How to get a Mali visa from Namibia

• This visa is issued to foreigners who intend visiting Mali for recreation, relaxation, and sightseeing.
• Applicants of this visa may also want to visit their friends and relatives residing in the country.
• If you are visiting a friend or relative in the country, a letter of invitation from your host is required. The letter should include the home address, telephone number, and valid means of identification of the host.
• Namibians cannot be enrolled in any of the institutions of learning in the country
• During your time in the country, you can attend festivals and events.
• A letter from your employer approving your leave and stating continuing employment on return from the trip.
• A copy of your Namibian stay permit is required.
• If you are under the age of 18, you are required to submit the original copy of your birth certificate. If you will be travelling with one or none of your parents, a notarized consent signed by both your parents should be submitted.
• Proof of the incentive of returning to your country at the expiration of your visa.
• A receipt that indicates that payment of visa application fee has been made.
• Namibians cannot take up employment whilst in the country.
• Applicants should obey the rules guiding this visa.

• Namibians who intend visiting mali for various business purposes are the eligible applicants of the Business Visa.
• Foreigners in mali on the Business Visa are allowed to sign and negotiate business contracts with their partners.
• During your time in mali, foreigners are permitted to attend business summits, trade fairs, and conferences.
• If one of the activities you plan to engage in during your time in mali is to attend conferences, you are advised to register for the conference before travelling to mali.
• Employed applicants should provide a letter from their employer confirming awareness and allowance of business leave. The job position of the applicant, as well as, the term of employment should be clearly stated in the letter.
• An official letter of invitation from the host company in mali written on the company’s letterhead is required. This invitation letter must be approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in mali. The letter should state the job position of the applicant and also the duration and the purpose of the visit.
• Certificate of Business Registration of the host company should be provided.
• The business letter must state whether the applicant’s employer or the host company in mali will take up the responsibility of the applicant’s finances.
• Proof of previous business transactions between the applicant’s company and the host company in mali should be provided if any.
• The receipt that shows that visa application fee has been paid in full is required.
• Proof that the applicant has the incentive of returning to his/her country at the end of the duration of the visa.
• Underaged children travelling to mali should ensure they have the original copy of their birth certificate signed by both their parents.

• Travelling from Namibia to mali and from Mali back to Namibia cannot be regarded as transit.
• Applicants of this visa should present the visa and other entry permits of the destination country should be provided.
• Flight ticket of the destination country is also required.
• Applicants of this visa who are under the age of 18 years should ensure they submit the original copy of their birth certificate.
• Receipt of paid visa application form should be provided.
• Foreigners who are in Mali on this visa are prohibited from taking up work in the country.
• An extension of this visa cannot be granted.
• A copy of onward destination visas.
• Computer-generated flight itinerary from the airline or a travel agency or copy of airline tickets.
• International certificate of vaccination against yellow fever.
• A copy of onward destination visas

Mali is the biggest country in West Africa. It is roughly twice the size of Texas, the second-largest American state

The official currency used in Mali is the West African CFA franc