Visa not required for citizens of China provided their normal passports are endorsed "For Public Affairs".
Visa not required for holders of a V.I.P Invitation letter.
Holders of diplomatic or service category passports issued to nationals of Brazil, China and Russia do not require a visa as well as holders of diplomatic passports of Portugal and Turkey.[3]
Visa waiver agreement for diplomatic and service passports was signed with Angola[4] and it is yet to come into force.
Date of visa changes
Visa free:
23 October 2017: CEMAC countries – Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon[5]
Visa on arrival:
9 October 2018: Rwanda and United Arab Emirates[6]
Visa on arrival
Citizens of the following countries can obtain a visa on arrival:[7][8]
Passengers with a confirmed onward ticket for a flight to a third country on the same calendar day. They must stay in the international transit area of the airport and have documents required for the next destination.
e-Visa
In April 2019 Congolese authorities announced a plan to introduce an electronic visa in August 2019.[9] Visa applications can already be submitted online at the Republic of the Congo embassy in France website.[10][11]
1British Overseas Territories.
2 These countries span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia.
3 Partially recognized.
4Unincorporated territory of the United States.
5 Part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
6Egypt spans the boundary between Africa and Asia.