How to get a Monaco visa from Equatorial Guinea

• This visa is a short-stay Schengen visa issued by the French consulate to foreign nationals who want to travel to the Principality of Monaco for tourism, sightseeing, vacation, visiting family and friends or other recreational activities.
• If you intend to attend cultural or social events or festivals in Monaco, the short-stay visa permits you to do this.
• You are required to submit an accurately completed and signed visa application form.
• 2 passport-size photographs (35 x 45 mm) recently taken with a white background must be submitted by the applicant.
• You are required to also present your travel document issued within the last 10 years and valid for at least 3 months from your planned departure date from Monaco.
• Your valid travel document must also have at least 2 blank pages.
• You are required to present a document that shows the purpose of your travel to Monaco. If you are touring Monaco with a tour organiser, you may submit a reservation confirmation of an organised trip. If you will be visiting Monaco on your own, a covering letter clearly stating the purpose of your travel to Monaco.
• You should also provide a copy of your return flight ticket to your country of origin or a confirmed travel itinerary as evidence that you intend to leave Monaco upon the expiration of your visa.
• A valid travel health insurance with a minimum coverage of 30,000 euros including medical repatriation, and emergency and/or hospital treatment in Monaco and the entire Schengen Area.
• You are required to show proof of accommodation in Monaco for the whole duration of your stay.
• This could be a copy of your hotel reservation in Monaco or sufficient resources to cover hotel expenses (i.e. proof of having at least 120 euros per day or a tenancy agreement or certificate of ownership.
• If you will be staying with a host in the country, you are required to obtain the proof of accommodation document from them. They are to obtain this document on your behalf from their local town hall in Monaco.
• As proof that you can cater to your financial needs for the entire duration of your stay Monaco, you must provide copies of your bank account statements, payslips or pension slips of the last 3 months.
• This visa also permits its holder to receive medical treatment in Monaco. The following supporting documents must also be provided by travellers for a medical purpose:
• A medical certificate of your local doctor stating that it is impossible to treat the patient in your country of origin.
• Prior payment of the medical fee or certificate of coverage by a credible and reliable organisation.
• Self-sworn statement of the visa applicant promising to pay any additional, unforeseen medical costs.
• A written agreement of the hospital to admit the patient, specifying the date and planned length of hospitalisation as well as an estimate of the cost of treatment and care.

• The business visa is issued to foreign nationals who want to travel to Monaco for business purposes for a period of not more than 90 days.
• The business visa permits you to attend business meetings, trade fairs and to take part in conferences in Monaco. It does not, however, permit them to take up employment while in the country.
• You need 2 passport-size photographs for your visa processing. The passport photos should be taken within the last 6 months with a white background.
• Your passport must contain at least two blank pages and have a minimum validity of three months beyond your planned departure date.
• You are required to present a letter of invitation from the inviting company in Monaco. This letter must state the purpose of your visit and who will take care of your expenses (your company or the partner company) for the whole duration of your stay.
• You must also submit a letter of introduction from your company explaining its commercial activities, your position in the company, the purpose of your travel and who is financing it.
• If there have been previous trade relations between your company and the inviting company in France, you are required to provide documents to prove this.
• Your visa application should be submitted in person after printing the completed form as your biometric data will be collected at the point of submission.
• A copy of your return flight ticket to your country of origin should also be submitted as proof that you intend to leave Monaco once your visa expires.
• You are required to prove your socio-professional status by providing documents such as your employment contract, certificate of employment or extract from the trade and companies’ register.
• Any document that shows your links to your country of residence (such as a copy of your marriage certificate or family record book) must be provided.
• You must also show proof of payment of the visa fee.

• Equatorial Guinea students who want to travel to Monaco to study for any period of more than 90 days must apply for the long-stay student visa.
• You must have received an offer of admission into an educational institution in Monaco before you can be eligible to apply for the student visa.
• 3 visa application forms must be accurately completed, dated and signed before submission.
• 3 recently taken passport-size photographs with a white background must also be submitted.
• Your original passport must have at least 2 blank visa pages and remain valid for at least 3 months beyond the approved duration of stay in Monaco.
• You must also make photocopies of the biodata page of your passport and other pages with visas.
• You are required to present the original copy of your acceptance letter into a Monegasque university. The letter must show the applicants personal data, duration and type of course/research work to be done, financial guarantee and that the applicant has sufficient knowledge of the language the programme will be taken in.
• A bank statement showing sufficient means of subsistence is required. This may be a bank certificate certifying that you are able to live in Monaco without exercising any gainful activity. The amount that qualifies has sufficient will be determined by the Monegasque authorities.
• You are required to show proof of accommodation for the first three months of your stay in Monaco. This could be a lease or pre-tenancy agreement, property deed, proof of residency letter; or statement/undertaking from the host (establishment/institution or private individual) or explanatory letter from the student.
• You must provide a copy of your criminal record.
• You must submit an affidavit indicating that you have never been sentenced in your country of origin or elsewhere, have not been declared bankrupt, and are not involved in any on-going legal or criminal proceedings.
• Your biometric data will be collected at the point of submission of your application form. Thus, you are advised to submit your visa application in person.
• Proof of payment of the student visa fee (€99) must be provided.

You can get a visa for Monaco from the French Embassy in Malabo. Even though the Principality of Monaco is not part of the European Union or the Schengen Agreement, its territory is part of the Schengen Area by virtue of its customs union with France, thus a Schengen visa will be issued by the French consulate to foreign nationals travelling to Monaco.

Several languages are spoken in Monaco because there are about 125 different nationalities residing in the principality. French is, however, the sole official language while Monegasque is the national language. You will also find many residents of Monaco that understand and speak English and Italian.