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Middle Africa travel guide
Congo
Entry rules for every passport, key facts and neighbouring destinations.
Visa required
Full requirements →
Key facts
- Official name
- Republic of the Congo
- Capital
- Brazzaville
- Currency
- Central African CFA franc (XAF Fr)
- Languages
- French, Kikongo, Lingala
- Calling code
- +242
- Area
- 3,42,000 km²
- Region
- Middle Africa
Who can get in easily
15 of 198 passports can enter Congo without arranging a visa in advance.
- Visa-free
- Visa on arrival
- eTA
- eVisa
- Visa required
Visa requirements for Congo by passport
IndiaVisa required
United StatesVisa required
United KingdomVisa required
United Arab EmiratesVisa on arrival30 days
ChinaVisa required
SingaporeVisa required
PakistanVisa required
BangladeshVisa required
Sri LankaVisa required
NepalVisa required
NigeriaVisa required
PhilippinesVisa required
CanadaeVisa
AustraliaVisa required
GermanyVisa required
Pick any passport above to see the full requirements, or use the selector at the top.
Nearby countries
Angola
Cameroon
Central African Republic
DR Congo
GabonSources: 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.