Consular services

Find the conditions, required documents, fees and processing times for each service.

The entry visa for Benin is issued exclusively online through the official evisa.gouv.bj platform.

Issued as a mark of special consideration, for any type of passport, including to visa-exempt travellers.

The identity document every Beninese national residing in the jurisdiction must obtain. Valid for five years.

Assistance in preparing your biometric passport file. Files are submitted at the post, by appointment.

Document certifying the holder's unmarried status, issued for administrative purposes.

Declaration of the birth of a child born in the Benelux to Beninese parents, within twenty-one days.

For persons deemed to hold Beninese nationality, on presentation of civil status documents.

Registration of the death of a Beninese national occurring within the jurisdiction.

Preparation of the adoption file, forwarded to the competent Beninese authorities.

Naturalisation application addressed to the Minister of Justice of Benin.

Renunciation file addressed to the Minister of Justice, usually ahead of a foreign naturalisation.

Legalisation of Beninese documents and authentication of foreign documents intended for use in Benin.

One-way travel document to Cotonou, issued no earlier than ten days before departure.

Miscellaneous certificates issued by the post: individuality, loss of document, life certificate, power of attorney…