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Central African Republic visa requirements

Current entry categories for 199 passport nationalities, paired with official evidence as it is reviewed.

Access data checked August 24, 202666 official sources collected
Citizenship1Visa-free15Visa on arrival1Visa required182
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199 passports

Citizenship

1

Visa-free

15

Visa on arrival

1

Visa required

182
Policy history

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  1. Current official routeVisa-free

    Foreign CEMAC ordinary passports: Central African Republic visa-free short entry

    CEMAC's current Commission material says visa-free movement for Member-State citizens is effective. This directly maps the five other current CEMAC member-state ordinary passports to visa-free entry to the Central African Republic; no current CAR source was found to extend that rule beyond the bloc.

    • Applies only to nationals holding ordinary passports of the five other current CEMAC Member States: Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Chad.
    • The CEMAC Common Convention describes tourist movement for up to three months with a valid or recently expired national identity card or passport and an international health booklet. It does not publish a CAR-specific port or fee schedule.
    • Work, establishment, long-term residence, transit, diplomatic, official, service, refugee and other special-document arrangements are outside this ordinary short-visitor policy. Passport, health, public-order, security and individual admission controls may still apply.
    5 passport nationalities covered

    Cameroon, Congo (Rep.), Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Chad

    Official sourcesEconomic and Monetary Community of Central Africa: CEMAC: Member StatesEconomic and Monetary Community of Central Africa: CEMAC Commission President interview on free movementEconomic and Monetary Community of Central Africa: Common Convention on free movement and right of establishment
  2. Current official routeVisa required

    United States ordinary passports: expressly pre-travel visas

    Current State Department guidance expressly requires a visa to be obtained before travel for the listed destinations.

    • LY: applications are made at the Libyan embassy in the applicant's country of residence, require MFA approval, and visas are unavailable at the port of entry.
    • SD: obtain the visa from a Sudanese embassy before arrival; SS and CF: obtain the visa before arrival/travel.
    • CG: obtain the visa before travel; invitation or hotel-reservation conditions apply.
    • Visitor purpose, passport validity, invitation, transit, special-document and final-admission conditions remain applicable.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    United States

    Official sourcesU.S. Department of State: Libya International Travel InformationU.S. Department of State: Sudan International Travel InformationU.S. Department of State: South Sudan International Travel InformationU.S. Department of State: Central African Republic International Travel InformationU.S. Department of State: Republic of the Congo International Travel Information
  3. Current official routeVisa required

    Full British citizen passport: Central African Republic advance visa

    FCDO directs full British citizen passport holders to apply through the Central African Republic Embassy in Paris.

    • The page applies to a full British citizen passport from the UK.
    • This is an embassy application route; requirements may change and health, transport, purpose, document and final-admission conditions remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    United Kingdom

    Official sourceForeign, Commonwealth & Development Office: FCDO Central African Republic entry requirements
  4. Current official routeVisa required

    German ordinary passports: named advance visa routes

    The Federal Foreign Office expressly requires pre-departure mission issuance for each listed German ordinary-passport visitor route.

    • KP: entry is limited to organized travel with assigned guides or interpreters and Foreign Ministry permission; tourist cases are handled by the travel agency, require a Korean-side invitation, and embassy issuance normally takes at least four weeks. LY: apply at the Libyan Embassy in Berlin for a Germany-based applicant. CG: apply before entry at the Republic of the Congo Embassy in Berlin. SS: apply before entry at the South Sudan Embassy in Berlin. CF: apply before entry at the competent Central African Embassy in Paris. LR: visa-on-arrival issuance has ended; Germany-based travellers apply at the Liberian Embassy in Berlin. ML: apply at a Malian foreign mission in Germany.
    • This does not normalize travel warnings, operational access, invitations, special documents, work, residence, transit or final admission.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Germany

    Official sourcesAuswärtiges Amt: Auswärtiges Amt: North Korea travel and security adviceAuswärtiges Amt: Auswärtiges Amt: Libya travel and security adviceAuswärtiges Amt: Auswärtiges Amt: Republic of the Congo travel and security adviceAuswärtiges Amt: Auswärtiges Amt: South Sudan travel and security adviceAuswärtiges Amt: Auswärtiges Amt: Central African Republic travel and security adviceAuswärtiges Amt: Auswärtiges Amt: Liberia travel and security adviceAuswärtiges Amt: Auswärtiges Amt: Mali travel and security advice
  5. Current official routeVisa required

    French ordinary passports: named advance visa routes

    Current official material establishes advance mission processing or issuance for each listed French ordinary-passport visitor route.

