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Biometric entry visa production concession

Terminated Status as of 19 October 2026 · Funding type: Passenger or user fee

Senegal gave SNEDAI a concession to produce biometric entry visas, with the company saying in 2013 that the state would spend nothing 1. The government later said the partnership contract was signed on 25 March 2014 after ARMP approval, and that visa revenue was earmarked to repay SNEDAI for police vehicles and buildings it prefinanced 3. The visa cost EUR 50 2. The President abolished it from 1 May 2015 2. In May 2016 the government said it paid SNEDAI 13 billion FCFA on termination and took over the IT equipment 3. Sources give different signing dates 1,3.

Key terms

Buyer
Government of Senegal
Vendor
SNEDAI
Vendor based in
Not confirmed
Signed
Sources conflict. OSIRIS reported a concession signed on 4 February 2013. The government said in May 2016 that the partnership contract was signed on 25 March 2014, after ARMP authorisation on 8 January 2014.
Duration
Five years, renewable, as reported in March 2013
Value
SNEDAI prefinanced 9,878,056,572 FCFA, per the government (27 May 2016). The state paid SNEDAI 13,000,000,000 FCFA on termination.
Funding
passenger fee
Fee model
EUR 50 per biometric visa, paid by the traveller, as reported by Au-Senegal. The state's share of visa revenue was earmarked to repay SNEDAI for police vehicles, equipment and public buildings it prefinanced, under Article 29 of the 2014 amended finance law, per the government.
Procurement route
Not published. The ARMP authorised the contract by decision no. 010/14/ARMP/CRD of 8 January 2014.
System ownership
Build, operate and transfer. On termination the IT equipment passed to the state in full ownership at a residual value of 829,073 FCFA, against an initial cost of 1,316,309,316 FCFA, per the government.
Data terms
Not published

Audits, courts, parliament and regulators

  1. 8 January 2014: The public procurement regulator ARMP authorised the contract 3.
  2. 2014: The National Assembly approved the earmarking of visa revenue in Article 29 of the amended finance law 3.
  3. 3 April 2015: The President announced that the visa would be abolished from 1 May 2015 2,3.
  4. 27 May 2016: The government said the state paid SNEDAI 13 billion FCFA after ending the contract. The same statement gives SNEDAI's claimed balance as 708,514,802 FCFA and does not explain the difference between the two figures 3.

Sources

  1. OSIRIS: La production du visa biométrique d'entrée au Sénégal confiée à la SNEDAI (27 March 2013)
  2. Au-Senegal: Le visa pour le Sénégal sera supprimé à partir du 1er mai 2015 (4 April 2015)
  3. OSIRIS (Government of Senegal statement): Gouvernement du Sénégal, pourquoi (27 May 2016)

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