Visa policy of the Republic of Macedonia

Visitors to the Republic of Macedonia must obtain a visa from one of the Republic of Macedonia diplomatic missions unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries.

Visa policy of the Republic of Macedonia is similar to the Visa policy of the Schengen Area. It grants 90 day visa-free entry to all Schengen Annex II nationalities except Moldova. It also grants visa free access to several additional countries – Azerbaijan, Botswana, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Peru, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates.^[1]

Visa policy map

Republic of Macedonia

Visa-free access up to 90 days

Visa-free access up to 60 days

Visa-free access up to 30 days

Visa-free access provided holding a tourist voucher

Visa-free access with passports endorsed "business" or "for public affairs"

Visa required

Visa and approval from the Ministry of Interior required

Visa exemption

Below is a list of countries whose nationals do not require a visa for visits to Macedonia of up to 90 days:^[2]^[3]

^{1 – For citizens of Montenegro and Turkey the maximum permitted stay is 60 days.}
^{2 – For citizens of Malaysia the maximum permitted stay is 30 days.}
_{3 – For nationals of Belarus and Georgia holding normal passports travelling as a tourist either individually with "vouchers" or in a travel group organised by travel agencies.}

Nationals of the following countries do not require a visa if their passports are endorsed "business":

In addition:

Holders of a valid multiple entry visa for the Schengen Area may enter Macedonia for up to 15 days visa free.
Visitors from the European Union and the Schengen Area, Albania, Montenegro and Serbia can enter Macedonia with an identity card.
Holders of UN travel documents also do not require a visa.

Approval

In addition to a visa, nationals of Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cameroon, China, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam and Yemen need approval from the Ministry of Interior.

Diplomatic and official passports

Additionally, only holders of diplomatic and official passports of the following countries do not require visas for Macedonia:

Belarus
China
Georgia
India (diplomatic only)

References

↑ Visa regime of the Republic of Macedonia version 26.07.2013
↑ Visa regime of the Republic of Macedonia towards other countries
↑ "Visa Information - Republic of Macedonia". Timatic. IATA. Retrieved 17 December 2013.

External links

Entry Visa for the Republic of Macedonia

Visa policy by country

Africa

Central	Angola Cameroon Central African Republic Chad DR Congo R Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon Sao Tome and Principe

Eastern	Burundi Comoros Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Rwanda Seychelles Somalia South Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Northern	Algeria Egypt⁸ Libya Morocco Sudan Tunisia

Southern	Botswana Lesotho Namibia Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha¹ South Africa Swaziland

Western	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Cote d'Ivoire Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo

Americas

Caribbean	Dutch Caribbean Aruba Caribbean Netherlands Curaçao Sint Maarten Anguilla¹ Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados British Virgin Islands¹ Cayman Islands¹ Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Haiti Jamaica Montserrat¹ St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands¹

Central	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama

North	Bermuda¹ Canada Mexico United States

South	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Falkland Islands¹ Guyana Paraguay Peru South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands¹ Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

Asia

Central & North	Afghanistan Kazakhstan⁶ Kyrgyzstan Russia³ Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

East	China Hong Kong Macau Japan North Korea South Korea Mongolia Taiwan¹⁰

South	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka

Southeast	Brunei Cambodia East Timor Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam

Western	Abkhazia⁵¹⁰ Akrotiri and Dhekelia¹ ⁷ Armenia⁷ Azerbaijan⁵ Bahrain Cyprus⁷ Egypt⁸ Georgia⁵ Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Nagorno-Karabakh⁷ ¹⁰ Northern Cyprus⁷ ¹⁰ Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia South Ossetia⁵ Syria Turkey⁴ United Arab Emirates Yemen

Europe

European Union/EFTA	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Cyprus⁷ Denmark Estonia Finland France Overseas Germany Gibraltar¹ Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Overseas

Other Europe	Abkhazia⁵ ¹⁰ Akrotiri and Dhekelia¹ ⁷ Albania Andorra Armenia⁷ Azerbaijan⁵ Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Georgia⁵ Kazakhstan⁶ Kosovo¹⁰ Macedonia Moldova Monaco ² Montenegro Nagorno-Karabakh⁷ ¹⁰ Northern Cyprus⁷ ¹⁰ Russia³ San Marino ² Serbia South Ossetia⁵ ¹⁰ Transnistria¹⁰ Turkey⁴ Ukraine Vatican City ²

Oceania

Australia
Cook Islands⁹
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
New Zealand
Niue⁹
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn Islands¹
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tokelau⁹
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu

¹ British Overseas Territories. ² Open border with Schengen Area. ³ Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia, therefore Russia as a whole is included as a European country here. ⁴ Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Has a small part of its territory (3%) in Southeast Europe called Turkish Thrace. ⁵ Azerbaijan and Georgia (Abkhazia; South Ossetia) are transcontinental countries. Both have a small part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus. ⁶ Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country. Has a small part of its territories located west of the Urals in Eastern Europe. ⁷ Armenia (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Cyprus (Northern Cyprus; Akrotiri and Dhekelia) are entirely in Southwest Asia but having socio-political connections with Europe. ⁸ Egypt is a transcontinental country in North Africa and the Middle East. Has a small part of its territory in the Middle East called Sinai peninsula. ⁹ Part of the Realm of New Zealand. ¹⁰ Partially recognized.

