🇨🇫 Central African Republic visa requirements by nationality
As of 2026, 14 of the world’s 198 passports can enter Central African Republic without applying for a visa in advance: 14 visa-free, 1 with a visa on arrival and 0 with an electronic travel authorisation. A further 0 can apply online before travelling, and 183 must obtain a visa from an embassy or consulate.
Visa-free access to Central African Republic by continent
All passports and their Central African Republic status
- AfghanistanVisa required
- AlbaniaVisa required
- AlgeriaVisa required
- AndorraVisa required
- AngolaVisa required
- Antigua & BarbudaVisa required
- ArgentinaVisa required
- ArmeniaVisa required
- AustraliaVisa required
- AustriaVisa required
- AzerbaijanVisa required
- BahamasVisa required
- BahrainVisa required
- BangladeshVisa required
- BarbadosVisa required
- BelarusVisa required
- BelgiumVisa required
- BelizeVisa required
- BeninVisa-free · 90d
- BhutanVisa required
- BoliviaVisa required
- Bosnia & HerzegovinaVisa required
- BotswanaVisa required
- BrazilVisa required
- BruneiVisa required
- BulgariaVisa required
- Burkina FasoVisa-free · 90d
- BurundiVisa-free · 90d
- CambodiaVisa required
- CameroonVisa-free · 90d
- CanadaVisa required
- Cape VerdeVisa required
- ChadVisa-free · 90d
- ChileVisa required
- ChinaVisa required
- ColombiaVisa required
- ComorosVisa required
- Congo - BrazzavilleVisa-free · 90d
- Congo - KinshasaVisa required
- Costa RicaVisa required
- Côte d’IvoireVisa-free · 90d
- CroatiaVisa required
- CubaVisa required
- CyprusVisa required
- CzechiaVisa required
- DenmarkVisa required
- DjiboutiVisa required
- DominicaVisa required
- Dominican RepublicVisa required
- EcuadorVisa required
- EgyptVisa required
- El SalvadorVisa required
- Equatorial GuineaVisa-free · 90d
- EritreaVisa required
- EstoniaVisa required
- EswatiniVisa required
- EthiopiaVisa required
- FijiVisa required
- FinlandVisa required
- FranceVisa required
- GabonVisa-free · 90d
- GambiaVisa required
- GeorgiaVisa required
- GermanyVisa required
- GhanaVisa required
- GreeceVisa required
- GrenadaVisa required
- GuatemalaVisa required
- GuineaVisa required
- Guinea-BissauVisa required
- GuyanaVisa required
- HaitiVisa required
- HondurasVisa required
- Hong Kong SAR ChinaVisa required
- HungaryVisa required
- IcelandVisa required
- IndiaVisa required
- IndonesiaVisa required
- IranVisa required
- IraqVisa required
- IrelandVisa required
- IsraelVisa-free · 90d
- ItalyVisa required
- JamaicaVisa required
- JapanVisa required
- JordanVisa required
- KazakhstanVisa required
- KenyaVisa required
- KiribatiVisa required
- KosovoVisa required
- KuwaitVisa required
- KyrgyzstanVisa required
- LaosVisa required
- LatviaVisa required
- LebanonVisa required
- LesothoVisa required
- LiberiaVisa-free · 90d
- LibyaVisa required
- LiechtensteinVisa required
- LithuaniaVisa required
- LuxembourgVisa required
- Macao SAR ChinaVisa required
- MadagascarVisa required
- MalawiVisa required
- MalaysiaVisa required
- MaldivesVisa required
- MaliVisa required
- MaltaVisa required
- Marshall IslandsVisa required
- MauritaniaVisa required
- MauritiusVisa required
- MexicoVisa required
- MicronesiaVisa required
- MoldovaVisa required
- MonacoVisa required
- MongoliaVisa required
- MontenegroVisa required
- MoroccoVisa required
- MozambiqueVisa required
- Myanmar (Burma)Visa required
- NamibiaVisa required
- NauruVisa required
- NepalVisa required
- NetherlandsVisa required
- New ZealandVisa required
- NicaraguaVisa required
- NigerVisa-free · 90d
- NigeriaVisa required
- North KoreaVisa required
- North MacedoniaVisa required
- NorwayVisa required
- OmanVisa required
- PakistanVisa required
- PalauVisa required
- Palestinian TerritoriesVisa required
- PanamaVisa required
- Papua New GuineaVisa required
- ParaguayVisa required
- PeruVisa required
- PhilippinesVisa required
- PolandVisa required
- PortugalVisa required
- QatarVisa required
- RomaniaVisa required
- RussiaVisa required
- RwandaVisa-free · 90d
- SamoaVisa required
- San MarinoVisa required
- São Tomé & PríncipeVisa required
- Saudi ArabiaVisa required
- SenegalVisa-free · 90d
- SerbiaVisa required
- SeychellesVisa required
- Sierra LeoneVisa required
- SingaporeVisa required
- SlovakiaVisa required
- SloveniaVisa required
- Solomon IslandsVisa required
- SomaliaVisa required
- South AfricaVisa required
- South KoreaVisa required
- South SudanVisa required
- SpainVisa required
- Sri LankaVisa required
- St. Kitts & NevisVisa required
- St. LuciaVisa required
- St. Vincent & GrenadinesVisa required
- SudanVisa required
- SurinameVisa required
- SwedenVisa required
- SwitzerlandVisa required
- SyriaVisa required
- TaiwanVisa required
- TajikistanVisa required
- TanzaniaVisa required
- ThailandVisa required
- Timor-LesteVisa required
- TogoVisa required
- TongaVisa required
- Trinidad & TobagoVisa required
- TunisiaVisa required
- TürkiyeVisa required
- TurkmenistanVisa required
- TuvaluVisa required
- UgandaVisa required
- UkraineVisa required
- United Arab EmiratesVisa on arrival
- United KingdomVisa required
- United StatesVisa required
- UruguayVisa required
- UzbekistanVisa required
- VanuatuVisa required
- Vatican CityVisa required
- VenezuelaVisa required
- VietnamVisa required
- YemenVisa required
- ZambiaVisa required
- ZimbabweVisa required
Frequently Asked Questions
How many countries can enter Central African Republic without a visa?
14 passports enter Central African Republic visa-free, 1 receive a visa on arrival and 0 use an electronic travel authorisation — 198 passports in total are covered here. 0 more can apply for an e-visa online.
Does this page tell me whether I need a visa for Central African Republic?
Yes, if you tell us your passport. Pick your passport once and every page on this site answers for it. We never assume your nationality silently: when a passport is guessed from your device it is labelled as a guess.
Is this information official?
Partly. Where we have an official government source for a passport we use it and say so on the page. Everything else comes from an open, community-maintained dataset and is guidance for planning, not legal advice. Visa rules change without notice; confirm with the destination’s own authority before booking.
Data last rebuilt 2026-08-26. Official government data is used for these passports: TR; all others come from the open passport-index dataset and are guidance only — confirm with an official source before you travel.
Important: this content is general information
Visa rules can change without notice. Always confirm your situation with an official source before you travel: Also check with the embassy or consulate of your destination country in your own country. The information on this page is guidance, not legal advice.