Embassy of the United States in Cotonou, Benin
Embassy of the United States in Cotonou, Benin, located at Marina Avenue. View address, phone, fax, office hours, official website, Facebook page, Twitter, consular services, visa list, and head of mission (HOM).
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Embassy Address
Marina Avenue
01 BP 2012
Cotonou
Benin Telephone
- (229) 21 30 06 50
Fax
- (229) 21 30 03 84
Email
- [email protected]
Office Hours
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Monday to Thursday: 8:00 am - 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday: 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
Website
Office website
Services
The following is a brief listing of services offered at the Embassy of the United States in Cotonou, Benin.
- Process visa applications
- Notarize certain documents
- Issues first-time passports
- Renews expired passports
- Amends 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)
- Emergency help for U.S. Citizens traveling abroad
Head of Mission
Brian Shukan, Ambassador
Common Visa Types
Citizens of qualified countries may be able to travel to United States without a visa. The most common types of United States visas are the following.
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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
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Immigrant Visas
- Family-based immigration
- Fiancé(e) visa (K-1)
- Religious workers visa
- Employment-based immigration
- Diversity visa (DV)
- Returning resident visa (SB-1)
Diplomatic missions of United States in neighbouring countries/regions of Benin:
- Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (Embassy)
- Praia, Cape Verde (Embassy)
- Kinshasa, Congo (Democratic Republic) (Embassy)
- Banjul, Gambia (Embassy)
- Accra, Ghana (Embassy)
- Conakry, Guinea (Embassy)
- Abidjan, Ivory Coast (Embassy)
- Monrovia, Liberia (Embassy)
- Bamako, Mali (Embassy)
- Nouakchott, Mauritania (Embassy)
- Niamey, Niger (Embassy)
- Abuja, Nigeria (Embassy)
- Dakar, Senegal (Embassy)
- Freetown, Sierra Leone (Embassy)
- Lomé, Togo (Embassy)
Quick Facts
- Establishment of diplomatic relations: 1960
- Embassy Cotonou was established: 1961
- First ambassador: Robert Borden Reams
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This page was last edited on 16 February 2023 at 11:41 AM (EST).