Visa requirements

Africa

Central	Angolan Cameroonian Central African Republic Chadian DR Congo R Congo Equatorial Guinean Gabonese Santomean

Eastern	Burundian Comorian Djibouti Eritrean Ethiopian Kenyan Malagasy Malawian Mauritian Mozambican Rwandan Seychellois Somali South Sudanese Tanzanian Ugandan Zambian Zimbabwean

Northern	Algerian Egyptian⁸ Libyan Moroccan Sudanese Tunisian

Southern	Botswana Lesotho Namibian Saint Helena¹ South African Swazi

Western	Beninese Burkina Faso Cape Verdean Gambian Ghanaian Guinean Guinea-Bissauan Ivorian Liberian Malian Mauritanian Nigerian Nigerien Senegalese Sierra Leonean Togolese

Americas

Caribbean	Anguillan¹ Antigua and Barbuda Bahamian Barbadian British Virgin Islands¹ Caymanian¹ Cuban Dominica Dominican Republic Grenadian Haitian Jamaican Montserratian¹ Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucian Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands¹

Central	Belizean Costa Rican El Salvador Guatemalan Honduran Nicaraguan Panamanian

North	Bermudian¹ Canadian Mexican United States

South	Argentine Bolivian Brazilian Chilean Colombian Ecuadorian Guyanese Paraguayan Peruvian Surinamese Uruguayan Venezuelan

Asia

Central & North	Afghan Kazakhstani⁶ Kyrgyzstani Russian³ Tajik Turkmen Uzbekistani

East	Chinese Hong Konger Macanese Japanese North Korean South Korean Mongolian Taiwanese⁹

South	Bangladeshi Bhutanese Indian Maldivian Nepalese Pakistani Sri Lankan

Southeast	Bruneian Cambodian East Timorese Filipino Indonesian Laotian Malaysian Myanmar Singaporean Thai Vietnamese

Western	Abkhaz⁵ ⁹ Armenian⁷ Azerbaijani⁵ Bahraini Cypriot⁷ Egyptian⁸ Georgian⁵ Emirati Iranian Iraqi Israeli Jordanian Kuwaiti Lebanese Nagorno-Karabakh⁷ ⁹ Northern Cypriot⁷ ⁹ Omani Palestinian⁵ Qatari Saudi South Ossetian⁵ ⁹ Syrian Turkish⁴ Yemeni

Europe

European Union	Austrian Belgian British (BOTC · BN(O) · BOC) Bulgarian Croatian Cypriot⁷ Czech Danish Dutch Estonian (Non-citizens) Finnish French German Greek Hungarian Irish Italian Latvian (Non-citizens) Lithuanian Luxembourg Maltese Polish Portuguese Romanian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish

Other Europe	Abkhaz⁵ ⁹ Albanian Andorran² Armenian⁷ Azerbaijani⁵ Belarusian Bosnian and Herzegovinian Georgian⁵ Gibraltar¹ Icelandic² Kazakhstani⁶ Kosovan⁹ Liechtenstein² Macedonia Moldovan Monégasque² Montenegrin Nagorno-Karabakh⁷ ⁹ Northern Cypriot⁷ ⁹ Norwegian² Russian³ San Marino² Serbian South Ossetian⁵ ⁹ Sovereign Military Order of Malta Swiss Transnistrian⁹ Turkish⁴ Ukrainian Vatican City²

Oceania

¹ British Overseas Territories. ² Open border with Schengen Area. ³ Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia, therefore Russia as a whole is included as a European country here. ⁴ Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Has a small part of its territory (3%) in Southeast Europe called Turkish Thrace. ⁵ Azerbaijan and Georgia (Abkhazia; South Ossetia) are transcontinental countries. Both have a small part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus. ⁶ Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country. Has a small part of its territories located west of the Urals in Eastern Europe. ⁷ Armenia (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Cyprus (Northern Cyprus) are entirely in Southwest Asia but having socio-political connections with Europe. ⁸ Egypt is a transcontinental country in North Africa and the Middle East. Has a small part of its territory in the Middle East called Sinai peninsula. ⁹ Partially recognized.

Immigration law

Visa policies and requirements in the European Union

¹ Policy / Requirements

Policy / Requirements

Overseas

Visa policy of the British Overseas Territories • Visa policy of the French overseas departments and territories • Visa policy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean

Candidates

Albania • Macedonia • Montenegro • Serbia • Turkey

_{1 - Includes EFTA states.}