1. Submit the entire required document at the national security branch
2. Officers will conduct a background check on the applicant
3. All documents must be verified
4. Fill in an application form
5. Pay the application fee

Citizens abroad can apply for a passport at the embassies abroadEdit

They have to book appointment to the embassy and submit all the required documents

For more info you may contact the

Mauritania embassy in London

Carlyle House,

235-237 Vauxhall Bridge Road,

London SW1V 1EJ

Tel: +44(0)2072336158

Email: info@mauritanianembassy.org.uk

• A birth certificate
• Nationality certificate
• photocopy of the national identity card
• 4 passport photos

Ministry justice Mauritania

P.O box 3654

Nouakchott,

Tel: 529.74.98

All citizens of Mauritania are eligible for a passport

20,000 stamp um

A passport is valid for three years.

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• Mauritania issues biometric passport only
• Passports are issued by the director general of the national police
• The applicant must appear in person to obtain his or her passport

• The holder's given name,
• Family name,
• Date of birth
• Place of birth;
• The passport period of validity;
• The name of the issuing authority;
• A photograph

The Mauritanian passport is issued to citizens of the Mauritania for international travel.

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Used as a proof of citizenship

Used for identification

http://www.justice.gov.mr

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