{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"CD","name":"Congo (Dem. Rep.)","slug":"congo-dem-rep"},"destination":{"code":"CI","name":"Côte d'Ivoire"},"status":"visa_on_arrival","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-27","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"drc-ordinary-passport-cote-divoire-preapproved-arrival-visa","title":"DRC ordinary passports: Côte d'Ivoire preapproved arrival visa","summary":"Côte d'Ivoire's current MFA guidance requires visitors to hold a visa, and its official ordinary-passport process gives online preapproval and prints/issues the visa at Abidjan airport.","status":"visa_on_arrival","conditions":["Use a valid DRC ordinary passport. Complete SNEDAI pre-enrolment, payment and document upload; board only with the approved D.S.T. response, payment receipt, passport and yellow-fever certificate.","At Abidjan airport complete biometric enrolment; the visa is printed and issued there. This is online preapproval followed by border issuance, not an eVisa.","Work, residence, special passports, transit, carrier rules and final admission remain separate."],"sourceIds":["drc-mfa-current-ordinary-passport-service","cote-divoire-mfa-current-visitor-visa-guidance","cote-divoire-snedai-arrival-visa"],"application":{"url":"https://snedai.com/e-visa/","label":"Côte d'Ivoire official visa pre-enrolment","steps":["Submit the DRC ordinary-passport pre-enrolment and payment online, with the listed travel and hosting documents.","Wait for the D.S.T. approved response before boarding.","Complete biometric enrolment at Abidjan airport, where the visa is printed and issued."]}},{"id":"cote-divoire-residual-preapproved-airport-visa-2026","title":"Residual ordinary passports use Côte d’Ivoire's preapproved airport-issued visa","summary":"Côte d’Ivoire's current visitor baseline and live finite exemption schedule identify the visa-liable residual; SNEDAI requires approval before boarding but prints and issues the biometric visa at Abidjan airport.","status":"visa_on_arrival","conditions":["This policy covers only the ordinary-passport short-visitor residual after the live SNEDAI exemption schedule and separately supported current treaty or nationality exceptions are excluded.","Complete online pre-enrolment, upload the required passport, return-ticket and invitation or accommodation documents, pay the fee and wait for D.S.T. approval before boarding.","Present the approved pre-enrolment, payment receipt, passport and yellow-fever certificate at Abidjan airport; biometric enrolment, printing and visa issuance occur there.","The visa is described as three-month multiple-entry; that is not normalized as a permitted stay length. Document validity, health rules and final admission remain separate."],"sourceIds":["cote-divoire-mfa-current-visitor-visa-baseline-2026","cote-divoire-snedai-live-exemption-schedule-2026","cote-divoire-snedai-arrival-visa"],"application":{"url":"https://snedai.com/e-visa/","label":"Côte d’Ivoire official visa pre-enrolment","steps":["Submit the ordinary-passport pre-enrolment, required documents and payment online.","Wait for the D.S.T. approved response and print it before boarding.","Complete biometric enrolment at Abidjan airport, where the visa is printed and issued."]}}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"drc-mfa-current-ordinary-passport-service","title":"Democratic Republic of the Congo MFA: biometric ordinary passport service","url":"https://diplomatie.gouv.cd/services/","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Francophonie and Congolese Diaspora, Democratic Republic of the Congo","jurisdiction":"Democratic Republic of the Congo","kind":"government-guidance","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"cote-divoire-mfa-current-visitor-visa-guidance","title":"Côte d'Ivoire Ministry of Foreign Affairs: advice for travellers","url":"https://www.diplomatie.gouv.ci/informations-utiles/conseils-aux-voyageurs","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Integration and the Diaspora, Côte d'Ivoire","jurisdiction":"Republic of Côte d'Ivoire","kind":"government-guidance","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"cote-divoire-snedai-arrival-visa","title":"Côte d'Ivoire official SNEDAI: e-visa procedure","url":"https://snedai.com/e-visa/","publisher":"SNEDAI, official Côte d'Ivoire visa service","jurisdiction":"Côte d'Ivoire","kind":"official-portal","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"cote-divoire-mfa-current-visitor-visa-baseline-2026","title":"Conseils aux voyageurs: formalités de visa","url":"https://www.diplomatie.gouv.ci/informations-utiles/conseils-aux-voyageurs","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Côte d’Ivoire","jurisdiction":"Côte d’Ivoire","kind":"government-guidance","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-27"},{"id":"cote-divoire-snedai-live-exemption-schedule-2026","title":"List of countries exempt from an entry visa in Côte d’Ivoire","url":"https://snedai.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Capture-de%CC%81cran-2024-04-12-a%CC%80-17.31.17.png","publisher":"SNEDAI, State-approved Côte d’Ivoire visa service","jurisdiction":"Côte d’Ivoire","kind":"official-dataset","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-27"}]}