🇻🇦Holy See (Vatican City) Visa for Mauritania Citizens2026 Requirements, Fees & Documents

No — Mauritania passport holders do not need a visa for Holy See (Vatican City). Entry is visa-free as of 2026.

Vatican City has no border controls with Italy per the Lateran Treaty of 11 February 1929. The five entrances into Vatican City State are manned by the Pontifical Swiss Guard and Gendarmerie Corps but entry formalities for foreign visitors are governed by Italy/Schengen rules, not a separate Vatican visa. The governing legislation per the official informazione_generale page is Law N. III of 7 June 1929 on citizenship and residence and Regulation N. XXXVI of 27 September 1932. Vatican authorities have not published a nationality-specific visa-free list. In practice, no separate Vatican visa is required; visitors who can lawfully enter Italy under Schengen rules can enter Vatican City. Note: ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorisation System) is expected in late 2026; nationals of approximately 59 currently visa-exempt countries (including the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea) will require ETIAS authorisation before entering Italy/Schengen and by extension Vatican City. Vatican City citizens and European microstate nationals (Andorra, Monaco, San Marino) are explicitly ETIAS-exempt. ETIAS is a travel authorisation, not a visa, and does not change Vatican City's underlying policy of having no separate national visa system.