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Middle Africa travel guide
Central African Republic
Entry rules for every passport, key facts and neighbouring destinations.
Visa required
Full requirements →
Key facts
- Official name
- Central African Republic
- Capital
- Bangui
- Currency
- Central African CFA franc (XAF Fr)
- Languages
- French, Sango
- Calling code
- +236
- Area
- 6,22,984 km²
- Region
- Middle Africa · landlocked
Who can get in easily
15 of 198 passports can enter Central African Republic without arranging a visa in advance.
- Visa-free
- Visa on arrival
- eTA
- eVisa
- Visa required
Visa requirements for Central African Republic by passport
IndiaVisa required
United StatesVisa required
United KingdomVisa required
United Arab EmiratesVisa on arrival90 days
ChinaVisa required
SingaporeVisa required
PakistanVisa required
BangladeshVisa required
Sri LankaVisa required
NepalVisa required
NigeriaVisa required
PhilippinesVisa required
CanadaVisa required
AustraliaVisa required
GermanyVisa required
Pick any passport above to see the full requirements, or use the selector at the top.
Nearby countries
Cameroon
Chad
DR Congo
Congo
South Sudan
SudanSources: Wikipedia's "Visa requirements for … citizens" articles (CC BY-SA 4.0) for 199 passports; Passport Index Data (imorte), scraped from passportindex.org, published 17 Feb 2026 for the rest. Last checked 11 Oct 2026.