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Congo Democratic (DRC) visa summary & efficiency
There's getting visa's and getting them efficiently (time,cost,etc). Info is scattered, thought i'd start threads to summarize by country).
Found that this visa is available as follows (single entry, usually 30 day, starting date could be date on visa or date you choose):
1. Togo (Lome). CFA 40,000 and CFA 10k or 15k for "Temporary Residency", next day service Is this "Temporary Residency" a name for a bribe or was it a form with some kind of certificate of Temporary Residency?
2. Nigeria (Abuja) for ________ Anyone been here recently?
3. Gabon (Libreville) for CFA57,500, 3 days service, but will not issue to non-residents since July 2012 so needed to have someone in DRC obtain specific form, fill it out, get it signed by 2 specific type persons
4. Congo (Brazza) ________ Won't issue to non-residents
Seems Togo is the best place.
Seems to be a better deal in Gabon. Any other experiences??
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visas
drc i didn't try.
but republic of congo;
cameroon visa issued in 2 days, 51,000 cfa
gabon, deliver passport & hotel reservation by midday and collect 4pm 45,000 cfa
benin, 1 hour while you wait, 50,000 cfa
nigeria, need copy of passport, vaccination card, carnet, registration, hotel reservation. submit monday for return wednesday, price TBA...
guinea, issued in 2 days, 150,000 cfa
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DRC visa coming from Rwanda ... they wanted USD and was only $35 for 7-day visa. I wonder if a 7-day visa exists coming from the west side (probably not offered as an option at DRC embassies)
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Potential alternative for overland travelers using public transport or bicycle or selling their motor vehicle before/in Angola....
Cheap Flights in Ghana, Angola and West Africa | Fly540Africa.com has flights within Angola and for $88 can ffly from Cabinda to Luanda ..... so why go through all the hassle of getting the DRC visa which
... costs $100 itself
+ cost/time/aggravation of it being one of the four west-side countries which apparently do not issue visas to non-residents
+ all the costs / hassle of the route, ferry ride, etc
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Quote:
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Potential alternative for overland travelers using public transport or bicycle or selling their motor vehicle before/in Angola....
Cheap Flights in Ghana, Angola and West Africa | Fly540Africa.com has flights within Angola and for $88 can ffly from Cabinda to Luanda ..... so why go through all the hassle of getting the DRC visa which
... costs $100 itself
+ cost/time/aggravation of it being one of the four west-side countries which apparently do not issue visas to non-residents
+ all the costs / hassle of the route, ferry ride, etc
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 we wouldn't need most of this forum if we weren't traveling on our own vehicle..!
Now, about entering DRC from Rwanda, I'm not sure it's doable:
1. The fighting has gotten pretty close to Goma lately
2. The DRC border officials used to issue a pseudo-visa which allows only a visit of Goma, but isn't acknowledged by the rest of the country, so you could face some major problems. Idk if it's what you're referring to.
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I picked up my DRC visa today in Yaoundé. Three pictures, one-page form, and 100,000 CFA (they don't seem to discriminate based on nationality). It's 30-day single entry and valid for three months from date of issue. Show up between 8:30 and 10:30 and pick up from 8:30 the following day.
The location is a few blocks away from OSM / maps.me: 3.896326 11.514029
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Visa available in Lome
Just went to the embassy in Lome, Togo. Same deal as previously suggested: need to get residency from the police, then they'll do a visa for you with a 10 day turnaround. I'm not going to wait; I'll try in Yaounde as people seem to be having success there. Just thought I'd let y'all know.
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Just a quick heads up from DRC, I've got a yaounde visa and I could only cross at luozi. Doing it in the wet solo with no experience was really hard.
My friend here in Kinshasa took a photo of my visa to the immigration office and they claim to never have seen one before.
Having a proper one with a residency in another country allows you the freedom to cross at any border.
Yaounde was easy, but the luozi crossing was not and its the only option!
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Any chance of getting a DRC visa/transit in Brazza???
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Not sure. When I left two guys had been refused. They had planned to get a year long residency visa for Congo-B hoping that would give them the ability to apply for a DRC visa.
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Not sure. When I left two guys had been refused. They had planned to get a year long residency visa for Congo-B hoping that would give them the ability to apply for a DRC visa.
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Do you by any chance have these guys contact info..? You can send it privately to
vrijwilligdoorafrika@gmail.com if you'd like.
We got refused in Gabon, so Brazza would be our last opportunity on the road. We already have our Angola visa, which might help..??!
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Better send you passport with DHL to Brussel, through cibtvisas.nl for example. Easy application. Should all together not take much more than a week
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Just heard from them, got the passports back today.
Whole process took about 3 weeks!
Leaving a second passport at home and getting it posted out to you with the visa is another option if you have time to plan that.
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Just to keep it up to date: got my visa in Yaounde today. Price still extremely high - 100 000 CFA. Apart from this - easiest visa ever. No bookings, no photocopies, not even pictures.
Filled simple application form, passport, money. Ready on a next day at 9am.
Going to look for somebody to join forcing of Luozi road together.
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