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 Colombia, Dominica, Georgia (without a voucher), Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Samoa, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. It also grants visa free access to several additional countries – Azerbaijan, Botswana, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Russia and Turkey.[1]
Visa policy map
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 - May enter with a national ID card[4]
- 2 - May enter with a biometric national ID card[5]
- 3 – For citizens of Montenegro and Turkey the maximum permitted stay is 60 days.
- 4 – For citizens of Malaysia the maximum permitted stay is 30 days.
- 5 – 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.
- 6 – For British nationals, only British citizens, British Overseas Territories citizens with passports issued by Gibraltar, and British subjects with right of abode in the United Kingdom enjoy visa-free entry.
Nationals of the following countries do not require a visa if their passports are endorsed "for public affairs":
In addition:
- Holders of a valid Type "C" multiple entry visa or Permanent Residency for the Schengen Area may enter Macedonia for up to 15 days visa free. A work/study Aufenthaltstitel/Permis de séjour is not accepted.
- Holders of UN travel documents 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, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, 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:
See also
Annotations
- ↑ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received formal recognition as an independent state from 111 out of 193 United Nations member states.
References
- ↑ Visa regime of the Republic of Macedonia version 26.07.2013
- ↑ Visa regime of the Republic of Macedonia towards other countries
- ↑ "Country information (visa section)". Timatic. International Air Transport Association (IATA) through Olympic Air. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ↑ http://www.mfa.gov.mk/index.php/en/for-foreign-nationals/information-on-visa-entry-to-the-republic-of-macedonia/entry-in-the-republic-of-macedonia-for-schengen-visa-holders
- ↑ http://www.mfa.gov.mk/index.php/en/for-foreign-nationals/entry-visa-for-the-republic-of-macedonia/entry-visa-for-the-republic-of-macedonia