Ulaanbaatar
Citizens of 61 Countries Are Visa Free
Politics
Ulaanbaatar, April 8, 2023 /MONTSAME/. At the session of the State Great Khural of April 7, Minister of Foreign Affairs B. Battsetseg informed about the policies and strategies to promote Mongolia abroad, and the measures to intensify international cooperation.
In her speech, the Minister said
that the Strategic Plan for Foreign Promotion was approved last February. The
document was developed and presented to the Government’s meeting in the scope
of four directions: firstly, investment, secondly, tourism, thirdly, human
rights, democracy, and fourthly, good governance and digital development. The
National Tourism Committee holds its meetings every week to inform the plan’s
progress.
As part of the “Years to Visit Mongolia,” announced by the Government, citizens of 61 countries have been exempted from the visa requirements. Previously, citizens of 30 countries were exempted from visa
requirements. Now with the addition of 31 countries, citizens of the above
number of countries can travel to our country without a visa. In other words, the
fees charged for citizens of the EU countries have been cancelled. Citizens of
our country pay 60 euros to travel to Europe.
Currently, citizens of 99 countries have an opportunity to obtain electronic visa. The Minister noted that they are working to make all countries, considered possible, visa-free in the future. As for the two neighbors, citizens of the Russian Federation are not required visa. Citizens of the People’s Republic of China get visa. However, as part of the development of border tourism, group of tourists is allowed to travel without a visa for a certain period. Besides, the Chinese citizens are getting their visas online.
