Do Mauritania passport holders need a visa for Cyprus?

The Republic of Cyprus has already fully harmonized the visa procedures, the documents required, the fees and the visa sticker with the other Schengen Member States.

Holders of third country passports need a visa to enter the Republic of Cyprus if they are not holders of valid double or multiple entry Schengen visa or a valid Residence Permit of any European country.

A) L ist of third countries whose nationals must be in possession of a visa when crossing the external borders 1. S tates AF GHANISTAN ALGERIA ANGOLA ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BELARUS BELIZE BENIN BHUTAN BOLIVIA BOTSWANA BURKINA FASO BURMA/MYANMAR BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON CAPE VERDE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHINA COMOROS CONGO COTE D'IVOIRE CUBA DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO DJIBOUTI DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ECUADOR EGYPT EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ESWATINI ETHIOPIA FIJI GABON GAMBIA GHANA GUINEA GUINEA-BISSAU GUYANA  HAITI INDIA INDONESIA IRAN IRAQ JAMAICA JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LAOS LEBANON LESOTHO LIBERIA LIBYA MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALDIVES MALI MAURITANIA MONGOLIA MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA NAURU NEPAL NIGER NIGERIA NORTH KOREA OMAN PAKISTAN PAPUA NEW GUINEA PHILIPPINES QATAR RUSSIA RWANDA SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE SAUDI ARABIA SENEGAL SIERRA LEONE SOMALIA SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH SUDAN SRI LANKA SUDAN SURINAME SYRIA TAJIKISTAN TANZANIA THAILAND TOGO  TUNISIA TURKEY TURKMENISTAN UGANDA UZBEKISTAN VANUATU1 VIETNAM YEMEN ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE 2. Entities and territorial authorities not recognised as States by at least one Member State PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

Visa application procedures and conditions • The competent Consular Officers at the Diplomatic Mission (or Consulate) of the Republic of Cyprus where the visa application has been submitted, assess the purpose of the applicant’s trip and his/her willingness to return to his/her country of origin. • Visa applicants should submit their application and supporting documents to the competent or more easily accessible Diplomatic Mission (or Consulate) of the Republic of Cyprus in their country of usual residence (or elsewhere), or in the country where they intend to travel as a stopover to Cyprus, as long as he may duly justify the reasons. Special cases: If there is no diplomatic mission in the applicant’s country of nationality and/or habitual residence, the latter may submit the Visa Application to the most accessible Diplomatic Mission or Consulate of the Republic of Cyprus. In these cases, visa applications can be submitted by DHL mail provided that this has been agreed in advance with the Cyprus Diplomatic Mission and there is no requirement to capture fingerprints from the applicant (fingerprints are captured every 59 months). • Submitted passports must be recognised by the Republic of Cyprus and meet the following criteria: (a) its validity shall extend at least three months after the intended date of departure from the territory of Cyprus (b) it shall contain at least two blank pages; (c) it shall have been issued within the previous 10 years. • A valid proof of residence must be submitted (visa/permanent residence card/passport or stay legally for at least 3 months in the third country where the application is submitted). • Each applicant must complete and duly sign the visa application form. By signing, the applicant certifies that he/she is aware of the legal consequences of reporting false or incomplete information in visa procedures. • A recent passport-sized photograph must be affixed to the ICAO entry visa application • The visa fee (consult the relevant table) is non-refundable if the application is admissible and must be paid at the time of submission of the application and the citizen receives a receipt. • Proof of sponsorship or of private accommodation, or of both, by completing a form from the hosting company/organisation/partner in the Republic of Cyprus. The form must be fully completed and signed by the host and certified by a public notary. It may be required in some limited cases for the inviting person to be requested to submit a bank guarantee (for more information you may visit the relevant section of the website of the Department of Population and Migration). • Pre-bookings of flights (round-trip) and hotel reservation or receipt of other accommodation. The applicant is advised not to purchase the tickets for his/her trip until the visa has been issued. • Travel Medical Insurance for the period of stay in Cyprus, with a minimum coverage of 30,000 euros for each individual applicant. In addition, the insurance must:– Cover all expenses that may arise in a case of repatriation for medical reasons, emergency medical care and/or emergency hospital treatment.– Cover the period of stay in Cyprus.

Important deadlines for submitting the application and making the decision Applications can be submitted at least 15 days before the intended date of arrival in the Cyprus and no later than 6 months from the intended date of arrival in the Cyprus. For seafarers, it applies a more favourable period of 9 months before intended date of arrival in Cyprus. To submit the application, please contact the relevant Consular Authorities or the offices of the External Service Providers that have undertaken to receive and transmit to the Consular Authorities the applications accompanied by the required supporting documents.

ANNEX I LIST OF THIRD COUNTRIES WHOSE NATIONALS ARE REQUIRED TO BE IN POSSESSION OF A VISA WHEN CROSSING THE EXTERNAL BORDERS OF THE MEMBER STATES 1. STATES Afghanistan Armenia Angola Azerbaijan Bangladesh Burkina Faso Bahrain Burundi Benin Bolivia Bhutan Botswana Belarus Belize Democratic Republic of the Congo Central African Republic Congo Côte d'Ivoire Cameroon China Cuba Cape Verde Djibouti Dominican Republic Algeria Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Ghana The Gambia Guinea Equatorial Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Indonesia India Iraq Iran Jamaica Jordan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Cambodia Comoros North Korea Kuwait Kazakhstan Laos Lebanon Sri Lanka Liberia Lesotho Libya Morocco Madagascar Mali Myanmar/Burma Mongolia Mauritania Maldives Malawi Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Nepal Oman Papua New Guinea Philippines Pakistan Qatar Russia Rwanda Saudi Arabia Sudan Sierra Leone Senegal Somalia Suriname South Sudan São Tomé and Príncipe Syria Chad Togo Thailand Tajikistan Turkmenistan Tunisia Turkey Tanzania Uganda Uzbekistan ▼M6 Vanuatu ▼B Vietnam Yemen South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe 2. ENTITIES AND TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES THAT ARE NOT RECOGNISED AS STATES BY AT LEAST ONE MEMBER STATE ▼M3 ————— ▼B — The Palestinian Authority

Nationals of third countries listed in Annex I shall be required to be in possession of a visa when crossing the external borders of the Member States.