Visa:
Place of application: Bamako, Mali. No queues, a bit of fuzz.
Embassy/consulate location: N12° 38.088' W8° 01.778'
Duration: 3 months
Entries: Single entry
Cost: Cost: 58 €
Handling time: 2 working days
Entry date: Set at the time of appliction
Accompanying documentation: various, see below

3 months visas were issued at the Ivory Coast embassy in Bamako, Mali. It was not the most straight forward application process but neither was I asked to pass any insurmountable obstacles. As a holder of a Swedish passport I was asked for the following:

-  Photocopy of passport.
-  2 color passport photos.
-  Photocopy of the Mali visa.
-  Yellow fever vaccination card + photocopy.
-  Letter from the hotel I stayed at in Bamako verifying that I actually was staying there. Hotel logo, two lines of text and an official stamp was enough. Must be in French.
-  Hotel confirmation in Ivory Coast. I made an online reservation for one day at a random hotel in Abidjan. It was accepted without comment. Make sure the reservation confirmation is in French. I cancelled the reservation as soon as I had received the visa.
-  Receipt of online biometric visa payment.
-  2 different application forms received at the embassy.

Prior to applying for the visa at the embassy, a biometric visa should be applied for online at: www.snedai.ci. Here the applicants' travel information is entered and the fee of 58 € is paid by bank or credit card. A payment receipt is received by email. This should be printed and brought to the embassy. The email also stated that the applicant should register and reserve an application time online via a link. I was not able to complete this and neither did it matter.

Due to bad internet connections the embassy could not complete the biometric 3 months visa but offered me a 1 month visa made "by hand" at the embassy. As this was (as I thought at the time) enough for my purpose, I had no objections to this. I could pick up my visa two days after application.

Note: The Ivory Coast embassy requires visitors to be properly dressed to enter the premises (no shorts, no flip-flops, etc.). I was required to wear long pants. (I ended up renting a pair of blue, traditional Muslim pants from the guard.)