{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"HR","name":"Croatia","slug":"croatia"},"destination":{"code":"CG","name":"Congo (Rep.)"},"status":"visa_required","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-25","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"residual-ordinary-passports-congo-advance-visitor-visa-2026","title":"Remaining ordinary passports: Republic of the Congo advance visitor visa","summary":"API-Congo's live public-agency guidance makes its nationality exception exhaustive and says every other foreign traveller to Congo-Brazzaville must hold a visa obtained through a Congolese embassy.","status":"visa_required","conditions":["Applies to the exact 161 currently uncovered ordinary-passport nationalities that are outside API-Congo's exhaustive named exception list.","Apply through a Republic of the Congo embassy before travel. The guidance states that normal issuance does not exceed 15 days and describes a higher-cost same-day Express option; neither is a guarantee of approval.","Law No. 29-2017 requires an ordinary visitor outside a particular immigration agreement to present a valid passport with visa, return or onward transport, repatriation-deposit receipt, municipal accommodation certificate or hotel booking, and a valid international vaccination booklet.","No reviewed current official source establishes a nationality-wide eVisa or border-issued visa alternative for this cohort. Work, residence, special documents, carrier requirements and final admission remain outside scope."],"sourceIds":["api-congo-current-entry-and-visa-exceptions-2026","api-congo-public-agency-status-2026","congo-law-29-2017-foreigner-entry-conditions","congo-sgg-current-foreigner-entry-statute"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"api-congo-current-entry-and-visa-exceptions-2026","title":"Entering and working in the Republic of the Congo","url":"https://www.apicongo.cg/entrer_et_travailler_au_congo.php?lang=fr","publisher":"Investment Promotion Agency of the Republic of the Congo","jurisdiction":"Republic of the Congo","kind":"government-guidance","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"api-congo-public-agency-status-2026","title":"Presentation of API-Congo","url":"https://www.apicongo.cg/presentation_api.php?lang=fr","publisher":"Investment Promotion Agency of the Republic of the Congo","jurisdiction":"Republic of the Congo","kind":"government-guidance","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"congo-law-29-2017-foreigner-entry-conditions","title":"Law No. 29-2017: conditions for entry, stay and exit of foreigners","url":"https://www.sgg.cg/JO/2017/congo-jo-2017-38.pdf","publisher":"Official Journal / General Secretariat of the Government of the Republic of the Congo","jurisdiction":"Republic of the Congo","kind":"law","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"congo-sgg-current-foreigner-entry-statute","title":"Republic of the Congo Official Journal: 2025 application of the foreigner-entry statute","url":"https://www.sgg.cg/JO/2025/congo-jo-2025-40.pdf","publisher":"Secretariat-General of the Government, Republic of the Congo","jurisdiction":"Republic of the Congo","kind":"law","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"}]}