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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 10:38 am
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hauteboy
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Originally Posted by hauteboy
I've been trying to find recent info on the combined Visa Touristique Entente (VTE visa) for Benin/Togo/Burkina/etc. I came across an article (http://en.afrik.com/article16547.html) talking about the new UEMOA (West Africa Economic Union) visa regulations went into effect on Oct 1st, 2009, seems to state that getting a visa for one of the countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory-Coast, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo) would be valid in all the other countries.

Does anyone know about this or had experience using a single visa (eg for Mali) to enter the other countries?
I guess this is similar to the common visa for east Africa (Tanzania/Kenya/etc).. I've heard of people using this but have not yet any success reports for west Africa.
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