{"question":{"passport":"MAR","destination":"COG","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Visa, stay set by the visa","requirement":{"kind":"visa_consular","message":"Before you travel: you need a visa from an embassy or consulate."},"stay":{"kind":"SET_BY_VISA","phrasing":"How long you may stay is set by your visa."},"conditions":[{"kind":"PROCEDURE","text":"a valid visa for the Republic of Congo must be held before arrival; no visa will be issued at any border controls"}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"loi-29-2017","url":"https://www.oarh.cg/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Loi-n%c2%b0-29-2017-modifi-ant-et-completant-certaines-dispositions-de-la-loi-n%c2%b0-23-96-du-6-juin-1996-fixant-les-conditions-dentree-de-sejour-et-de-sortie-des-etrangers-en-Republique-du-Congo.pdf","passage":"Article 15 : L’étranger, non ressortissant d’un pays ayant des accords particuliers avec la République … du Congo en matière d’immigration, qui arrive à une … chancellerie du Congo à l’étranger ou au service de … l’immigration d’un poste frontalier, doit, pour être au- … torisé à entrer sur le territoire de la République du … Congo, présenter : … - un passeport avec visa en cours de validité ou … tout autre document en tenant lieu ;","explanation":"Article 15 requires any foreigner who is not a national of a country with a particular immigration agreement with Congo to present a passport bearing a valid visa (obtained at a Congolese chancery abroad) in order to be authorised to enter. None of these issuers is covered by the CEMAC exemption, the Senegal/Côte d'Ivoire/Benin exemption, the Rwanda accord or the UAE facility, so the visa requirement applies to them.","publisher":"RÉPUBLIQUE DU CONGO 59e ANNEE - N° 38 … Jeudi 21 septembre 2017 … J OURNAL OFFICIEL DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU CONGO"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-30","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}