Congolese Visa is not required for Chadians
Stay Duration: 90 days
Entry Requirements
- Chad citizens travelling to Congo are not required to apply for a visa for a duration of 90 days.
- Visitors are required to possess a valid passport for six months with at least one blank page for visa stamps.
- Passport should be valid for six months beyond your departure date from Congo.
- Visitors are required to provide a travel itinerary at the port of entry into Congo.
- Visitors are also expected to present a vaccination certificate for Yellow Fever.
- Chad citizens must have also purchased a return flight ticket on arrival.
- Visitors must hold an invitation letter or Hotel reservation receipt in multiple copies.
- The Republic of Congo uses the West Africa Standard Time, Time zone in Republic of the Congo (GMT+1) hence, there is no time difference between Chad and Republic of the Congo.
- The estimated flight time from N’Djamena, Chad to Brazzaville, Congo is 2 hours, 45 minutes.
- It is illegal to take pictures of government buildings, military installations, key infrastructure such as ports, train stations, and airports, and along with border areas in the country.
- Transport in the Republic of the Congo can be done by land, air and water.
- Cell phones are used extensively in the Republic of Congo. SIM cards can be purchased locally to use with a compatible cell phone, although, the telecommunications systems outside of cities are unreliable or non-existent.
- Christianity is the majority religion practised in the Republic of the Congo.
- The official language of the Republic of Congo is French. Other languages are mainly Bantu languages and the two national languages in the country are Kituba and Lingala followed by Mboshi, Bateke and more than forty other languages including Pygmy languages which are not Bantu languages.
- The country’s tropical climate is characterized by heavy rainfalls and high temperatures and humidity.
- The Republic of Congo has four seasons, which are alternating dry and rainy, a short dry season from January to February, a short rainy season from March to April and a long dry season from May to September.
- About 70 per cent of the country’s area is covered by rain forest.
- The Congo River is the second-longest river in Africa after the Nile and the second largest river in the world by discharge volume of water after the Amazon and the world’s deepest river.
- Congo is blessed with wildlife creatures like gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, forest elephants, and many other creatures, large and small.