{"id":16423,"date":"2023-10-23T14:07:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T12:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/?p=16423"},"modified":"2023-10-23T14:07:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T12:07:43","slug":"cameroon-visa-exemption-for-cemac-countries-and-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/blog\/cameroun-exemption-de-visa-pour-les-pays-de-la-cemac-et-la-suisse\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameroon: visa exemption for CEMAC countries and Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nationals of the <strong>Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC)<\/strong> can now travel to Cameroon without having to apply for a visa. This decision concerns citizens of <strong>Congo<\/strong>from <strong>Gabon<\/strong>the <strong>Equatorial Guinea<\/strong>the <strong>Central African Republic<\/strong> and <strong>Chad<\/strong>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Visa exemption certificate for CEMAC nationals<\/h2>\n<p>In order to formalize this new provision, the persons concerned will have to obtain a <strong>visa exemption certificate<\/strong>. This document will be issued by the Cameroonian embassy in France, and will enable beneficiaries to travel freely in Cameroon without fear of administrative complications.<\/p>\n<h3>What is CEMAC?<\/h3>\n<p>The Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) was created in 1994 to promote the economic and monetary integration of these countries.<\/p>\n<p>CEMAC is made up of two main institutions: the<strong>Central African Monetary Union (UMAC)<\/strong>which is responsible for managing the CFA franc, the common currency of the member countries, and the<strong>Central African Economic Union (UEAC)<\/strong>Its mission is to harmonize the regulations in force in the member states in order to facilitate trade and the convergence of economic policies.<\/p>\n<h2>What about Switzerland?<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to the CEMAC countries, the <strong>Swiss citizens holding an official passport (diplomatic or service)<\/strong> will also be able to benefit from this visa exemption.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cemac.jpeg\" alt=\"Certificate from the Embassy of Cameroon\" width=\"706\" height=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"1:1-1:174\">The e-Visa for Cameroon is a <strong>electronic visa<\/strong> which enables nationals of around <strong>150 countries<\/strong> to travel to Cameroon without having to go to a consulate or embassy. It allows one or more entries for stays of <strong>90 days<\/strong> maximum.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citizens of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) can now travel to Cameroon without having to apply for a visa. This decision concerns citizens of Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic and Chad.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[96],"class_list":["post-16423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afrique","tag-cameroun"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}