D.Turkhuu: Electronic visa permit service is now available
SocietyUlaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. The Mongolia Immigration Agency has just started
issuing an electronic visa permit to the foreign nationals. In this regard, we
have interviewed Mr. Turkhuu, Officer of the Visa and Citizenship Department of
the Mongolia Immigration Agency to highlight the service.
It is understood
that the electronic service of issuing the private invitation and visa permit
is now accessible. Please give us detailed information about the service?
The
Mongolia Immigration Agency has been functioning under the purpose of applying
“e-Immigration” service since 2017. The main functions of the agency are the
issuance of a visa, visa permit, residence permit, registration and control of
foreign nationals, and enforcement and resolution of the violations occurred.
The agency introduces step by step actions towards applying advanced
information technology to implement timely and citizen-centered service.
Furthermore, the Government of Mongolia has announced 2019 as the "Year of
citizen-centered state service". Within this framework, our organization
has commenced providing electronic service of visa permits. “Visa permit” means
the permit granted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Mongolia
Immigration Agency to the diplomatic missions of Mongolia abroad and the border
checkpoints to issue a visa to foreign nationals. The Mongolia Immigration
Agency has just begun to electronically receive the application of visa permits
of the temporary visitors 31-90 days’ visa and multiple entry 30 days’ visa
issued at Mongolian diplomatic and consular missions, and all types of visa
permits issued at the international border checkpoints of Mongolia.
How will the
customers of the Mongolia Immigration Agency apply for the e-service? Also, how
many days will it take to receive the response?
It
is possible to get the electronic service by visiting and registering at the
“E-VISA” webpage which locates at the upper right site of Mongolia Immigration
Agency’s official website - immigration.gov.mn. When a registered user reads
the instruction and enters the required application documents to the system,
Mongolia Immigration Agency officers accept the application. If the
electronically sent documents are complete, the visa officers will send the
visa permit via e-mail or message in 3 working days.
What are the
concerns when applying for e-visa permit?
At
first, it is recommended to thoroughly read the steps on how to apply for the
electronic visa permit before completing the application. The immigration
officer of the border checkpoint may refuse to grant a visa to foreign national
with visa permit based on the interview as determining the foreigner has
different purpose of entry and visa application information. Therefore,
individuals and representatives of the organizations applying for the visa permit
on behalf of the foreign national must be responsible and provide accurate
information. There are several grounds for refusing to grant visas. For
example, if the foreign national was punished for violation set forth in
Article 16.2 of the “Law on Violation” one month before, fails to determine the
purpose of visiting Mongolia, has not brought necessary documents, has compiled
the fraudulent document, has false statement, fails to complete the application
form fully and so on.
How do you see the
advantages and benefits of the e-service?
The
advanced technology and electronic services have a more significant benefit to
simplify any service. The global community takes advantage of high-speed
internet and technological advances. In this sense, we are introducing state
service which conforms with the international standards and needs of our
customers. Previously, our customers used to arrive at the Mongolia Immigration
Agency twice for one application to bring application documents at first and
obtain the result at second. But now, it is possible to get an application
result without even coming. The e-service has other precious advantages, and
for example, the state service promptness would not be affected due to the
personal behavior and relationships issue.