Guidance

Democratic Republic of the Congo: country policy and information notes

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 9 December 2016
• Last updated: 14 November 2023 — See all updates

Documents

Country policy and information note: opposition to the government, Democratic Republic of the Congo, November 2023 (accessible)

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Country policy and information note: opposition to the government, Democratic Republic of the Congo, November 2023

PDF, 960 KB, 32 pages

Country policy and information note: unsuccessful asylum seekers, Democratic Republic of the Congo, September 2023 (accessible)

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Country policy and information note: unsuccessful asylum seekers, Democratic Republic of the Congo, September 2023

PDF, 250 KB, 15 pages

Details

Country policy and information notes (previously known as country information and guidance reports) are used by UK Visas and Immigration officials to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

The notes also give information on asylum seekers’ countries of origin.

Published 9 December 2016
Last updated 14 November 2023 + show all updates

1. 14 November 2023

   Added information note on opposition to the government.

2. 17 October 2023

   Information about women fearing gender-based harm or violence, September 2018, has been removed because it is out of date.

3. 15 September 2023

   Added information on unsuccessful asylum seekers.

4. 16 June 2023

   Removed information on 'Unsuccessful asylum seekers' and 'Opposition to government' as it is out of date.

5. 15 January 2020

   Added Country Policy and Information Note: Unsuccessful asylum seekers, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 2020.

6. 21 November 2019

   Replaced the Democratic Republic of Congo - Opposition to Government document.

7. 30 January 2019

   Added a new document: Democratic Republic of Congo: Unsuccessful asylum seekers

8. 21 September 2018

   Replaced 'Women fearing gender-based harm or violence, Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 2017' with 2018 version.

9. 7 September 2018

   Updated the opposition to the government document.

10. 20 June 2017

    New country policy information note on women fearing gender-based harm or violence.

11. 20 February 2017

    Removal of the country of origin information report for the Democratic Republic of Congo, 9 March 2012.

12. 9 December 2016

    First published.