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North Macedonia for Central African passport holders: Embassy visa

Your circumstances

Passport:
🇨🇫 Central African
Lives in:
Not specified (general rule)
Going to:
🇲🇰 North Macedonia
Purpose:
Holiday

Route summary

Embassy visa

Visa required

Central African passport holders need a visa for North Macedonia, unless they hold a qualifying EU/Schengen residence permit or multiple-entry Schengen, UK, US or Canadian visa.

Conditions

  • If you have temporary or permanent residence in an EU or Schengen country, or a multiple-entry Schengen visa (type C) valid at least 5 days beyond your stay, you can enter without a visa for up to 15 days per entry, at most 90 days in any 180 days.
  • The same applies to holders of a valid multiple-entry visa of the UK, the US or Canada (valid at least 5 days beyond the stay): up to 15 days per entry.
  • Apply at an embassy or consulate of North Macedonia.

About this route

Route type
Embassy visa: you apply through an embassy, consulate or appointed visa centre.
Documents
Document list not published by the official source.
Fee
Fee not published by the official source.
Processing
Processing time not published by the official source.

Next step

Steps not published by the official source — use the official link to start.

Official sourcemfa.gov.mk ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Last checked 2 Nov 2026 against mfa.gov.mk · Checked on the live official page

Documents

Document list not published by the official source.

Fees

Official government fee
Not published by the official source
Visa-centre / service fee (not a government fee)
None stated by the official source
Notes from the source
Fee not stated on the MFA pages read.

Visa-centre, service or other third-party charges are never official government fees.

Processing and validity

Processing time, validity and maximum stay: not published by the official source.

Already hold another country's visa or residence permit?

Some Central African passport holders can enter North Macedonia differently if they hold one of these documents. Add yours (optional – kept only in the page address):

Documents I hold (optional)

If you hold a valid Schengen/EU/UK/US/Canadian visa or residence permit: No visa needed – Up to 15 days per entry (at most 90 days in any 180)

Qualifying documents: Schengen visa, Schengen-country residence permit, EU-country residence permit, UK visa, US visa, Canadian visa.

  • Multiple-entry Schengen visa (type C) valid at least 5 days beyond your stay, or temporary/permanent residence in an EU or Schengen country: up to 15 days per entry, 90 days in any 180.
  • Multiple-entry UK, US or Canadian visa in the passport, valid 5 days longer than the planned stay: up to 15 days (temporary decision valid 1 January – 31 December 2026).

Temporary: valid until 2026-12-31 (UK/US/Canada visas only).

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia (mfa.gov.mk). Checked 16 Oct 2026.

What the source says

"Third-country nationals with multiple-entry Schengen visa (type C) valid for at least 5 (five) days beyond the intended stay … may stay no longer than 15 (fifteen) days upon every entry …" / "… hold a valid multiple-entry British, American or Canadian visa, inserted in the passport, whereby the length of their stay … should be up to 15 days … The Decision is of a temporary character and is valid from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026".

Border officers decide on entry. Check the official source before you travel.

How to apply: Visa required

Where to apply

Where: Embassy or consulate of North Macedonia

Quick answers

Do Central African passport holders need a visa for North Macedonia?

Visa required. Central African passport holders need a visa for North Macedonia, unless they hold a qualifying EU/Schengen residence permit or multiple-entry Schengen, UK, US or Canadian visa. Source: https://mfa.gov.mk/en-GB/konzularni-uslugi/dali-ti-e-potrebna-viza

Business, work or just passing through?

The rules above are for a holiday: tourism and visiting family and friends. Business visits, paid work and transit are covered separately below.

Business visits to North Macedonia

Not verified yet (not yet covered). We haven't verified the business rules for Central African passport holders, and we don't publish rules we haven't checked against an official source. A rule that is awaiting verification or not yet covered is not a negative visa decision: it only means we haven't confirmed it on an official source yet. Until then, see mfa.gov.mk.

Working in North Macedonia

⚠ Not from an official source: items marked below come from secondary sources (law firms, employer-of-record guides, IOM, Wikipedia), not the destination government. They are not verified and may be out of date; confirm with the embassy or immigration authority.

Main work visa routes for North Macedonia

These are the main routes and what they require. Whether you qualify depends on your circumstances; the official page decides.

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Requirements, fees and thresholds change; confirm on the official page before applying.

Your work travel report

We only create the PDF report from rules checked against an official government source.

Transit through North Macedonia

Option 1
Visa-freeTransit (changing flights)

Airside transit may not need a visa - depends on airline and airport (not from an official source)

Unofficial source – not verified

This rule is not from an official North Macedonia government source. It is based on a secondary reference source (dict.dyimin.com). Confirm with the embassy or the official immigration authority before you travel.

Not from an official North Macedonia government source: based on the World Visa Encyclopedia (dict.dyimin.com, an unofficial reference site), a single unofficial source. Not verified - conditions vary by airline and airport; confirm with your airline and the embassy before travel. The site says: “Generally, a transit visa may not be required for a simple transfer where a passenger waits for a connecting flight within the airport's international transit area without passing through immigration control.”

Conditions

  • Stay in the international transit area (airside); do not pass immigration.
  • Check your airline allows it (through ticket and checked-through baggage).
Government fee
Fee not officially published
Processing
Not verified yet
Validity
Not verified yet
Max stay
Not verified yet
Steps, documents & where to apply

How to apply

Steps not verified yet — follow the official source below.

Documents checklist

Document list not verified yet — check the official source.

✓ Secondary_research

Official wording

“World Visa Encyclopedia (dict.dyimin.com), 'North Macedonia' chapter 14 Transit / Transfer: “Generally, a transit visa may not be required for a simple transfer where a passenger waits for a connecting flight within the airport's international transit area without passing through immigration control.””

Your transit travel report

We only create the PDF report from rules checked against an official government source.

Alert me if this route changes

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Before you go to North Macedonia

Customs cash limits and the scams official travel advice warns about in North Macedonia.

Cash you can bring in and take out

Bringing cash in
Declare foreign cash over EUR 10,000 to customs on arrival; customs issues a written certificate.
Taking cash out
Non-residents can take out up to EUR 10,000 freely; more only with the certificate of the amount declared on entry. Residents must declare over EUR 2,000 and cannot take out more than EUR 10,000.

Official source: customs.gov.mk · Last checked 4 Oct 2026 · Details

Common tourist traps

  1. Child pickpocket gangs and bag snatching

    How it works: Gangs of children pickpocket and snatch bags in the main shopping and entertainment areas late at night; foreigners appear to be targeted.

    How to avoid it: Keep possessions secure, carry a copy of your passport photo page and keep the passport in a safe place.

Emergency numbers in North Macedonia

Paraphrased from official travel advice: gov.uk · FCDO page updated 13 Aug 2026 · Last checked 2 Nov 2026.

Explore North Macedonia

Planning more than the paperwork? Our North Macedonia guide picks out places to visit, with a source for every tip.

Places to visit:
Lake Ohrid and Ohrid town
Read the full North Macedonia guide

Central African passport: of the 151 destinations with a rule verified from an official source, 16 visa-free, 13 visa on arrival, 33 eVisa or travel authorisation, 89 embassy visa.

North Macedonia: rules verified from an official source for 195 of 198 passports. North Macedonia guide and every passport →

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Plan your trip to North Macedonia

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