Congo · Passport Index 2026
Congo · Passport Index 2026Congolese passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #91 in the world, with 50 places you can visit easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
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Visa-free countries for Congolese passport holders
Just show your passport at the border.
Visa on arrival
Get your visa at the airport when you land. No need to apply in advance.
eVisa and online permits
Apply online before you fly; no embassy visit.
Where the Congolese passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Congolese passport compares
Passports ranked close to it on the Passport Index 2026.
By region of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Africa27 of 57 countries
- Oceania7 of 24 countries
- Asia11 of 50 countries
- Americas5 of 51 countries
- Europe0 of 48 countries
- Antarctic0 of 1 countries
All 231 destinations for Congolese passport holders
231 of 231 destinations
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BeninVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- CameroonVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- Central African RepublicVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- ChadVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia31 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean21 days
- DR CongoVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- Equatorial GuineaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- GabonVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Ivory CoastVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- NiueVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Pitcairn IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia14 days
- RwandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia60 days
- SenegalVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- BoliviaVisa on arrivalSouth America90 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- GhanaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- IranVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- ZambiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MoroccoeTA requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- South AfricaeTA requiredSouthern Africa
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- BahamaseVisaCaribbean90 days
- BahraineVisaWestern Asia14 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America90 days
- CubaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa31 days
- EcuadoreVisaSouth America
- El SalvadoreVisaCentral America
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa
- Hong KongeVisaEastern Asia
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia
- KazakhstaneVisaCentral Asia
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa14 days
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MalaysiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia14 days
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia30 days
- MontserrateVisaCaribbean
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia28 days
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- QatareVisaWestern Asia30 days
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseVisaCaribbean
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa15 days
- Sierra LeoneeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SurinameeVisaSouth America
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa
- United Arab EmirateseVisaWestern Asia
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- ZimbabweeVisaSouthern Africa
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- American SamoaVisa requiredPolynesia
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- AngolaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- AnguillaVisa requiredCaribbean
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ArubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- AustraliaVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- AustriaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BelgiumVisa requiredWestern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- BermudaVisa requiredNorth America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- British Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- BruneiVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- BulgariaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Caribbean NetherlandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- Cayman IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- ChileVisa requiredSouth America
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- Costa RicaVisa requiredCentral America
- CroatiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CuraçaoVisa requiredCaribbean
- CyprusVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa requiredCentral Europe
- DenmarkVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- Falkland IslandsVisa requiredSouth America
- Faroe IslandsVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FijiVisa requiredMelanesia
- FinlandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FranceVisa requiredWestern Europe
- French GuianaVisa requiredSouth America
- French PolynesiaVisa requiredPolynesia
- GeorgiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- GermanyVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GibraltarVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GreeceVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GreenlandVisa requiredNorth America
- GrenadaVisa requiredCaribbean
- GuamVisa requiredMicronesia
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- HungaryVisa requiredCentral Europe
- IcelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IndiaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KiribatiVisa requiredMicronesia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LiechtensteinVisa requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaltaVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MayotteVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- NamibiaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NetherlandsVisa requiredWestern Europe
- New CaledoniaVisa requiredMelanesia
- New ZealandVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- NicaraguaVisa requiredCentral America
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Northern Mariana IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- NorwayVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America
- Papua New GuineaVisa requiredMelanesia
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PolandVisa requiredCentral Europe
- PortugalVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Puerto RicoVisa requiredCaribbean
- RéunionVisa requiredEastern Africa
- RomaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- RussiaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- Saint LuciaVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saint Pierre and MiquelonVisa requiredNorth America
- San MarinoVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SerbiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Sint MaartenVisa requiredCaribbean
- SlovakiaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- SloveniaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- Solomon IslandsVisa requiredMelanesia
- South KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- SpainVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SwedenVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa requiredWestern Europe
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- TokelauVisa requiredPolynesia
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa requiredCaribbean
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia30 days
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- Turks and Caicos IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UkraineVisa requiredEastern Europe
- United KingdomVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- United States Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- UzbekistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- VanuatuVisa requiredMelanesia
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- VenezuelaVisa requiredSouth America
- Wallis and FutunaVisa requiredPolynesia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- British Indian Ocean TerritoryEntry permit requiredEastern Africa
- South GeorgiaEntry permit requiredAntarctic
- United StatesAdmission refusedNorth America
Questions
How many countries can Congolese passport holders visit without a visa?
24 countries need no visa at all, and 26 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Congo passport rank?
#85 of 199 passports, with 46 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Congolese passport holders visit visa-free?
DR Congo, Philippines, Ivory Coast, Cameroon Chad, and 19 more.
Where can Congolese passport holders get a visa at the airport?
23 countries, including Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Iran Tanzania, and 19 more.
Which countries let Congolese passport holders apply online?
47 countries, including Pakistan, Nigeria, Vietnam Thailand, and 43 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Congolese passport holders?
134, including India, China, Indonesia Brazil, and 130 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Congolese passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: not allowed to enter; United Kingdom: visa needed; Canada: visa needed; Australia: visa needed; Japan: visa needed; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Congolese passport holders?
Africa: 47% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Congolese passport holders visit easily?
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo Equatorial Guinea, and 1 more.
Does the Congo passport work for official or diplomatic travel?
Official and diplomatic passports often have their own rules. Each destination page shows them where they differ from a regular passport.
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