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🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire visa requirements for Ghanaian, Kenyan and Nigerian travellers

Short tourist or visit trip on an ordinary passport. Reviewed 11 October 2026.

Kenyan passport holders need a visa or eVisa before travelling; Ghanaian, Nigerian passport holders can enter without a visa or get one on arrival.

Do I need a visa for Côte d'Ivoire?

Passport	Entry for a short visit
Ghanaian passport	No visa needed ECOWAS visa exemption
Kenyan passport	Apply online Visa required — eVisa pre-enrolment
Nigerian passport	No visa needed ECOWAS visa exemption

Côte d'Ivoire visa fees

Ghana and Nigeria ECOWAS exempt; Kenya eVisa EUR 73

Biometrics at Abidjan airport for the eVisa

EUR 73 includes bank charges; three-month multiple-entry eVisa

Where to apply

For exempt visits no overseas visa submission address is needed. Use the entry rules above for passport exceptions, arrival permits and pre-travel declarations. Where a visa is required, use the authority listed with the fee.

Apply online — Côte d'Ivoire eVisa (SNEDAI)

Entry count is grant-specific: use the visa or approval actually issued. No blanket single or multiple entitlement is stated.

Emergency numbers in Côte d'Ivoire

Police 110 / 111 / 170 · Fire 180 · Ambulance 185

Before you go

French-speaking and festive; Abidjan is known for music, coupé-décalé dance and the maquis — open-air restaurants serving grilled fish and attiéké. Greetings and courtesy come before business.

Do

Greet people in French ("Bonjour") before asking anything
Try attiéké and alloco at a maquis
Carry your passport or a copy for checks

Don't

Don't photograph military or government sites
Don't refuse food or drink abruptly — decline politely
Don't use your left hand to give or receive

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