Do you need a visa for Rwanda with a Congolese (DRC) passport?

Q: Do you need a visa for Rwanda with a Congolese (DRC) passport?

Visa-free entry. 90 days. Applications go through Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration. It is the only source that counts.

Entry right

Rwanda, on a Congolese (DRC) passport

Visa-free entry.

Length of stay — 90 days.

All visa-free countries with a Congolese (DRC) passport

What changed

Unchanged between the 12 January 2025 and 17 February 2026 datasets: visa-free, 90 days.

The official portal

Applications go through Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration. It is the only source that counts.

Open the official portal

Staying longer

No dedicated nomad stay scheme is documented in this country.

The other way round

A Rwanda passport travelling to DR Congo: visa-free.

Same region, same passport

East Africa & Horn: with a Congolese (DRC) passport, 5 of the 13 other countries in the region open visa-free or with a simple online authorisation.

Visa-free (5): Burundi (90 d), Kenya (180 d), Mauritius (90 d), Seychelles (90 d), Uganda (90 d)
Visa on arrival (5): Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Tanzania
e-visa (2): Somalia, South Sudan
Consulate visa (1): Eritrea

Once you are there

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What this page does not replace

Entry rules change often, sometimes overnight. This record gives the known state, with its source; it does not replace checking with the destination’s embassy or consulate, the only authority on the day you leave.

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