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.
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