# Visa policy of Mongolia

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.

## Visa exemption

Holders of passports of the following countries and territories may enter Mongolia without a visa:
| Argentina  Belarus  Brazil  Chile  Ecuador | Kazakhstan  Kyrgyzstan  Macao  Paraguay  Peru | Serbia  South Korea$^{T1}$  United States |
| Australia$^{T2}$  Canada  Cuba  Israel  Japan  Iceland$^{T2}$  Laos  Liechtenstein$^{T2}$ | Malaysia  Maldives  Monaco$^{T2}$  New Zealand$^{T2}$  Norway$^{T2}$  Russia  Singapore  Switzerland$^{T2}$ | Turkey  Thailand  United Arab Emirates  United Kingdom$^{T2}$  Uruguay  Uzbekistan  Vietnam |
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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:
Date of visa changes :

### 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 | Diplomatic, official | 9 January 2024 |
| Luxembourg | Diplomatic, official | 9 January 2024 |
| Netherlands | Diplomatic, official | 9 January 2024 |
| Ukraine | 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:
| Albania  Andorra  Angola  Antigua and Barbuda  Armenia  Bahamas  Barbados  Belize  Benin  Bhutan  Bolivia  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Botswana  Brunei  Burundi  Cambodia  Cape Verde  Central African Republic  China  Colombia  Comoros  Congo  Costa Rica  Cuba  Democratic Republic of the Congo  Djibouti  Dominica  El Salvador  Equatorial Guinea  Eritrea  Eswatini  Ethiopia  Fiji  Gabon | Gambia  Ghana  Grenada  Guatemala  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau  Guyana  Haiti  Honduras  India  Indonesia  Ivory Coast  Jamaica  Kenya  Kiribati  Kuwait  Lesotho  Madagascar  Malawi  Marshall Islands  Mauritania  Mauritius  Mexico  Micronesia  Moldova  Montenegro  Mozambique  Myanmar  Namibia  Nauru  Nepal  Nicaragua  North Macedonia  Palau | Panama  Papua New Guinea  Paraguay  Rwanda  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Samoa  San Marino  São Tomé and Príncipe  Saudi Arabia  Senegal  Seychelles  Sierra Leone  Solomon Islands  South Africa  South Sudan  Suriname  Taiwan  Tanzania  Timor-Leste  Togo  Tonga  Trinidad and Tobago  Tuvalu  Uganda  Vanuatu  Vatican City  Venezuela  Vietnam  Zambia  Zimbabwe |
e-Visa have been available since 1 October 2021, and applications will be processed in 3 working days and cost of e-visas varies based on the applicant passport.
| Visa type | Duration of stay | Validity | Number of entry | Visa fee |
| Tourism (K2) | 30 days | 150 days | Single | between 5.50 and 51.50 USD |
| Sports or cultural events (K4) | 30 days | 150 days | Single | between 5.50 and 51.50 USD |
| Transit (K6) | 10 days | 150 days | Single | between 2.75 and 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 | China | 144,070 | 131,312 | 145,029 | 157,561 | 178,326 |
| 2 | Russia | 106,935 | 84,065 | 70,668 | 73,055 | 74,468 |
| 3 | South Korea | 74,985 | 57,587 | 47,213 | 45,476 | 45,178 |
| 4 | Japan | 22,582 | 19,985 | 19,277 | 18,282 | 18,178 |
| 5 | United States | 16,684 | 15,859 | 14,420 | 13,987 | 14,701 |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 14,234 | 13,370 | 14,434 | 13,562 | 11,422 |
| 7 | Germany | 10,586 | 9,709 | 8,992 | 9,551 | 9,499 |
| 8 | France | 10,044 | 9,035 | 7,989 | 7,733 | 7,407 |
| 9 | Australia | 6,689 | 5,631 | 4,804 | 5,118 | 6,765 |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 6,012 | 6,161 | 6,148 | 5,758 | 6,391 |
| Other | Other | 58,273 | 51,442 | 47,230 | 42,761 | 45,480 |
| Total | Total | 471,094 | 404,156 | 386,204 | 392,844 | 417,815 |
| Source: Ulaanbaatar Tourism Department |||||||