Visa policy of Mongolia explained

Visitors to Mongolia must obtain a visa from one of the Mongolian diplomatic missions unless they are citizens of one of the visa-exempt countries, or citizens who may obtain a visa on arrival, or citizens eligible for an e-Visa.

All visitors must have a passport valid for at least 6 months from the date of arrival.

Overview

Visitors from any country planning to stay in Mongolia for more than 30 days must register with the Mongolia Immigration Agency in Ulaanbaatar within the first seven days of arrival.

Visitors who fail to register and who stay longer than 30 days, even for reasons beyond their control, will be stopped at departure, temporarily denied exit, and fined. Until 1997, individual tourists wishing to visit Mongolia needed a letter of invitation from either a Mongolian citizen or a foreign resident before being granted a visa.

Since then the visa regime has been greatly liberalised with a resultant increase in tourism.^[1]

Visa exemption

Holders of passports of the following countries and territories may enter Mongolia without a visa:^{[2] [3]}

90 days Argentina Belarus Brazil Chile Ecuador Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Macao Paraguay Peru Serbia ^T1 United States 30 days All European Union member states^3 Australia^T2 Canada Cuba Israel Japan Iceland^T2 Liechtenstein^T2 Malaysia Maldives Monaco^T2 New Zealand^T2 Norway^3 Singapore Switzerland^T2 Turkey Thailand United Arab Emirates United Kingdom^T2 Uruguay Uzbekistan 21 days Philippines 14 days Hong Kong

_{T1 - Temporary visa-free policy available until 31 December 2024.^[4]
T2 - Temporary visa-free policy available until 31 December 2025 (German citizens are not restricted).}

In addition, holders of passports of the following countries may enter Mongolia for no more than 90 days without a visa provided that they hold an official invitation:

Ukraine

Non-ordinary passports

• Holders of diplomatic, official or service passports issued by All ASEAN Member States (except Philippines), Albania, Argentina (90 days), Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus (90 days), Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Ecuador (90 days), Germany, Greece, Hong Kong (14 days), Hungary, India, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Maldives, Malta, Macau (90 days), Mexico, Nepal, North Korea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines (21 days), Poland, Romania, Slovakia, South Korea (90 days), Switzerland, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates and Ukraine and holders of diplomatic passports of Czech Republic, Estonia (biometric passports only), France, Italy and United Kingdom do not require a visa for a maximum stay of 30 days (unless otherwise stated).
• Holders of special passports issued by Maldives, Singapore and Turkey do not require a visa for a maximum stay of 30 days.
• Citizens of China holding a passport for public affairs do not require a visa for a maximum stay of 30 days.
• Holders of United Nations Laissez-Passer, officials of the United Nations Specialized Agencies and Interpol Travel Document travelling to Mongolia for purposes of tourism, business and residency do not require a visa for a maximum stay of 30 days.

Future changes

Mongolia has signed visa exemption agreements with the following countries, but they have, as yet, not entered into force:

Country	Passports	Agreement signed on
Belgium^[21]	Diplomatic, official	9 January 2024
Luxembourg	Diplomatic, official	9 January 2024
Netherlands	Diplomatic, official	9 January 2024
Ukraine^[22]	Ordinary	8 November 2019

Visa on arrival

Citizens of following countries traveling as tourists may obtain a visa on arrival at Chinggis Khaan International Airport for a maximum stay of 30 days. They must have a completed visa application form, a passport photo (3.5 x 4.5 cm), a hotel / accommodation confirmation and a return / onward ticket.

India Kuwait Qatar

Electronic Visa (e-Visa)

The following countries and territories may obtain an e-Visa:^{[23] [24]}

Albania Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Bahamas Barbados Belize Benin Bhutan Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Central African Republic China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cuba Djibouti Dominica El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Fiji Gabon

Gambia Ghana Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Jamaica Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Montenegro Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Palau

Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Solomon Islands South Africa Suriname Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Uganda Vanuatu Zambia Zimbabwe

e-Visa have been available since 1 October 2021,^[25] and pplications will be processed in 3 working days.^[26]

Visa type	Duration of stay	Validity	Number of entry	Visa fee^[27]
Tourism (K2)	30 days	150 days	Single	51.50 USD
Sports or cultural events (K4)	30 days	150 days	Single	51.50 USD
Transit (K6)	10 days	150 days	Single	25.75 USD

Visa requirements

Holders of confirmation of a pre-arranged visa may obtain a single entry visa on arrival at Chinggis Khaan International Airport, provided they are in possession of a completed visa application form and a passport photo, are arriving from a country without diplomatic representation of Mongolia, and have a sponsor in Mongolia who submits request to the Mongolian Immigration Authority.

