Resume rules in the Central African Republic
What employers in the Central African Republic expect on a Curriculum Vitae, what the law lets them ask for, and where the two disagree.
Call it a CV for the Central African Republic or a resume for the Central African Republic: it's the same document. Employers there usually want it written in French.
This is research, not legal advice. Employment and data protection law changes, state and provincial rules matter in federal countries, and practice varies by industry and seniority. Each entry shows when it was looked up and how confident we are. Where nothing reliable was published it says Not found rather than a guess.
Law and practice, side by side
The label on the right is what local hiring expects. The two lines under it are the law and the habit, which often disagree.
Photo: Expected
Expected for work permit applications (passport-sized)
What the law says: No legal requirement for applicants; must meet specifications for work visas
Date of birth: Uncommon
Uncommon in practice guides
Marital status: Uncommon
Uncommon
What the law says: No legal requirement
Sex or gender: Uncommon
Uncommon
What the law says: Prohibited to discriminate in hiring based on gender (Labour Code); no mandate for CV inclusion
Nationality: Expected
Expected for foreign applicants
What the law says: Not found for CV specifically
National ID number: Not found
Not found
The rest of the entry
- Local name of the document
- Curriculum Vitae
- Language to submit in
- French
- Typical length
- Not specified in sources
- Signature and date
- Not typically required
- Religion, ethnicity or caste
- Prohibited under anti-discrimination provisions
- Health, disability or pregnancy
- Prohibited under anti-discrimination provisions
- Other customary attachments
- For work permits: passport copy, qualifications, police clearance, medical certificate
- Employer may not ask for
- Religion, ethnicity, gender (for discrimination purposes), marital/family status
- Named statutes
- Loi n° 09-004 du 29 janvier 2009 (Labour Code); anti-discrimination provisions
- Data protection regime
- Loi 24/001 (2024) - Protection of Personal Data; National Authority for Data Protection established; broad territorial scope including sensitive data protections
- Anti-discrimination statutes
- Labour Code articles prohibit discrimination in recruitment, employment, training, promotion, and termination
- Local language source
- English only
Where this came from
Looked up 2026-08-15. Independently checked 2026-08-15. Medium confidence. Result of that check: Corrected.
Notes: Very limited published guidance on CV requirements. Labour Code exists (Loi n° 09-004 du 29 janvier 2009) but specific CV mandates not found. Anti-discrimination protections exist. No data protection authority identified in sources.
Researched with AI assistants working from a written checklist, then independently checked. How we researched this