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FCDO travel advice for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 31 December 2025

• Warnings and insurance

  Your travel insurance could be invalidated if you travel against advice…

• Entry requirements

  This information is for people travelling on a full ‘British citizen’…

• Safety and security

  This guide also has safety advice for regions of the Democratic Republic…

• Regional risks

  This section has safety advice for regions of the Democratic Republic of…

• Health

  Before you travel check that: your destination can provide the healthcare…

• Getting help

  The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) cannot provide…

• Updated: 1 January 1999

• Updated: 1 January 2013

Listing of countries with a known occurrence of high consequence infectious disease (HCID).

• Updated: 28 January 2026

Website of Ards and North Down Borough Council

• Updated: 26 June 2025

• Updated: 26 November 2025

An explanation of the offshore SEA process, including documentation of the most recent assessment and related consultation.

• Updated: 29 January 2026

Regional Fisheries Groups (RFGs) are an initiative set up to enable the inshore fishing sector to come together to share views and promote collaborative working with organisations such as MMO, Defra, Cefas and local IFCAs.

• Updated: 31 December 2024

Thorn Cross is a men’s open prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Warrington, Cheshire.

• Updated: 30 October 2025

• Updated: 1 January 2006