Congo Visa

Congo Visa is an endorsement that allows you to enter, stay or leave in the Democratic Republic of Congo for a specified period of time.

They are basically 4 types of Visa that Congo offers: the tourist visa, business visa, Official/Diplomatic visa, and a 12-month visa. Applying for the above visa through Embassy take up to 5-7 business days from the day a visa application or a consular service request is received, and a valid passport is required to all applicants.

We highly advised you to submit your application and passport for visas at least two weeks prior to the intended date of departure. In this article, we shall mainly look at tourist visa for two weeks in Congo.

The ministry of wildlife authority in Congo has developed up with an agreement with Direction Générale de Migration (DGM) to lease out the 2-weeks, single-entry tourist visas  in order to easier the tourist who wish to visit Congo due to the numerous attraction it offers and this two weeks visa cost $ 105

A tourist to obtain a 2- weeks visa, you’re kindly advised to first buy a gorilla permit which costs $ 400 per person, Nyiragongo trek permit cost $ 300 per person or confirm your accommodations with any hotel/ lodge around this attraction places. Remember that the rights deserve them to accept or deny and it’s a non-refundable

To all visitors who wish to do gorilla tracking and wildlife safari in Congo, they will work directly with ICCN to finalize their Visa to Congo. One may also opt to apply for a tourist visa online which is very possible through booking gorilla or hiking permit and accommodation booking after receiving confirmation payment you will definitely receive the order number that you will put on the form as you fill in the other gaps and then submit them through online

Apply this 2 weeks tourist visa in Congo through Virunga National Park which acts as a facilitator in the visa process but the full authority remains with the Congo Department of Immigration in Kinshasa. To confirm your entry or Visa, you must come with a print out of permit or confirmation of accommodations this will be verified with Virunga’s tourism team

Visitors flying through ET Ethiopian Airlines directly into Goma to notify the tourism team two weeks before their departure. By emailing on Vianney Harakandi (vianney@virunga.org) and copy to visit@virunga.org in order to ensure your visa information has been communicated to Ethiopian Airlines.