{"question":{"passport":"UGA","destination":"COD","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"allowed","headline":"Visa-free, 90 days","requirement":{"kind":"none","message":"You can travel without arranging a visa."},"stay":{"kind":"DAYS","maxDays":90,"ruleType":"RESETS_ON_EXIT","phrasing":"You may stay up to 90 days."},"conditions":[{"kind":"ENTRY_REQUIREMENT","text":"The exemption covers Ugandan nationals 'DETENTEURS DES PASSEPORTS EN COURS DE VALIDITE' — holders of a passport still in course of validity; the DGM instruction orders 'STRICTE APPLICATION' across the migration services. Whether the traveller's own passport is currently valid is something the holder can see on the document they carry."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"dgm-uganda-visa-exemption-instruction","url":"https://centralcorridor-ttfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-02-at-14.33.50.jpeg","passage":"VS & V/INFORMER (-) CONSECUTIVEMENT A LA NOTE CIRCULAIRE N° 06/DGM/DG/796/026 DU 21/05/2026 (-) DIRECTION GENERALE DGM AVOIR PORTE A LA CONNAISSANCE DE TOUS (-) QU'A DATER DE CE JOUR (-) MESURE SUIVANTE ETRE DESORMAIS D'APPLICATION (-) DEBUT CITATION (-) **« RESSORTISSANTS OUGANDAIS (-) DETENTEURS DES PASSEPORTS EN COURS DE VALIDITE (-) ETRE EXEMPTES DE VISA D'ENTREE EN REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO POUR UNE DUREE NE DEPASSANT PAS NONANTE (90) JOURS »** (-) FIN CITATION (-) STRICTE APPLICATION","explanation":"This is the DGM Haut-Katanga instruction itself, on Ministère de l'Intérieur letterhead, signed and stamped, relaying note circulaire n°06/DGM/DG/796/026 of 21 May 2026: it orders that from that day ('QU'A DATER DE CE JOUR … MESURE SUIVANTE ETRE DESORMAIS D'APPLICATION') Ugandan nationals holding passports in course of validity are exempt from DRC entry visas for a stay not exceeding ninety (90) days. That single operative sentence grants the entitlement, fixes the 90-day stay and dates its commencement. The '(-)' marks are dashes on the typed form; the passage is quoted from a transcript of the photographed instruction, and the stored document — the citation target — is the photograph itself.","publisher":"République Démocratique du Congo\n**Ministère de l'Intérieur, Sécurité et Affaires Coutumières**\n\n**DGM**\n\n*Direction Provinciale du Haut-Katanga*\n\n**Le Directeur Provincial** … CONCERNE : <u>**INSTRUCTION**</u>\n*EXEMPTION VISAS D'ENTREE AUX RESSORTISSANTS DE LA REPUBLIQUE DE L'OUGANDA*"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-29","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"}}