    • AF: single-entry visas are issued by Afghanistan’s Embassy in France. KP: visa available through the DPRK General Delegation in France. LY: visa before arrival. SD: prior visa. SY: Syrian diplomatic or consular representation issues the visa. CG: obtain before departure; no arrival visa. 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. TD: diplomatic or consular mission issuance only; no border visa.
    • This records ordinary French-passport short-visitor routes only and does not normalize travel warnings, operational access, work, residence, special documents or final admission.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    France

    Official sourcesMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Afghanistan entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: North Korea entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Libya entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Sudan entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Syria entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Republic of the Congo entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: South Sudan entry and stayAmbassade de la République centrafricaine en France: Embassy of the Central African Republic in France: short-stay visaMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Equatorial Guinea entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Guinea-Bissau entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Liberia entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Mali entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Niger entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Nigeria entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Chad entry and stay
  6. Current official routeVisa required

    Moldovan ordinary passports: named advance consular visitor visas

    Moldova MFA's current ordinary-passport table requires a visa and identifies diplomatic missions as the obtaining method for these destinations.

    • Apply through the relevant diplomatic mission and obtain the visitor visa before departure; this is an advance consular route, not an inference from generic visa wording.
    • Mission operation, invitation requirements, Syrian and Afghan governmental-transition issues, closures, routes through Transnistria, special documents and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Moldova

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova: Moldova MFA: visa regime for citizens of the Republic of Moldova
  7. Current official routeVisa-free

    Rwandan ordinary passports: named visa-free short visits

    Rwanda DGIE's current ordinary-passport schedule expressly records visa-free access for Bangladesh, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali and Niger. The Republic of the Congo row is classified separately from the controlling bilateral agreement.

    • This is limited to the named ordinary-passport rows in Rwanda DGIE's current outbound schedule; it is not inferred from EAC, AU, COMESA, bilateral or regional membership.
    • For CI, the destination MFA/SNEDAI pages describe a general applicant visa workflow but do not publish a Rwanda-specific override. Rwanda DGIE's passport-specific ordinary row says Visa not required, so the generic applicant route is not normalized as applying to this named visa-free passport.
    • Purpose, stay period, accepted document, special passports, carrier rules and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Rwanda

    Official sourcesDirectorate General of Immigration and Emigration, Rwanda: Rwanda DGIE: visa-free countries for Rwandan passport holdersSNEDAI, official Côte d'Ivoire visa service: Côte d'Ivoire official SNEDAI: e-visa procedureMinistry of Foreign Affairs, African Integration and the Diaspora, Côte d'Ivoire: Côte d'Ivoire Ministry of Foreign Affairs: advice for travellers
  8. Current official routeVisa required

    Central African Republic: existing named ordinary-passport advance visas

    Current passport-specific government guidance already retained in canonical evidence requires advance visas for these named visitors.

    • 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.
    5 passport nationalities covered

    United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Moldova

    Official sourcesU.S. Department of State: Central African Republic International Travel InformationForeign, Commonwealth & Development Office: FCDO Central African Republic entry requirementsGerman Federal Foreign Office: German Foreign Office: Central African Republic travel adviceEmbassy of the Central African Republic in France: Embassy of the Central African Republic in France: short-stay visa workflowMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova: Moldova MFA: visa regime for Moldovan citizens
  9. Current official routeVisa-free

    Rwandan ordinary passport: existing Central African Republic visa-free entry

    Rwanda’s current DGIE ordinary-passport schedule expressly records Central African Republic as visa-free.

    • Carried forward solely for this full-scope candidate; this named ordinary-passport row is not an inferred regional complement.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Rwanda

    Official sourceDirectorate General of Immigration and Emigration, Rwanda: Rwanda DGIE: visa-free destinations for Rwandan passport holders
  10. Current official routeVisa required

    Spanish ordinary passports: Central African Republic advance visitor visa

    MAEC directs Spanish visitors to obtain the Central African Republic visa in Paris before travel.

    • This records the ordinary Spanish-passport visitor baseline, not work, residence, diplomatic, service or special-document treatment.
    • Admission, security, health and documentary requirements remain separately applicable.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Spain

    Official sourceMinisterio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación: Central African Republic travel recommendations
  11. Current official routeVisa on arrival

    UAE ordinary passports: current visitor visas on arrival

    UAE MOFA's live country pages expressly classify Normal UAE passports as Visa On Arrival for these destinations.

    • Each source is a current UAE-MOFA destination page for Emirati travellers and specifically identifies the Normal passport row.
    • The sources expressly place issuance at arrival; entry point, fees, passport validity, security, work, residence, special passports, carrier and final-admission conditions remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    United Arab Emirates

    Official sourcesMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — Cabo VerdeMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — Central African RepublicMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — ComorosMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — Republic of the CongoMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — DjiboutiMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — Equatorial GuineaMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — Guinea-BissauMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — NigerMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — Sierra LeoneMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — Syria
  12. Current official routeVisa required

    Kuwaiti ordinary passports: advance embassy visa destinations

    Kuwait's current government table directs ordinary Kuwaiti passport holders to obtain an embassy-issued visa before visiting these destinations.

