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CI: Abidjan-airport issuance requires Snedai pre-enrolment approval, with at least two working days processing.","Online preapproval or invitation followed by border issuance is visa_on_arrival, not evisa. Purpose, route, carrier and final-admission conditions remain applicable."],"sourceIds":["be-iq","be-tm","be-ci"]},{"id":"cote-divoire-residual-preapproved-airport-visa-2026","title":"Residual ordinary passports use Côte d’Ivoire's preapproved airport-issued visa","summary":"Côte d’Ivoire's current visitor baseline and live finite exemption schedule identify the visa-liable residual; SNEDAI requires approval before boarding but prints and issues the biometric visa at Abidjan airport.","status":"visa_on_arrival","conditions":["This policy covers only the ordinary-passport short-visitor residual after the live SNEDAI exemption schedule and separately supported current treaty or nationality exceptions are excluded.","Complete online pre-enrolment, upload the required passport, return-ticket and invitation or accommodation documents, pay the fee and wait for D.S.T. approval before boarding.","Present the approved pre-enrolment, payment receipt, passport and yellow-fever certificate at Abidjan airport; biometric enrolment, printing and visa issuance occur there.","The visa is described as three-month multiple-entry; that is not normalized as a permitted stay length. Document validity, health rules and final admission remain separate."],"sourceIds":["cote-divoire-mfa-current-visitor-visa-baseline-2026","cote-divoire-snedai-live-exemption-schedule-2026","cote-divoire-snedai-arrival-visa"],"application":{"url":"https://snedai.com/e-visa/","label":"Côte d’Ivoire official visa pre-enrolment","steps":["Submit the ordinary-passport pre-enrolment, required documents and payment online.","Wait for the D.S.T. approved response and print it before boarding.","Complete biometric enrolment at Abidjan airport, where the visa is printed and issued."]}}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"be-iq","title":"Belgian Foreign Affairs: Iraq travel advice","url":"https://diplomatie.belgium.be/fr/pays/irak/voyager-en-irak-conseils-aux-voyageurs/informations-pratiques-pour-lirak","publisher":"SPF Affaires étrangères, Commerce extérieur et Coopération au Développement","jurisdiction":"Belgium","kind":"government-guidance","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"be-tm","title":"Belgian Foreign Affairs: Turkmenistan travel advice","url":"https://diplomatie.belgium.be/fr/pays/turkmenistan/voyager-au-turkmenistan-conseils-aux-voyageurs/informations-pratiques-pour-le-turkmenistan","publisher":"SPF Affaires étrangères, Commerce extérieur et Coopération au Développement","jurisdiction":"Belgium","kind":"government-guidance","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"be-ci","title":"Belgian Foreign Affairs: Côte d'Ivoire travel advice","url":"https://diplomatie.belgium.be/fr/pays/cote-divoire/voyager-en-cote-divoire-conseils-aux-voyageurs/informations-pratiques-pour-la-cote-divoire","publisher":"SPF Affaires étrangères, Commerce extérieur et Coopération au Développement","jurisdiction":"Belgium","kind":"government-guidance","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"cote-divoire-mfa-current-visitor-visa-baseline-2026","title":"Conseils aux voyageurs: formalités de visa","url":"https://www.diplomatie.gouv.ci/informations-utiles/conseils-aux-voyageurs","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Côte d’Ivoire","jurisdiction":"Côte d’Ivoire","kind":"government-guidance","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-27"},{"id":"cote-divoire-snedai-live-exemption-schedule-2026","title":"List of countries exempt from an entry visa in Côte d’Ivoire","url":"https://snedai.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Capture-de%CC%81cran-2024-04-12-a%CC%80-17.31.17.png","publisher":"SNEDAI, State-approved Côte d’Ivoire visa service","jurisdiction":"Côte d’Ivoire","kind":"official-dataset","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-27"},{"id":"cote-divoire-snedai-arrival-visa","title":"Côte d'Ivoire official SNEDAI: e-visa procedure","url":"https://snedai.com/e-visa/","publisher":"SNEDAI, official Côte d'Ivoire visa service","jurisdiction":"Côte d'Ivoire","kind":"official-portal","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"}]}