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SS: airlines may refuse boarding without a pre-departure visa and France-based applicants use the Paris embassy. CF: the CAR Paris Embassy processes the passport and short-stay application. GQ: no arrival visa and the Paris embassy states required documents. GW: French applications go to the Guinea-Bissau Embassy in Paris; its exceptional Bissau-airport route is not the standard France-resident route. LR: France residents apply through the Liberian Embassy. ML: Mali consulates in Paris or Lyon issue it; no arrival visa. NE: prior visa only; no arrival visa. NG: portal submission is followed by physical dossier submission to OIS Paris for processing.","This records ordinary French-passport short-visitor routes only and does not normalize travel warnings, operational access, work, residence, special documents or final admission."],"sourceIds":["fr-af","fr-kp","fr-ly","fr-sd","fr-sy","fr-cg","fr-ss","cf-paris-short-stay","fr-gq","fr-gw","fr-lr","fr-ml","fr-ne","fr-ng"]},{"id":"central-african-republic-canonical-outbound-advance-visa-carry-forward","title":"Central African Republic: existing named ordinary-passport advance visas","summary":"Current passport-specific government guidance already retained in canonical evidence requires advance visas for these named visitors.","status":"visa_required","conditions":["Carried forward solely for this full-scope candidate. The sources expressly identify ordinary visitor visa requirements before travel or mission processing; no general residual complement is inferred."],"sourceIds":["us-state-car-entry-current","fcdo-cf-entry-current","de-fo-cf-current","central-african-paris-embassy-short-stay-visa-workflow","moldova-mfa-cf-current"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"fr-af","title":"France Diplomatie: Afghanistan entry and stay","url":"https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/information-par-pays/afghanistan/conseils-aux-voyageurs-entreesejour","publisher":"Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères","jurisdiction":"France","kind":"government-guidance","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"fr-kp","title":"France Diplomatie: North Korea entry and stay","url":"https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/information-par-pays/coree-du-nord/conseils-aux-voyageurs-entree-sejour","publisher":"Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires 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