Mongolia: residual ordinary passports require an advance tourist visa
Mongolia's Foreign Ministry directs foreign nationals outside its named eVisa cohort to apply at the nearest Mongolian embassy. These 24 ordinary passports are also outside the current ordinary-passport exemption and border-tourist cohorts, so their unconditional short-visitor route requires advance mission issuance.
- Applies to standard ordinary passports used for a short tourist visit; work, study, residence, transit, diplomatic, official, service and other special-document routes remain outside scope.
- Cuba, Azerbaijan, North Korea and Turkmenistan have special-passport exemptions in the current schedule, but those agreements do not exempt the standard ordinary passports classified here.
- The applicant submits the visa application and printed supporting documents at a Mongolian diplomatic mission. The normal stated processing time is three working days, but some applications may take five to ten working days.
- A regular tourist visa normally permits up to 30 days. The passport must be valid for at least six months, additional evidence may be requested and final admission remains discretionary.
Official sourcesConsular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia: General visa informationMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, Consular Department: Mongolia Consular Department: visa-exempt passports scheduleImmigration Agency of Mongolia: Immigration Agency of Mongolia: eVisa-eligible countriesImmigration Agency of Mongolia: Immigration Agency of Mongolia: tourist visas at the international border