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Do Mali Citizens Need a Visa for North Korea?

Entry into
🇰🇵 North Korea
Apply for a visa before you travel
Days allowed
Not listed yet· Standard
Passport validity
Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months after you arrive.
Onward travel
A confirmed return or onward ticket is arranged by the accredited tour operator as part of booking, not something an individual traveler handles separately
Proof of funds
You should have No fixed official amount is published; foreign currency (commonly Chinese yuan, euros, or US dollars) is required throughout the visit, cards and ATMs do not work for foreign visitors, and North Korean won cannot be taken out of the country, confiscated at customs if found.
Pre arrival registration
Every visitor is assigned at least one, commonly two, local guides for the duration of the visit, and the passport is typically held by the guide for the length of the stay rather than kept by the traveler. Phones, laptops, cameras, and other electronics are inspected on arrival and may be confiscated if they contain material the government restricts; phones are commonly held at the border and returned only on departure.
Overstay penalty
Check with the embassy for overstay penalties.No specific fine figure is published; since every visit is a fixed duration, pre-arranged, guided group tour with no independent movement, an ordinary overstay in the way other destinations in this project describe does not apply the same way.
Currency limits
No currency limit listed.
Extension
Extensions are not available for this stay.
Also worth knowing
As of this research (mid-2026), tourism is confirmed closed to virtually every nationality except Russian passport holders in organized tour groups; this status can change without notice and should be reconfirmed directly with an accredited tour operator before planning travel, the same caution given on every non-Russian passport row in seeds/north_korea_visa_rules.sql.
Reminder
Always confirm with the official embassy or consulate before you fly.