Embassy of the United States in Cotonou, Benin

Address

Contact

Phone

(229) 2130 0650, (229) 2136 7500

Fax

(229) 2130 6682

Website

bj.usembassy.gov ↗

Facebook

www.facebook.com/usembassybenin/ ↗

Twitter

x.com/USEmbassyBenin ↗

Office hours

Closed: Saturday, Sunday

Consular services

• Process visa applications
• Notarize certain documents
• Issue first-time passports
• Renew expired passports
• Amend passports to show change of name, validity, or to correct errors
• Selective Service registration
• Renunciation of U.S. nationality
• Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America (CRBA)
• Provide emergency assistance for U.S. citizens traveling abroad

Visa

If you hold a Beninese passport, you are required to apply for a paper visa to enter the United States.

• Nonimmigrant Visas Business/Tourist visa Work visa Student visa Exchange visitor visa Transit/Ship crew visa Religious worker visa Domestic employee visa Journalist and media visa Treaty traders and treaty investors visa
• Business/Tourist visa
• Work visa
• Student visa
• Exchange visitor visa
• Transit/Ship crew visa
• Religious worker visa
• Domestic employee visa
• Journalist and media visa
• Treaty traders and treaty investors visa
• Immigrant Visas Family-based immigration Fiancé(e) visa (K-1) Religious workers visa Employment-based immigration Diversity visa (DV) Returning resident visa (SB-1)
• Family-based immigration
• Fiancé(e) visa (K-1)
• Religious workers visa
• Employment-based immigration
• Diversity visa (DV)
• Returning resident visa (SB-1)

Holidays observed

• November 26Thanksgiving Day
• December 25Christmas Day