Burkina Faso
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Visa-free, 90 days
The allowance is per visit: it starts again on your next entry.
Entry and stay only. What this covers
Entry conditions2 to check
- For nationals of member countries of a community space of which Burkina Faso is a party, border control consists of verifying possession of a valid national, consular or community identity document, so the holder must carry one and it must be valid.
- The AES declaration grants the right to enter, circulate, reside, establish and leave subject to Burkina Faso's own laws in force, and reserves the right to refuse entry to any ECOWAS national falling within the category of inadmissible immigrants under national law. The general visa rule of Article 4 applies subject to exemption accords, so this row and the general rule operate alongside each other.
Your stay
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Official wording
DECLARE : La Confédération des Etats du Sahel (AES) est un espace sans visa pour tout ressortissant des Etats membres de la Communauté Economique des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO). Les ressortissants de la CEDEAO ont le droit d’entrer, de circuler, de résider, de s’établir et de sortir sur le territoire des Etats membres de la Confédération des Etats du Sahel dans le respect des textes nationaux en vigueur.
Aevamo’s reading
Loi n°001-2024/ALT of 22 February 2024 fixes the conditions of entry and stay of foreigners and repeals the 1984 ordinance; it is the instrument that creates the visa obligation for foreigners entering Burkina Faso, subject to community rules, international conventions and reciprocity. The e-visa portal describes how that obligation is operated.
This is the AES Heads of State declaration of 14 December 2024, published by Burkina Faso's own Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It declares the Sahel confederation a visa-free space for every national of an ECOWAS Member State and states the right in operative terms: the Confederation 'est un espace sans visa pour tout ressortissant des Etats membres de la CEDEAO', and ECOWAS nationals 'ont le droit d'entrer'. Burkina Faso is a member of the AES and is the destination, so this is the instrument that grants the exemption on Burkina's side. It is preferred to the 1979 ECOWAS Protocol because Burkina Faso has left ECOWAS and the protocol is a doubtful addressee of a community rule; the declaration covers the same population by naming ECOWAS Member State nationality directly. The declaration states no duration, so the 90 days is taken from the Ministry of Security's own stay rule under fieldSources — Burkina's current threshold, which expressly reaches 'any foreigner'.
Source details
How the documents behind this regime are dated
Loi n°001-2024/ALT du 22 février 2024; Décret n°2025-0288 du 13 mars 2025, published in the Journal Officiel du Burkina Faso N°17 of 24 April 2025; AES Heads of State declaration dated 'Fait à Bamako, le 14 décembre 2024' and published by the MAE under 16 December 2024; AES treaty signed at Niamey on 6 July 2024; e-visa portal copyright 2021–2026; Mauritanian MFA visa page captured by the Internet Archive on 9 May 2026; U.S.-visa communiqué dated 'Ouagadougou, le 30 DEC 2025'.
What this answer covers Limits & assumptions
Work and residence rights are separate from this check. This is the entry rule and the length of stay the instrument grants. It is not a decision about you: the officer at the border decides admission, and we do not evaluate the purpose of your trip, your passport's remaining validity, an onward ticket, funds, insurance or health requirements.
Informational planning, not legal or immigration advice. The source is linked so you can check our reading.