Visa application for Benin

For entering Benin a visa is required. If you want a visa please send the
following papers by registered mail to:
Consulaat van Benin
Postbus 502
1110 AM Diemen

1. Application form, in duplicate. Please answer all questions in French
and sign in duplicate.
You can print the Application form from this website.
If so desired, we will send a copy, in duplicate, when you contact us by phone
or email.

2. Your passport. It needs to be valid for at least six months from the day of
commencement of the visa. In the passport there have to be two blank pages
available facing each other.

3. Two indentical and recent passport photographs. Please attach them on
to the Application form.

4. Confirmation by your travel agent of your flight schedule, in duplicate.

5. International Certificate of Vaccination against Yellow Fever. Vaccination
against Yellow Fever is obligatory.
See Vaccinatieboekje.
The duration of validity of this vaccination extends for a period of ten years.
The proof of vaccination for Yellow Fever is considered valid starting from the
10th day after the administration of the vaccine, which
means that this
vaccination must be obtained at the latest ten days before departure.
For further information about vaccinations you can consult KLM Travel Clinic,
http://www.klmtravelclinic.nl/.

6. Two copies of a letter of guarantee (in French) by your employer if your
purpose of stay is for business.

7. Visa costs: € 50,- per person per visa in cash, or € 75,- if you need a ‘visa
expresse’.

8. A so called Aangetekend-zegel, or the equivalent value in stamps
and a self-addressed envelope for returning your passport and vaccination
booklet by registered mail.

Please send your documents by registered mail to:
Consulaat van Benin
Postbus 502
1110 AM Diemen

In general your application will be handled in 5 working days. It is possible that the office is closed. Please check whether your visa application can be honoured in time by contacting the consulate before sending your application form to the office. For urgent matters please contact the Embassy of Benin in Brussels.

If you have any questions, please call the consulate for information at
telephone number 020 66 23 053, Monday-Thursday, from 9.00 till 12.00 hrs.
On Fridays the consulate is closed.

For further information about Benin you can consult:
The Embassy of Benin in Belgium, www.ambassade-benin.be
The official website for tourism in Benin, www.benintourisme.com
The Dutch Embassy in Benin, www.mfa.nl/cot.