Visitor statistics

Most visitors arriving in Mongolia on short term basis for tourism were from the following countries of nationality:

Rank	Country	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013
1		144,070	131,312	145,029	157,561	178,326
2		106,935	84,065	70,668	73,055	74,468
3		74,985	57,587	47,213	45,476	45,178
4		22,582	19,985	19,277	18,282	18,178
5		16,684	15,859	14,420	13,987	14,701
6		14,234	13,370	14,434	13,562	11,422
7		10,586	9,709	8,992	9,551	9,499
8		10,044	9,035	7,989	7,733	7,407
9		6,689	5,631	4,804	5,118	6,765
10		6,012	6,161	6,148	5,758	6,391
Other		58,273	51,442	47,230	42,761	45,480
Total		471,094	404,156	386,204	392,844	417,815
Source: Ulaanbaatar Tourism Department^[28] ^[29] ^[30] ^[31]

See also

• Visa requirements for Mongolian citizens

External links

• Mongolian Immigration
• Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia
• Mongolian Electronic Visa

Notes and References

1. Eagles, Paul F. J., Margaret E. Bowman Guidelines for tourism in parks and protected areas of East Asia p 23 2005,
2. Web site: Citizens of the following countries/regions are exempted from visa to enter Mongolia . 27 December 2022 . Consul.mn . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia – Consular Department.
3. Web site: International travel documents . 27 December 2022 . . International Air Transport Association through United Airlines.
4. Web site: Citizens of the Republic of Korea coming to Mongolia for the purpose of tourism have been exempted from visa requirements . www.mongolia.gov.mn . 4 May 2022.
5. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20170801073114/http://210.5.104.56/treaty/scanneddocs/406.pdf . 2017-08-01 . Agreement on the reciprocal abolition of transit and visitors visa requirements between the Government of the Philippines and the Government of Mongolia . 1994-05-13.
6. Under the Visa Agreement on 2 December 1994
7. Web site: News.MN - Мэдээллийн эх сурвалж . www.news.mn.
8. Under the Visa Agreement on 14 September 2007
9. Under the Visa Agreement on 4 September 2013Previous visa-free agreement under different terms was applied under the Visa Agreement between USSR and Mongolia on 20 December 1979
10. https://concordia.itamaraty.gov.br/detalhamento/11697 Reciprocal understanding, by exchange of notes, between the government of the Federative Republic of Brazil and the government of the Republic of Mongolia on waiver of short-duration visas
11. Web site: Biblioteca Digital de Tratados - Usted se encuentra en la página de inicio.
12. Web site: О встрече с замглавы МИД Монголии . 28 April 2023.
13. Web site: Temporary exemption from visa requirements for citizens of some countries to visit Mongolia . 8 January 2023 . Consul.mn . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia – Consular Department.
14. Web site: Mongolia and Paraguay sign visa waiver agreement. akipress.com.
15. Web site: Attention to people visit to Vietnam.
16. Was applied from 24 April 1977 under the Visa Agreement between Mongolia and Czechoslovakia on 20 December 1976
17. Web site: 509/1992 Zb. - o Dojednaní medzi vládou Českej a Slovens... - Nové ASPI - Wolters Kluwer SR, s.r.o. . www.noveaspi.sk.
18. Was applied under the Visa Agreement between USSR and Mongolia on 20 December 1979
19. Web site: List of Countries and Regions without Visa - THE EMBASSY OF MONGOLIA TO THE SWISS CONFEDERATION AND THE PERMANENT MISSION OF MONGOLIA TO UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS . embassyofmongolia.ch. 30 March 2023.
20. According to the Government decision, passport holders might travel to Mongolia for tourist and/or business purposes without visa and stay up to 30 days, from 25 June 2014 to 31 December 2015.
21. Web site: Negotiations on exemption from visa requirements with Benelux countries established. 10 January 2024.
22. Web site: UkrInform: Ukraine signs a visa-free regime with Mongolia | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice. 9 November 2019.
23. Web site: Mongolia eVisa.
24. Web site: 15 February 2023 . List of countries eligible for electronic visa application . Consul.mn . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia - Consular Department.
25. Web site: Монгол Улс анх удаа цахим визээр гадаадын иргэн нэвтрүүллээ . Immigration Agency Of Mongolia.
26. Web site: 11 April 2022 . General visa information . Consul.mn . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia – Consular Department.
27. Web site: Andrew J. Wein . MONGOLIA ACTIVATES ITS ELECTRONIC VISA PROGRAM . TourismReview.
28. Web site: Statistics of Tourists to Mongolia. Нийслэлийн Аялал . 2016-04-21.
29. Web site: 2015 Оны Жуулчны Болон Аялал Жуулчлалын Салбарын Орлогын Мэдээг Өнгөрсөн Оны Мөн Үетэй Харьцуулсан Мэдээ. 19 February 2016 .
30. Web site: 2016 ОНЫ ЖИЛИЙН ЭЦСИЙН МЭДЭЭГ - 2015 ОНЫ МӨН ҮЕТЭЙ ХАРЬЦУУЛСАН МЭДЭЭ (Final announcement for 2016 - News compared to 2015 times) . mn.
31. Web site: 2017 ОНЫ ЖИЛИЙН ЭЦСИЙН МЭДЭЭГ - 2016 ОНЫ МӨН ҮЕТЭЙ ХАРЬЦУУЛСАН МЭДЭЭ (Final announcement for 2017 - News compared to 2016 times) . JPG . mn.