Ulaanbaatar
E-Visa Issuance Increased Four Times in 2023
Society
Ulaanbaatar, January 3, 2024 /MONTSAME/. In 2023, a total of 44,831 visa permissions and 40,734 Mongolian visas of appropriate types were issued by the Immigration Agency of Mongolia (IAM), Out of them 31,242 were electronic visas (E-visa). Compared to the same period of the previous year, visa issuance increased three times, and the number of e-visas increased four times.
Also, the Agency issued 23,555 residence permits in
Mongolia, and extended 19,488 residence permits, while deregistering 12,658
foreigners. The residence permit issuance increased by 2.5 times compared to
2022.
Since April 1, 2023, the Mongolian Immigration Agency has
been independently printing and issuing residence permit cards to foreigners and
it has printed 34,992 new residence permit cards and extended 4,664 residence
permits' validity.
As a result of digitalizing the visa application process since
2021, now 12 types of visa and permit services are available online. This made visa-obtaining
processes easier, reducing the necessity to come to IAM in person two times. In
2023, IAM received and processed a total of 115,211 applications and requests through
the electronic service system.