    • Ordinary Kuwaiti passport and short visitor travel; apply through the relevant embassy before departure, with final issuance and admission remaining discretionary.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Kuwait

    Official sourceKuwait Government Online: List of countries that grant Kuwaiti citizens entry visas upon arrival or require a pre-issued visa from the embassy
  13. Current official routeVisa required

    Palestinian ordinary passports: 2026 advance-visa visitor cohort

    The State of Palestine's current ordinary-passport schedule labels this exact destination cohort "Visa is required" and separately labels electronic and arrival-issued routes elsewhere in the same schedule. It is normalized as advance visa required.

    • This is the Ministry's ordinary-passport short-visitor baseline. The source separately labels eVisa and visa-on-arrival rows, so a bare "Visa is required" row is not recast as either route.
    • Georgia and Panama have separately stated waivers for holders of specified third-country visas. Those conditional document routes are excluded from this passport-only baseline.
    • Mission availability, passport recognition, individual admission, route, transit, work, residence, diplomatic, official, service and other special-document treatment are outside this policy.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Palestinian Territory

    Official sourceState of Palestine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Protocol: Visa Regulations for Palestinian Passports as of 2026
  14. Current official routeVisa required

    Russian ordinary passports: named advance visitor-visa routes

    Current Russian MFA country guidance identifies ordinary Russian visitor visas issued by the named diplomatic missions for these destinations.

    • Central African Republic: obtain the visa at its Embassy in Moscow; Chad: obtain it at a Chadian diplomatic mission or consulate.
    • Republic of the Congo: apply at its Moscow Embassy; Liberia: use Liberia's embassies in Germany, France or Italy; Mali: use Mali's Embassy.
    • Niger: apply where Niger has a diplomatic mission; North Macedonia: use its diplomatic missions abroad, unless separately qualifying through a residence permit or multi-entry Schengen C visa.
    • Sudan: ordinary passports normally receive a one- or two-month visa from Sudan's Embassy in Russia.
    • The listed routes are for ordinary short visits only; work, residence, diplomatic/service passports, route-specific exceptions and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Russian Federation

    Official sourcesConsular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: Central African Republic country informationConsular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: Chad country informationConsular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: Republic of the Congo country informationConsular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: Liberia country informationConsular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: Mali country informationConsular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: Niger country informationConsular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: North Macedonia country informationConsular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: Sudan country information
  15. Current official routeVisa required

    Seychellois passports: named advance visitor-visa cohort

    Seychelles' July 2025 passport-holder schedule expressly requires these destinations to issue a visa before entry, rather than treating an online form or airport process as the visitor baseline.

    • Applies to the ordinary Seychellois passport short-visitor baseline in the Ministry's current named list.
    • The schedule's wording requires a visa before entry but does not establish an electronic or border-issued route, so this is normalized only as advance visa required.
    • Mission availability, individual grant, document, route, transit, work, residence, diplomatic, official and special-passport treatment remain outside scope.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Seychelles

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora: List of countries Seychelles passport holders need visas
  16. Current official routeVisa required

    Colombian ordinary passports: Central African Republic advance visitor visa

    Colombia's current Foreign Ministry table says Central African Republic tourism and business visas are processed at consulates, without eVisa or arrival issuance.

    • Applies to an ordinary Colombian passport holder travelling as a short visitor.
    • The source says the route is consular and neither eVisa nor visa on arrival is available.
    • Work, residence, special documents and final admission remain outside scope.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Colombia

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia: Lista de países que exigen visa de turismo a colombianos
  17. Current official routeVisa required

    Polish ordinary passports: Central African Republic advance visitor visa

    Polish visitors obtain the required Central African Republic tourist visa before travel through the named mission route.

    • Use a biometric passport; the Polish MFA identifies the French Embassy in Warsaw as a tourist-visa route.
    • Airport entry, documents, security, health, onward travel and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Poland

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Poland: Central African Republic country profile
  18. Current official routeVisa required

    Mexican ordinary passports: Central African Republic advance visitor visa

    Mexico's live traveler guidance directs Mexican travelers to the French Consulate in Mexico for the Central African Republic visa.

    • Limited to ordinary Mexican-passport short visitor travel; work, residence and special passport routes are outside this policy.
    • The cited guidance identifies the French Consulate in Mexico as the processing mission.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Mexico

    Official sourceSecretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico: Central African Republic