Ulaanbaatar
Foreigners getting visa through electronic system
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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. A total of 64 visa types are included
in the updated regulations for the issuance of Mongolian visa, and the visas for the purposes of tourism (K2), participating in
cultural and arts events and sports competitions as well as creating films and
content (K4), and transit (K6) are being issued online in Mongolia.
The first foreigner visited the Mongolia using an e-visa was a
Korean citizen, Kim Tae-hee, who applied for a tourist or K2 visa online on
October 25 and arrived in Mongolia on a Seoul-Ulaanbaatar flight on October 29,
reports the Department of Foreign Nationals. Ch.Altansukh, Head of Foreign Relations and Cooperation Division of the Office of Immigration, Naturalization and Foreign Citizens (OINFC), Kim Tae Wang, First Secretary and Consul of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Mongolia received Kim Tae-hee and paid a courtesy.
With an aim to promote
tourism and increase the number of tourists, electronic visas have been issued
to the nationals of 36 countries since October 1.
