificate

The linked official model requires mairie legalisation before upload. It records the host’s identity and address, guest, visit dates and purpose, with a legalised signature.

If your accommodation only sends a booking receipt, ask it and SNEDAI which evidence they require for your application. Do not assume a booking screenshot substitutes for the published certificate. Do not buy an invented host or submit a document with false details.

SNEDAI: official accommodation-certificate model (PDF)

Fee and payment troubleshooting

SNEDAI’s FAQ gives a €73 airport e-visa total: €70 application charge plus €3 online-payment commission. Refusal does not result in a refund. An agency’s service charge is separate; it is not the official fee.

If payment appears stuck, check with your bank whether it was debited before paying again. Keep each applicant’s receipt with their own application. Do not use a passport-service appointment or payment as a visa payment.

SNEDAI: payment and visa FAQ

Start through the official link

The application entry reached from SNEDAI lists a three-month airport-delivery visa at €73 including taxes. Enter personal and payment details only through the service linked by SNEDAI. VisaAtlas does not collect passport details, card numbers or application files.

Open SNEDAI first and follow its application button. The service may use a different domain; use the link provided by SNEDAI rather than a sponsored search result.

Application entry linked by SNEDAI

Paid, but still waiting for the response?

The response can exceed 48 working hours. Retain your receipt and check messages for document requests. For help, SNEDAI lists +225 27 22 51 08 08, Monday–Friday 08:00–17:00. Contacting support does not guarantee a decision or create permission to travel.

SNEDAI: current e-visa instructions

How early should I apply?

For full British-citizen passports, UK travel advice recommends applying at least 10 working days before travel. That is a planning recommendation, not an Ivorian decision deadline or a guarantee for another nationality.

It also requires six months’ passport validity after arrival and a yellow-fever vaccination certificate. Check the linked medical-entry guidance and your own circumstances; this page does not decide medical exemptions.

ECOWAS nationals can have different visa requirements. Do not infer that an exemption covers every travel-document type. Have the required visa or approved pre-enrolment before travel; a receipt alone does not answer that question.

UK travel advice: British-passport planning and entry checks

Before boarding and at Abidjan

Approved pre-enrolment is valid for three months from approval. SNEDAI separately describes the issued visa as three-month, multiple-entry. Check the actual visa dates; do not calculate a new stay entitlement from the email date.

Print the payment receipt and approved response. Bring your passport with at least six months’ validity and yellow-fever certificate. Attend airport biometrics; under-12s still attend but do not give fingerprints. Booths operate 24/7, not a promise of no queue.

SNEDAI: current e-visa instructions

If this route does not fit

SNEDAI describes appointments and in-person enrolment for participating biometric embassies. That is not every consular channel: the Ivorian embassy in Canada publishes separate sticker-visa and postal instructions. Follow the mission responsible for your residence, including its current submission arrangements.

A short-entry visa does not resolve a longer-stay or employment case. Use the existing embassy-visa and provisional-stay guides as starting points, then obtain the competent authority’s instructions. Do not treat a residence document as automatic permission to work.

SNEDAI: embassy application route · Canadian mission: separate consular instructions