How to get a Portugal visa from Mauritania

• This visa is issued to citizens of Mauritanians traveling to Portugal for the purpose of tourism like sightseeing, recreation, relaxation, visiting family and friends, honeymoon, etc...
• This visa also allows foreigners to visit their friends or relations who hold permanent residency in the country.
• The visa is charged 60euro just like any other EU visa fee on a short-stay visit to the EU countries.
• The stay is 90 days duration.
• Applicants of this visa who are visiting someone in Portugal are required to submit a letter of invitation from their host.
• If you are employed, a letter from your employer should be provided. The letter must be printed on the company’s letterhead and must confirm the awareness of your leave.
• Minors should ensure they are I possession of the original copy of their birth certificate while applying for this visa. If they are traveling without a parent, a notarized consent signed by both their parents is required.
• Non-Mauritanains applying for this visa should provide evidence of legal stay in Mauritania.
• You are not eligible for any business activities with this visa. You are to apply for a business visa if you are to conduct business in the country.
• A cover letter which states in detail the purpose of your visit to Portugal should be provided.
• You are to exit the country upon the expiration of your visa stay.

• Eligible applicants of the Business Visa are businessmen and businesswomen traveling to Portugal to engage in business-related activities.
• During business meetings with business partners in the country, you are allowed to engage in the negotiation and signing of business contracts.
• Being a short-stay visa, your visa stay in Netherland is 90 days.
• This visa allows foreign nationals to attend and participate in trade fairs, conferences, and business seminars in the country.
• If you will be attending a conference while you are in Portugal, proof of registration and payment for the conference is required.
• An official letter of invitation from the inviting company in Portugal is required. The letter must state the duration and purpose of the applicant’s visit.
• The business letter must also state who will bear the cost of the applicant’s finances during his/her time in the country.
• A letter from the applicant’s employer in your own country stating the applicant’s job position, salary level and length of employment should be provided.
• Proof of previous business dealings between the host company and the sponsoring company should be provided, if any.
• Non-Citizen of Mauritania should ensure they are in possession of a copy of their Mauritanian residence permit.
• You are not allowed to receive payment for any service you might render when in the country.

• This visa is issued to foreign nationals traveling to Portugal for the purpose of seeking and receiving medical treatment.
• A medical diagnosis from the applicant’s doctor in Mauritania should be provided. The diagnosis should state in detail the nature of the applicant’s illness.
• A letter from the receiving medical institution in Portugal stating willingness to treat the applicant is required.
• Any other correspondence between the medical institutions in Mauritania and Portugal should be provided.
• Applicants of this visa are required to provide proof that they can pay the medical bill and any other cost that may arise.
• If the applicant of this visa is a minor, the unabridged copy of the minor’s birth certificate is required.
• Non-Mauritanians applying for this visa are to have their Mauritanian residence permit with them.
• You should have the intention of leaving the country on or before your visa expiration.

The Euro is the currency of Portugal. Before the advent of the Euro in the country, the country's currency was the Portuguese Escudo.