DR Congo · Passport Index 2026
DR Congo · Passport Index 2026Congolese passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #92 in the world, with 44 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.
- Africa22 of 57 countries
- Oceania7 of 24 countries
- Asia10 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
- BurundiVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia31 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean21 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- KenyaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- NiueVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Pitcairn IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia14 days
- RwandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia60 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- TanzaniaVisa not requiredEastern Africa
- UgandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia14 days
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- Burkina FasoVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- 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
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- SenegalVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- ZambiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- AnguillaeVisaCaribbean
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- AustraliaeVisaAustralia and New Zealand
- BahamaseVisaCaribbean90 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- BoliviaeVisaSouth America30 days
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- CubaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- EcuadoreVisaSouth America
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- FijieVisaMelanesia
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- Hong KongeVisaEastern Asia
- IndonesiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- IraneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia60 days
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa30 days
- MalaysiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia30 days
- MontserrateVisaCaribbean
- NamibiaeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia60 days
- QatareVisaWestern Asia
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseVisaCaribbean
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- SerbiaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South AfricaeVisaSouthern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- Trinidad and TobagoeVisaCaribbean90 days
- VanuatueVisaMelanesia120 days
- VenezuelaeVisaSouth America
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- American SamoaVisa requiredPolynesia
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- AngolaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ArubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- 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
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChileVisa requiredSouth America
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- 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
- El SalvadorVisa requiredCentral America
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- Falkland IslandsVisa requiredSouth America
- Faroe IslandsVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- 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
- IraqVisa requiredWestern Asia
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KazakhstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- KiribatiVisa requiredMicronesia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LesothoVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- 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
- MoldovaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- 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
- PalestineVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America
- 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
- 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
- TajikistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- ThailandVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- TokelauVisa requiredPolynesia
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- Turks and Caicos IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UkraineVisa requiredEastern Europe
- United Arab EmiratesVisa requiredWestern Asia
- United KingdomVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- United StatesVisa requiredNorth America
- United States Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- UzbekistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Wallis and FutunaVisa requiredPolynesia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- British Indian Ocean TerritoryEntry permit requiredEastern Africa
- South GeorgiaEntry permit requiredAntarctic
Questions
How many countries can Congolese passport holders visit without a visa?
22 countries need no visa at all, and 22 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the DR Congo passport rank?
#90 of 199 passports, with 40 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Congolese passport holders visit visa-free?
Philippines, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda Zimbabwe, and 17 more.
Where can Congolese passport holders get a visa at the airport?
22 countries, including Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mozambique Ghana, and 18 more.
Which countries let Congolese passport holders apply online?
47 countries, including Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria Vietnam, and 43 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Congolese passport holders?
138, including India, China, United States Brazil, and 134 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Congolese passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: visa needed; United Kingdom: visa needed; Canada: visa needed; Australia: evisa; Japan: visa needed; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Congolese passport holders?
Africa: 39% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Does the DR 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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