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Multiple-Entry Visa

MaliShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

An advance entry visa is normally required: to be admitted to Mali, every non-immigrant foreigner must present an entry visa unless exempted. The entry visa is issued by the Mali consulate or embassy covering the applicant's place of residence. A multiple-entry visa may be issued on request to a foreigner whose activity involves periodic contacts with public administrations, para-public bodies, professional chambers, travel organisers or local authorities in Mali.

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Limits of the record
  • No nationality matrix of visa exemptions ('sauf dispense') is in the sources read.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

It is for foreigners whose activity requires regular contact with Malian public administrations, semi-public bodies, professional chambers, travel and tour organisers or local authorities.

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  • https://sgg-mali.ml/JO/2005/mali-jo-2005-28.pdf
    ARTICLE 14 : Un visa à entrées multiples au Mali peut être délivré, sur sa demande, à l’étranger dont la nature de l’activité implique pour lui des contacts périodiques avec des administrations publiques, des organismes para-publics, des chambres professionnelles, des organisateurs de voyage et de séjour ou des collectivités territoriales au Mali.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

The visa is valid for at least 6 months and at most 1 year from issue. The first entry must take place within three months of issue, or the visa is void. The official source does not state the maximum length of each stay.

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Limits of the record
  • The maximum length of each stay under the multiple-entry visa is not stated in the texts read.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

For the multiple-entry visa, the captured 2005 decree requires an attestation from the applicant’s contact in Mali proving the periodicity of the contacts. Its general non-immigrant entry rule also calls for a valid passport or equivalent travel document, an entry visa unless exempt, a return/onward ticket and vaccination certificates required by health rules. The route-specific provision does not itself add a funds, accommodation or insurance threshold.

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Limits of the record
  • Current 2026 amendment status of the 2005 decree and any additional consular or border practice are not established by this capture.
  • https://sgg-mali.ml/JO/2005/mali-jo-2005-28.pdf
    ARTICLE 14 : Un visa à entrées multiples au Mali peut être délivré, sur sa demande, à l’étranger dont la nature de l’activité implique pour lui des contacts périodiques avec des administrations publiques, des organismes para-publics, des chambres professionnelles, des organisateurs de voyage et de séjour ou des collectivités territoriales au Mali.
  • https://sgg-mali.ml/JO/2005/mali-jo-2005-28.pdf
    L’étranger doit fournir, à l’appui de sa demande, une attestation émanant de son correspondant au Mali, prouvant la périodicité de ces contacts.
  • https://sgg-mali.ml/JO/2005/mali-jo-2005-28.pdf
    ARTICLE 2 : Pour être admis au Mali tout étranger non immigrant doit présenter : 1084 JOURNAL OFFICIEL DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU MALI - un passeport ou titre de voyage en tenant lieu, en cours de validité ; - un visa d’entrée, sauf dispense ; - un billet de retour ou de poursuite de voyage ; - les certificats internationaux de vaccination exigés par les règlements sanitaires.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

It is issued either by the immigration services or by Mali's diplomatic or consular agents, against payment of a stamp duty. It is renewable.

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These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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