Entry and residence

Visa

• Apply for the visa online from your place of departure, on the border police (DCPAF) website: photo, passport scan, yellow fever certificate, accommodation, invitation letter or mission order for business travel. An entry authorisation is issued; biometric enrolment and the visa itself are done on arrival at Conakry airport.

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  France Diplomatie, Travel advice: Guinea, entry and residenceGOV.UK (FCDO), Guinea travel advice: entry requirements

• Apply for the right type of visa: travellers have been refused entry with the wrong one.

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  GOV.UK (FCDO), Guinea travel advice: entry requirements
• Passport: United States

  Passport, visa and an international vaccination card with a current yellow fever vaccination are required.

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  U.S. Department of State, Guinea International Travel Information
• Passport: Germany

  A visa is required and must be applied for online before travel on the Guinean border police website.

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  Auswärtiges Amt, Guinea: Reise- und Sicherheitshinweise
• Passport: Spain

  A visa is required: apply on the electronic platform of the border police directorate, and contacting the Embassy of Guinea in Madrid is advised. Always carry your passport with its visa or your residence card.

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  Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores (España), Recomendaciones de viaje: Guinea
• Passports of 14 countries (see the list)

  Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

  Citizens of ECOWAS states enter without a visa for stays of up to 90 days, through an official border post, with a valid travel document and an international vaccination certificate; beyond that, an extension must be requested from the authorities. Since Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger withdrew (29 January 2025), ECOWAS has maintained this right for their citizens until further notice. Each state keeps the right to refuse entry to anyone inadmissible under its law.

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  CEDEAO, Protocole A/P.1/5/79 sur la libre circulation des personnes, le droit de résidence et d'établissement (article 3)Commission de la CEDEAO, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger's withdrawal from ECOWAS is now a reality

Passport and documents

• Always carry your papers and residence permit: checks are regular and any foreigner without a residence permit (and work permit where applicable) is arrested.

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  France Diplomatie, Travel advice: Guinea, entry and residence
• People who also hold Guinean nationality

  Dual citizenship is recognised, but consular assistance from your other country may be limited there.

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  Government of Canada, Travel advice: Guinea

Vaccination required at entry

• The yellow fever certificate is part of the visa application.

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  France Diplomatie, Travel advice: Guinea, entry and residenceGOV.UK (FCDO), Guinea travel advice: entry requirementsCDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Travelers' Health: Guinea

Customs and currency

• You may not leave with more than 100,000 Guinean francs; amounts over 10,000 USD or euros must be declared. French travellers are regularly stopped at the airport for this.

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  France Diplomatie, Travel advice: Guinea, entry and residenceGOV.UK (FCDO), Guinea travel advice: entry requirements

• Embassy of France in Guinea

  Passport: France

  French embassy in Conakry.

  Avenue du Commerce (Kaloum), BP 373 et 570, Conakry+33 1 70 98 93 39

  France Diplomatie, Travel advice: Guinea, entry and residence· Oct 2, 2026

• British Embassy in Conakry

  Passport: United Kingdom

  Limited consular assistance, by appointment via email; urgent help: +44 1908 516 666.

  +44 1908 516 666BritishEmbassy.Conakry@fcdo.gov.uk

  GOV.UK (FCDO), Guinea travel advice: getting help· Oct 2, 2026