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Visa Requirements for DR Congo Passport Holders (2026)

A DR Congo passport gives visa-free access to 43 of 198 destinations (visa-free, visa on arrival, or eTA). Full breakdown by entry type below.

Visa-free16
Visa on arrival26
eTA1
e-Visa42
Visa required113

Visa-free destinations (16)

Barbados (90d), Benin (90d), Burundi (90d), Dominica (21d), Gambia (90d), Haiti (90d), Kenya, Mauritius (90d), Micronesia (30d), Philippines (30d), Rwanda (90d), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (90d), Seychelles (90d), Singapore (30d), Uganda (90d), Zimbabwe (90d)

Visa on arrival (26)

Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Macao, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Palau, Samoa, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Zambia

eTA required (1)

Ivory Coast

e-Visa required (42)

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bhutan, Botswana, Cameroon, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Georgia, Guinea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Moldova, Mongolia, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Togo, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam

Visa required in advance (113)

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican, Venezuela, Yemen

Passports with similar entry access

Iran · Sri Lanka · Nigeria · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Myanmar

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Data source: Passport Index dataset (CC-BY). Retrieved & last verified June 26, 2026. Visa rules change frequently — always confirm with the destination’s embassy or official immigration website before you book. See our methodology.