Visa policy of Mongolia

Mongolia visa
Mongolia entry and exit stamps issued to a national of Singapore at Chinggis Khaan International Airport

All visitors to Mongolia require a visa unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries.[1]

Visa policy

Visitors from any country planning to stay in Mongolia for more than 30 days must register with the Mongolia Immigration Agency in Ulaanbaatar within the first seven days of arrival. Visitors who fail to register and who stay longer than 30 days, even for reasons beyond their control, will be stopped at departure, temporarily denied exit, and fined.[2] Until 1997, individual tourists wishing to visit Mongolia needed a letter of invitation from either a Mongolian citizen or a foreign resident before being granted a visa. Since then the visa regime has been greatly liberalised with a resultant increase in tourism.[3]

Mongolia previously had a temporary unilateral visa waiver for the citizens of 42 countries in place between June 2014 and December 2015.[4]

Visa policy map

Visa exempt countries

Visa exemptions

Mongolia grants visa-free access to citizens of 22 countries and territories.[5]

90 days

1 — Provided holding official or private invitation.

30 days

21 days

14 days

Holders of passports for public affairs

Frequent visitors

1 — 4 visits in previous 2 years or 10 times in total.[6]
Diplomatic and official passports

Visa exemption applies only to holders of diplomatic passports of Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Japan, United Kingdom and holders of diplomatic or official/service passports of Albania, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Latvia, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Peru, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, South Korea and Vietnam.

Visa collection on arrival

Holders of a confirmation of a pre-arranged visa can obtain a single entry visa on arrival at Chinggis Khaan International Airport, provided their passport is valid for at least one year on arrival, arriving from a country without diplomatic representation of Mongolia and that sponsor in Mongolia submits request to the Mongolian Immigration Authority. The fee is 108,000 tögrög and 3 USD.[1]

Statistics

Most visitors arriving to Mongolia on short term basis were from the following countries of nationality:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Country information (visa section)". Timatic. International Air Transport Association (IATA) through Olympic Air. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. ↑ US State Department
  3. ↑ Eagles, Paul F. J., Margaret E. Bowman Guidelines for tourism in parks and protected areas of East Asia p 23 2005, ISBN 978-2-8317-0579-8
  4. ↑ Government resolves to allow citizens of 42 Countries to travel Mongolia visa-free in 2014-2015
  5. ↑ LIST OF VISA FREE COUNTRIES, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mongolia (November 2016)
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ Under the Visa Agreement between USSR and Mongolia on 20 December 1979
  8. ↑ Under the Visa Agreement on 2 December 1994
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ https://www.news.mn/r/151300
  11. ↑ Under the Visa Agreement on 14 September 2007
  12. ↑ Under the Visa Agreement on 4 September 2013
    Previous visa-free agreement under different terms was applied under the Visa Agreement between USSR and Mongolia on 20 December 1979 Visa policy of Mongolia in 2013
  13. ↑ Was applied from 24 April 1977 under the Visa Agreement between Mongolia and Czechoslovakia on 20 December 1976
  14. ↑
  15. ↑ Was applied under the Visa Agreement between USSR and Mongolia on 20 December 1979
  16. ↑
  17. ↑ According to the Government decision, passport holders might travel to Mongolia for tourist and/or business purposes without visa and stay up to 30 days, from 25 June 2014 to 31 December 2015.
  18. ↑ "Statistics of Tourists to Mongolia" (PDF). Нийслэлийн Аялал. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  19. ↑ http://tourism.ub.gov.mn/?p=3099
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