US Citizens: Get your Cote d'Ivoire Tourist visa with the TDS Washington DC Office

Please send TDS your current valid and signed passport. It must not expire within 6 months and must have at least one blank visa page. Foreign Embassies cannot issue a visa on a page not labeled as a Visa page. Amendment and Endorsement pages in the back of the passport cannot be used for issuance of a visa.
A visa cannot be stamped on a page even if only one Small Stamp is on the visa page. If you do not have any blank visa pages in your passport, TDS can assist you in applying for additional pages. If your passport expires within 6 months, you must renew your passport and then we will secure your visa with the new passport.

Please send 2 recent professional passport-type photographs.
Digital and non-passport photographs are not acceptable.
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Please send a copy of your round trip airline tickets, itinerary or e-ticket, or letter of confirmation from a travel agent. The itinerary must show the applicant's name, date of arrival and departure from the country, and flight information. The Embassy does not recommend purchasing your ticket prior to a visa being issued.

If staying in a hotel while in Cote D'Ivoire, submit a Copy of Hotel Reservation.
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If staying in a private home, submit a Letter of Invitation from the Friends / Host in Cote D'Ivoire, your invitation letter must be Notarized and must contain Hosts full home address.

(A copy of the invitation is acceptable the embassy does not require the original to be submitted when applying for a visa).

Vaccinations - International Certificate of Vaccination for Yellow Fever must be submitted with the visa application. (original not required)

Please Send Two Completed and Signed Applications. Application form must be signed in blue ink.