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Visas and Border Crossing in DR Congo
To meet the requirements for a tourist visa to enter the Democratic Republic of Congo via Goma /Gisenyi, you must first have any of these Nyiragongo trek permit or Virunga Mountain tracking gorilla permit. Thus you must reach at the border with a print out of your trek permit for verification.
You should timely apply for the visa from your home country as an alternative. It takes about two weeks to get your visa from the date of application Clear with Rwanda immigration at the DRC office hand over your visa print out and passport just in 15 minutes after you have your visa in your passport plus Ebola fever scan and yellow fever papers will be checked and registered.
Visas are required by every person entering Democratic Republic of Congo. You will require a typical entry visa in Rwanda if you are arriving Rwanda once or a multiple visa to cross over to Democratic Republic of Congo. Visas can be gotten at the DRC embassy in Kigali.
You are recommended to have your visa right in the hands by the time you arrive at the Rwanda – Democratic Republic of Congo border. After getting cleared with your visa, you will regret no more for having decided to visit Nyiragongo because every visit will always be unique. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been recognized for too long as the ‘heart of darkness’, but it rewards brave tourists with beautiful countryside and some of the continent’s most exciting trekking.