Mauritius
2025 is expected to be a pivotal moment for Citizens of Mauritius coming to Europe as short-term visitors.
Owning Visa Waiver rights to the 34 EU/Schengen Member Countries since many years, Mauritius citizens have indeed been confirmed in 2016, will also be recipient of the ETIAS Visa Waiver protocol to be enforced from early 2025.
ETIAS for Mauritians in brief
Mauritius Nationals visiting thirty-four Countries in Europe will be required to have an ETIAS from 2025.
Each applicant must have a valid passport issued by the Republic of Mauritius
ETIAS needed for business, tourism/family visit, transit and medical treatment journeys
Duration of stay in the ETIAS Area in its entirety must never exceed the total of 90 days within 6 months.
ETIAS visitors’ passport must always have a minimum of 3 months of remaining validity for the entire stay in ETIAS Area
Mauritians and ETIAS eligibility
To be used for journeys whose purpose is alternatively tourism/family visit, business/trade, medical care or transit and with a duration of stay of no more than 90 days in 180 days, ETIAS will as a matter of fact be soon required to all Mauritius citizen visitors fitting in these categories.
Travelers with planned stay longer ninety days within six months or whose purpose of the trip is not included in the short list above will still be required to apply for a Consular Visa. Travel purposes that are not covered by ETIAS are work, study and moving one’s residence.
It must although be highlighted that even if ETIAS is not fit for long term study programs in the EU, ETIAS Visa Waiver can be used by Nationals of Mauritius for short training programs (such as language courses, cooking school and corporate training courses) if the stay in the ETIAS countries area will not exceed the aforementioned limit as far as duration of stay is concerned.ETIAS digital form
Citizens of Mauritius are to be required to input a series of data to electronically submit their ETIAS Visa Waiver application.
Among the required data are:- personal information
- contact details including a valid e-mail address
- first ETIAS country of intended stay
- eligibility and background questions
Once the ETIAS application has than been sent forward through the tax payment, all the data will be cross checked by EU Institutions and a number of international security databases. For additional detail on ETIAS security clearance click here.
The security check protocol is meticulous but also very efficient and aims to allow most of the applicants from Mauritius to receive the result of their application on their e-mail address within 72 hours.
Once issued, the ETIAS Visa Waiver for Mauritius Nationals is valid for 3 years and allows for multiple entries in any of the Schengen Area current/future Member and de Facto Member Nations.
Visa Waiver holders with a passport having less of 3 years of remaining validity when obtaining their ETIAS must remember the Visa Waiver will stop to be fit to use on the same date as their passport.
Moreover, the passport used for the travel itself must always have a remaining validity long enough to cover for the whole duration of stay planned to the ETIAS Area while still having a minimum of 3 remaining months upon leaving Europe.ETIAS Area border control
Upon reaching the ETIAS Area, whether air, land or seaway, and regardless of the place of origin of the trip, Border Control Officers can always ask ETIAS holders from Mauritius to show supporting documents to assess the genuine purpose and duration of their planned stay.
Among the additional documents that could be required are:- Proof of sufficient funds to support one’s stay in Europe
- Health travel insurance
- Return ticket to the country of origin or onwards ticket to a non-ETIAS country
- Any documents that could prove the actual purpose of the visit