Document checklist
Montserrat → Central African Republic: Short-stay tourist
What you need before you submit, checked against official requirements, not guesswork.
Checked by our automated verification on 20 Oct 2026: every source on this page resolves and the data is structurally complete. This does not confirm a person re-read the source text for accuracy.
Required documents
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Two identity photos
RequiredTwo identity photos. The embassy's page and form don't give size or background rules.
Valid passport, plus a copy
RequiredYour current passport and a photocopy. The form says the visa is always placed in the passport itself, and the embassy asks you to enclose the passport with your application. It asks whether your passport is ordinary, service, diplomatic or other. It only says 'valid' and does not give a minimum validity period.
Visa application form
RequiredFill in the embassy's short-stay visa form, either online (you create an account on the embassy's site) or on the paper PDF. An online application must still be printed after you validate your answers. You then post the printed form to the embassy together with your passport, 2 photos and the other requested documents.
Financial
How to pay
RequiredPay by bank transfer (print the embassy's bank details from its site) or in cash if you go to the embassy in person.
Visa fee
RequiredAt the Paris embassy the fee is €80 for a stay of 1 to 30 days, or €160 for a stay of 30 to 45 days. Express processing costs €20 extra. These are the Paris embassy's published fees; the source gives no fees for other Central African embassies.
Purpose of travel
Attestation from the Ministry of Tourism
RequiredThe form lists an attestation from the Central African Ministry of Tourism among the documents tourists must provide. It does not say how or where to get it, so ask the embassy.
Trip details on the form
RequiredThe form asks why you are travelling (private, holiday, business, work, official or other), your main destination, where you will stay in the Central African Republic, any family ties or other contacts there, how many people travel with you, your dates and length of stay in days, how you will travel, where you will enter, your route and the towns you plan to visit. It also asks whether you plan to settle there and whether you have stayed there before. By signing you promise to leave when the visa expires.
Accommodation
Copies of supporting documents
RequiredThe form asks for copies of documents that back up your trip and names three examples: an invitation letter, a mission order (for work trips) and hotel reservations. It does not say which of these apply to tourists, so ask the embassy which it wants from you.
Travel
Plane ticket
RequiredA plane ticket is on the form's list of documents to provide. The form does not say whether it must be a return ticket or a booking.
Staying longer than 45 days
For 45 to 90 days the embassy has a separate long-stay form, with a fee of €300 (express processing €20 extra). Its list of documents to provide is the same as the short-stay one.
Other
Check whether you need a visa
This checklist assumes your nationality needs a visa. We could not find any Central African government page that lists which nationalities don't, so we can't tell you either way. If you might be exempt, ask a Central African embassy before you apply.
Stamped envelope, if you want your visa posted back
If you want the embassy to post your visa back to you, you must enclose a stamped envelope with your address, and the return must go by Chronopost.
What this list doesn't tell you
This is the Paris embassy's own list. It does not state a minimum passport validity, health or vaccination paperwork, proof of funds, insurance, or how long processing takes. We did not find lists from other Central African embassies, so confirm with the embassy you will apply to.
Why applications on this route get refused
False or inaccurate information on the form
The form you sign says a false declaration exposes you to the penalties set by law and to having any future visa refused.
How to avoid it: Answer every question accurately, including your dates, your address in the Central African Republic and any earlier stays there.
Sending an incomplete file or an unprinted online form
The embassy stresses, in capitals, that an online application must be printed after you validate it and sent with your passport, 2 photos and every document requested. The source does not say what happens to an incomplete file.
How to avoid it: Before you post it, tick off every item on the form's own list of documents to provide, and make sure the printed form is signed and included.
Sources
- Embassy of the Central African Republic in France · checked 26 Sept 2026
- Embassy of the Central African Republic in France · checked 26 Sept 2026
- Embassy of the Central African Republic in France · checked 26 Sept 2026
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