Foreign diplomats engage in visa & migration talk

Politics
amina@montsame.mn
2017-01-31 09:23:04

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in cooperation with Mongolian Bar Association held a Forum on National Legal Environment on Visa and Migration Consulting Services at its building yesterday, January 30, gathering representatives of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Mongolia and foreign diplomatic missions in Ulaanbaatar such as of Australia, the US, the UK, Canada, Kazakhstan, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Germany, Italy, Cuba, Kuwait, Laos, the Russian Federation, Hungary, India, France and Japan.

During the forum, Mongolian Bar Association delivered a presentation on the result of a research conducted among Mongolian lawyers, current state of legal environment and future measures.

The Office of the Prosecutor General of Mongolia reported on the situation concerning criminal activities under the guise of visa assistance, their damage and legal environment for this type of crime.

The US Embassy representative talked about the embassy’s workshop program designed to prevent from tampering with visa documents and applications. It was agreed that illegal visa assistance and fraud crimes should be reported to the Prosecutor General Office through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Mongolian Office of VFS Global which receives visa applications for 7 countries introduced its operations at the forum.

Held in the frameworks of an objective to improve international travel conditions for Mongolian nationals, set in the 2016-2020 action plan of the Cabinet, the forum concluded that Mongolian lawyers need to intensify their studies on foreign laws on migration, boost their capacities, and create a legal environment conducive to consultancy for citizens.

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