What you need to enter Israel with a Mauritanian passport
Mauritanian citizens need an electronic visa for Israel, applied for online before the trip.
- e-Visa fee
- 105 ILS
- Minimum passport validity
- 3 months from arrival
Last verified: 21 August 2026
Verified practical details
The visa is applied for before your trip, and the procedure is ETA-IL (Electronic Travel Authorization). Here are the verified details:
Fee
105 ILS
Handling fee for the eVisa-B2, the tourist visa applied for online on the Population and Immigration Authority portal. It is not refundable. The approval arrives by email, and in some cases you are asked to go to the nearest Israeli consulate. It allows stays of up to 90 days, set by border control on arrival.
Required documents
- Passport valid for at least 3 months from arrival (visa-exempt travellers with ETA-IL).
More Israel rules
They don't depend on your passport, so they are on the Israel page:
Official portal: https://israel-entry.piba.gov.il/. Destination data verified on 21 August 2026. Sources: israel-entry.piba.gov.il, home, learn-about and get-help pages (Population and Immigration Authority: ETA-IL requirement, NIS 25 fee, 2-year validity, 90 days per visit, 3-month passport validity, answer within 24 to 72 hours, advice to apply 72 hours before booking, and payment by Visa, Mastercard or American Express); embassies.gov.il (Ministry of Foreign Affairs: card payment and non-refundable fee, in the notices of the embassies in Japan and Singapore); Population and Immigration Authority procedure 5.4.0001 on foreigners seeking entry on a tourist permit and extensions of the B/2 visit permit, fifth edition of 9 June 2020, on gov.il (web.archive.org copy of 22 June 2025): waiting periods after a refusal of entry or an illegal stay; gov.il/en/pages/guide-tourist-customs, chapter 3 (Israel Tax Authority: alcohol and tobacco allowances); gov.il/en/service/customs-84 and gov.il/en/departments/general/money-laundering (Israel Tax Authority: cash declaration at NIS 50,000, or NIS 12,000 at a land border, Prohibition on Money Laundering Law Section 9); WHO country list, "International travel and health" (revised 3 January 2023), and the Spanish Ministry of Health country list (sanidad.gob.es): no yellow fever requirement (checked 29 September 2026); israel-entry.piba.gov.il/learn-about-evisa-b2 (Population and Immigration Authority: eVisa-B2 for visa-required nationalities, NIS 105 non-refundable fee, up to 90 days, approval by email and sometimes a consulate appointment; checked 12 October 2026).
This pair in context
In the other direction, citizens of Israel need an electronic visa to enter Mauritania. See the Israel → Mauritania page.
All 16 passports from Western Africa that VisaRadar tracks need a prior authorisation or a visa on arrival to enter Israel. Same result as Mauritania: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana and Guinea.
With a passport from Mauritania, in the rest of Western Asia you can enter Syria visa-free; you need a prior authorisation or a visa on arrival for Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates; you need a visa for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Jordan, Kuwait, Palestine, Turkey and Yemen.
A passport from Mauritania ranks 160 of 199 in the VisaRadar passport ranking and reaches 51 of 198 destinations without applying for a visa in advance.
Counts from the same requirements matrix behind this page's verdict, using the UN M49 subregions.
Frequently asked questions
Do Mauritanian citizens need a visa for Israel?
Yes, but it's processed online before you travel (e-visa), no consulate visit required.
What minimum passport validity is required?
Passport valid for at least 3 months from arrival (visa-exempt travellers with ETA-IL).
What currency is used in Israel?
Israeli New Shekel (ILS).
What do Mauritanian passport holders need for the countries near Israel?
With a passport from Mauritania, in the rest of Western Asia you can enter Syria visa-free; you need a prior authorisation or a visa on arrival for Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates; you need a visa for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Jordan, Kuwait, Palestine, Turkey and Yemen.
Related pages
See Israel requirements for other passports →
Informational only. Always verify requirements with the official embassy or consulate before you travel.