Entry right

Ivory Coast, on a Beninese passport

Visa-free entry.

Length of stay — 90 days.

All visa-free countries with a Beninese passport

What changed

Unchanged between the 12 January 2025 and 17 February 2026 datasets: visa-free, 90 days.

Yellow fever: a vaccination certificate is required from all travellers aged 9 months or over, whatever country they arrive from (WHO list). Countries that require the yellow fever vaccine (in French)

The official portal

Competent authority: Ministère de l'Intérieur et de la Sécurité. It is the only source that counts.

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A layover in Ivory Coast
  • Abidjan · ABJ — airside connection, nothing to show

International-to-international connection, single booking, same airport. Exemptions for holders of certain visas or residence permits are not assumed.

All 166 layovers for this passport
Staying longer

No dedicated nomad stay scheme is documented in this country.

The other way round

A Ivory Coast passport travelling to Benin: visa-free.

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Same region, same passport

West Africa: with a Beninese passport, 13 of the 14 other countries in the region open visa-free or with a simple online authorisation.

e-visa (1)
Mauritania
Once you are there
Cities rated for working there
The same country, on another passport
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What this page does not replace

Entry rules change often, sometimes overnight. This record gives the known state, with its source; it does not replace checking with the destination’s embassy or consulate, the only authority on the day you leave.

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