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Transit Visa

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Which travellers require a transit visa/permission and which officially documented exemptions are important?

A traveller in transit can have the entry visa replaced by a special authorisation called a transit visa. Aircraft crew on stopover can be admitted on showing their crew booklet, licence or crew certificate. The official source does not state which nationalities are exempt.

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  • The texts do not say whether airside transit without entering Mali needs any permission, nor list exempt nationalities.

Can the traveller remain airside, and under what circumstances must immigration control be crossed?

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What officially documented baggage collection, terminal, separate-ticket or self-transfer situations affect the immigration requirement?

Answer not available

What maximum transit period, overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules matter?

When a transit traveller stops in Mali for a tourist or family visit, the stay must not exceed 15 days. If the traveller cannot continue the journey, he or she must ask for a residence authorisation before those 15 days end. The official source does not state overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules.

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  • The texts give no time limit for the other two transit cases (vehicle breakdown, waiting for a connection).
  • https://sgg-mali.ml/JO/2005/mali-jo-2005-28.pdf
    Dans ce dernier cas, le séjour ne doit pas excéder 15 jours ; s’il y a impossibilité pour lui de poursuivre son voyage, il doit, avant l’expiration de ce délai, demander l’autorisation de séjour à l’autorité compétente.

If permission is required, what permission is it, where/how is it obtained, and what core onward-travel evidence is required?

The permission is a transit visa, issued by the authority in charge of immigration in three cases: the means of transport is stopped by damage or breakdown, the traveller is waiting for a connection, or the traveller stops in Mali for a tourist or family visit. Issuing or renewing it requires payment of a stamp duty. The official source does not state the onward-travel evidence required.

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Limits of the record
  • Onward-travel evidence specific to transit is not stated; the general non-immigrant rule (decree art. 2) requires a return or onward ticket.
  • https://sgg-mali.ml/JO/2005/mali-jo-2005-28.pdf
    délivrée par l’autorité en charge de l’immigration. Cette autorisation dénommée visa de transit est délivrée dans les cas suivants : - immobilisation du moyen de transport par suite d’avarie ou de panne ; - attente d’une correspondance ; - arrêt au Mali pour une visite touristique ou familiale.
  • https://sgg-mali.ml/JO/2005/mali-jo-2005-28.pdf
    ARTICLE 13 : La délivrance ou le renouvellement du visa d’entrée et du visa de transit donne lieu au paiement d’un droit de timbre

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