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Mauritius — Citizenship Guide

Citizenship by descent is available; naturalisation requires 5 years; dual citizenship is permitted.

Why Mauritius?

The Mauritius passport offers visa-free, visa-on-arrival, ETA, or e-visa access to 163 destinations, ranking it #69 globally.

Citizenship by descent

Mauritius applies jus sanguinis — citizenship can be acquired by descent from a citizen parent, and in some cases from grandparents or more distant ancestors.

Naturalisation

Naturalisation typically requires 5 years of residence, usually alongside language and integration requirements.

Dual citizenship

Mauritius generally permits dual citizenship.

Fees & timeline

There is no standard published application fee — costs vary, so check with official sources.

Compiled from the Citizenship Hub law dataset (approximate). Verify with official government sources before relying on this information.

Where the Mauritius passport can travel

Visa-free, visa on arrival, ETA, and e-visa access by destination. Hover for details.

Fiji — Visa-free Tanzania — Visa-free W. Sahara — Unknown Canada — Visa required United States of America — Visa required Kazakhstan — e-Visa Uzbekistan — e-Visa Papua New Guinea — ETA Indonesia — Visa on arrival Argentina — Visa required Chile — Visa-free Dem. Rep. Congo — Visa on arrival Somalia — e-Visa Kenya — Visa-free Sudan — Visa required Chad — e-Visa Haiti — Visa-free Dominican Rep. — Visa-free Russia — Visa-free Bahamas — Visa-free Falkland Is. — Unknown Greenland — Unknown Fr. S. Antarctic Lands — Unknown Timor-Leste — Visa on arrival South Africa — Visa-free Lesotho — Visa-free Mexico — Visa required Uruguay — Visa required Brazil — Visa required Bolivia — e-Visa Peru — Visa required Colombia — e-Visa Panama — Visa-free Costa Rica — Visa-free Nicaragua — Visa on arrival Honduras — Visa required El Salvador — e-Visa Guatemala — Visa required Belize — Visa-free Venezuela — Visa required Guyana — e-Visa Suriname — ETA Ecuador — Visa-free Puerto Rico — Unknown Jamaica — Visa-free Cuba — e-Visa Zimbabwe — Visa-free Botswana — Visa-free Namibia — Visa-free Senegal — Visa-free Mali — Visa required Mauritania — e-Visa Benin — Visa-free Niger — Visa required Nigeria — e-Visa Cameroon — e-Visa Togo — e-Visa Ghana — Visa-free Côte d'Ivoire — ETA Guinea — e-Visa Guinea-Bissau — Visa on arrival Liberia — e-Visa Sierra Leone — Visa on arrival Burkina Faso — e-Visa Central African Rep. — Visa required Congo — Visa required Gabon — Visa-free Eq. Guinea — e-Visa Zambia — Visa-free Malawi — Visa-free Mozambique — Visa-free eSwatini — Visa-free Angola — Visa-free Burundi — Visa on arrival Israel — ETA Lebanon — Visa required Madagascar — Visa on arrival Palestine — Visa-free Gambia — Visa-free Tunisia — Visa-free Algeria — Visa required Jordan — Visa on arrival United Arab Emirates — Visa-free Qatar — Visa on arrival Kuwait — Visa required Iraq — e-Visa Oman — e-Visa Vanuatu — Visa-free Cambodia — Visa on arrival Thailand — Visa-free Laos — Visa on arrival Myanmar — e-Visa Vietnam — e-Visa North Korea — Visa required South Korea — ETA Mongolia — e-Visa India — e-Visa Bangladesh — Visa required Bhutan — e-Visa Nepal — Visa on arrival Pakistan — e-Visa Afghanistan — Visa required Tajikistan — e-Visa Kyrgyzstan — e-Visa Turkmenistan — Visa required Iran — Visa-free Syria — e-Visa Armenia — Visa required Sweden — Visa-free Belarus — Visa required Ukraine — e-Visa Poland — Visa-free Austria — Visa-free Hungary — Visa-free Moldova — Visa-free Romania — Visa-free Lithuania — Visa-free Latvia — Visa-free Estonia — Visa-free Germany — Visa-free Bulgaria — Visa-free Greece — Visa-free Turkey — Visa on arrival Albania — Visa-free Croatia — Visa-free Switzerland — Visa-free Luxembourg — Visa-free Belgium — Visa-free Netherlands — Visa-free Portugal — Visa-free Spain — Visa-free Ireland — Visa required New Caledonia — Unknown Solomon Is. — Visa required New Zealand — ETA Australia — e-Visa Sri Lanka — Visa on arrival China — Visa-free Taiwan — Unknown Italy — Visa-free Denmark — Visa-free United Kingdom — ETA Iceland — Visa-free Azerbaijan — e-Visa Georgia — Visa-free Philippines — Visa-free Malaysia — Visa-free Brunei — Visa required Slovenia — Visa-free Finland — Visa-free Slovakia — Visa-free Czechia — Visa-free Eritrea — Visa required Japan — Visa-free Paraguay — Visa required Yemen — Visa required Saudi Arabia — Visa on arrival Antarctica — Unknown Cyprus — Visa-free Morocco — Visa required Egypt — Visa required Libya — e-Visa Ethiopia — Visa on arrival Djibouti — Visa on arrival Uganda — Visa-free Rwanda — Visa-free Bosnia and Herz. — Visa-free North Macedonia — Visa-free Serbia — Visa required Montenegro — Visa-free Trinidad and Tobago — Visa-free S. Sudan — e-Visa
  • Visa-free
  • Visa on arrival
  • ETA
  • e-Visa
  • Visa required
  • No admission

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