What the DR Congo visa rules mean for Nigeria travellers
Nigeria passport holders need an eVisa to enter DR Congo. You apply online, upload a passport scan and a photo, pay the fee and receive the visa by email. Apply at least one to two weeks before your trip and print the approval — some airlines and border officers ask to see it on paper.
The main option is the eVisa (visa volant), which costs 300 USD. DR Congo also offers Single entry visa (1 month validity), DRC Embassy — see the visa options above.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, DR Congo applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: The UK Foreign Office says your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive in the DRC.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: The UK government says that to enter the DRC you must have a certificate proving yellow fever vaccination, and that you may need one for onward travel to some other countries because of the risk of yellow fever in the D…
- Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel insurance requirement for the DRC.
- Return or onward ticket: No official source we could read states an onward or return ticket requirement for the DRC. The embassy in Washington asks visa applicants for a copy of their flight itinerary, which it says is not an actual booking or …
DR Congo entry rules compared
DR Congo does not grant visa-free entry to any passport, issues eVisas to 198. Nigeria citizens are treated the same way as Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana and Burkina Faso. Overall the Nigeria passport ranks #155 in the world with 26 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Africa? With a Nigeria passport you can also visit 17 countries in the region without a visa, including Burkina Faso, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Ghana, Gambia and Guinea.
In the other direction, DR Congo citizens need evisa to visit Nigeria.