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Samoa visa for citizens of the DR Congo

Citizens of the DR Congo get a Samoa visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of the DR Congo: the passport opens 16 countries visa-free; Kinshasa — Apia: ≈ 17,850 km, about 23 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Can I travel to Samoa without a visa on a DR Congo passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of the DR Congo get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Samoa visa rules at a glance

With a DR Congo passport you can visit 16 countries visa-free, 23 with a visa on arrival and 50 with an e-visa; 109 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the DR Congo passport ranks 180th of 199.
DR Congo passport: visa-free access to 16 countries; Samoa passport: 82.
Citizens of the DR Congo and Samoa can travel together visa-free to 13 countries, for example: Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Gambia, Seychelles, Mauritius, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Singapore, Haiti, Philippines, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Samoa, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to the DR Congo. DR Congo visa for citizens of Samoa

Travelling to Samoa: good to know

Kinshasa — Apia: about 17,850 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 23 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +12 hours.
Local time: Kinshasa 12:00 — Apia 00:00.
Local currency: Samoan Tala.
Languages: English and Samoan.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ WST 2.73.
Samoa is the 197th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the DR Congo.