Visa to Mongolia for Russians in 2021: is it necessary, documents, cost

Some time ago, Russians had to work hard to obtain a visa to Mongolia, but recently new rules have been introduced - now For travel lasting less than 30 days, a visa to Mongolia is no longer required. If the visit lasts longer, then you need to obtain a document in advance from the Mongolian Embassy in Moscow or one of its Consulates located in the cities of the Russian Federation: Ulaanbaatar, Kyzyl, Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk.

Now Russian tourists do not need a visa for 30-day trips to Mongolia.

Who needs a visa

The answer to the question of whether a visa is needed to travel to Mongolia is simple - yes, it is necessary for all categories of Russian travelers whose stay will exceed a period of 30 days. These could be tourists, business travelers, students, people coming to visit their relatives, as well as other categories of citizens. The corresponding entry document is issued on the basis of a pre-assembled package of necessary papers, which are submitted to the Mongolian Embassy in Moscow or to one of the state Consulates located in Russia.

Entering Mongolia by car

To enter Mongolia by car, the driver must have an international driving license.
To travel to Mongolia by car, a tourist takes an international license. If the trip is carried out in someone else’s car, a power of attorney signed by a notary must be drawn up for it.

You are allowed to travel within the state territory without problems (with the exception of 30 km from the borders). When driving through these zones, take special permits with you.

Visa-free entry

A visa to Mongolia for Russians in 2021 is not needed only if the plans are for a trip lasting no more than one month, and the purpose of the visit can be any. Visa-free entry is valid for all modes of transport by which the traveler enters the country. The rules of the visa-free regime are such that when crossing the border, a Russian citizen’s international passport is simply affixed with an entry stamp indicating the number of days of permitted stay in the state.

Mark in the passport about crossing the border of Mongolia

You can enter the state only if you have a valid passport, which is valid for at least another six months from the date of departure from the state.

Conditions for visiting Mongolia without a visa

When traveling to a neighboring state, Russians have the right:

enter and leave the republic;
take transit;
to be on the territory of an East Asian power for a certain period of time.

Visa-free stay in Mongolia is limited to 30 days.
You cannot stay there longer than 1 month without a visa. But you can stay in the country continuously for 30 days. One more point should be taken into account. For each 180-day period, the total period of stay under a “visa-free” visa must not exceed 3 months. 180 days are counted from the date of first entry.

Types of Mongolian visas

For all other situations, when the purpose of travel requires a long stay of a Russian in Mongolia, a properly issued Mongolian visa is required, which will be a permit to enter this state. There are several types of documents; they are issued by the consular service staff of the Mongolian Embassy, depending on the actual purpose of the visit.

Tourist

A tourist visa to Mongolia type “J” should be obtained by all those Russians who want to see the places where the Gobi Desert is located, attend the Naadam festival of nomadic peoples, or look at the capital - the city of Ulaanbaatar. Some tourists get to Mongolia by car and want to travel around it all. And in this case, 30 days is clearly not enough, which is why they need a long-term tourist visa.

Other types of visas

In the Mongolian state, in addition to tourism, there are other activities for Russians. Some regions of Russia have fairly strong ties with Mongolia and people travel there very often. Also, depending on the purpose, Mongolian visas are:

Business "B" for all types of business visits;
Educational "S" for persons who want to receive education in this state;
Working “HG” for foreign citizens who have taken a job with a Mongolian employer;
Religious "SH";
Private "H" for all types of private visits;
Humanitarian "O";
Immigration "TS";
Transit, for the purposes of transit through the territory of the state.

Crossing the Russian-Mongolian border

You can enter the East Asian power through permanent checkpoints:

aviation, located at the Genghis Khan air terminal of the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar;
railway "Naushki - Sukhbaatar";
automobile "Kyakhta - Altanbulag";
a number of other automobile checkpoints operating on a temporary basis.

Checkpoint “Kyakhta”
At the checkpoint “Kyakhta – Altanbulag” the Russian side collects a fee. Money is taken for processing documents when leaving the Russian Federation and sanitizing vehicles upon entry. In addition, the Mongols levy 2 taxes: on transport (about $10) and car insurance ($20–25).

Required documents

Any visa to Mongolia for Russians is issued on the basis of a package of papers provided in accordance with visa legislation. There is a mandatory list of papers and an additional one, which is submitted depending on the goals and objectives of the trip.

Mongolia visa photo

Mandatory list of required documents for all types of visas to Mongolia for Russians:

Visa application form, properly filled out in block letters only, or completed on a computer. This form can be downloaded from the website of the Embassy of Mongolia;
Foreign passport, its validity must be at least six more months;
Photo 36x47 mm, head size should fit within the range of 25x35 mm;
A copy of the first page of your foreign passport with personal information, copies of the remaining pages are not required;
A certificate from the place of work or a document/certificate confirming the existence of any type of activity to which the applicant intends to return after the trip.

For a B visa you need:

Permission from the Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
An invitation from a Mongolian organization, duly issued.

For a tourist visa "J" you need:

Entry permit, which must be obtained from the Agency for Naturalization and Citizenship under the Ministry of Justice of Mongolia;
Official invitation from a Mongolian travel agency;
Tourist vouchers for hotels, inns or hotel reservations.

For visas “HG”, “H”, “S”, “O”, “TS” you need:

An invitation from the party initiating the trip;
Permission from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia or the Agency for Naturalization and Citizenship under the Ministry of Justice - depending on the type of document.

For transit:

Permission from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia for transit border crossing, if travel through the country will be carried out several times;
Visa of the third country where the tourist is going;
Tickets: air tickets or train tickets to the destination country.

All citizens who intend to stay in the country for more than 30 days must register with the Agency for Citizenship and Naturalization. Seven days are allotted for this event.

Design features

Each visa is designated and processed differently. After you have decided on the purpose of the trip, you need to collect and provide the necessary list of documents to the Embassy located in Moscow or to one of the Consulate branches opened in other cities of Russia. These include: Kyzyl, Irkutsk, Yekaterinburg, Ulaanbaatar.

The application, filled out legibly, can be printed. You can download it from the website of the Mongolian Embassy;
A foreign passport that will not expire for another six months from the moment you return from the country;
Photo;
A copy of the main pages of the passport;
2NDFL certificate or any other form that confirms the amount of income for the last 6 months. If the applicant is not officially employed, a printout from his personal account or a certified letter from the sponsor will do.

Depending on the type of visa, additional documents will be required:

Permission document from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia (in case of obtaining a work visa);
The invitation letter (for work and student visas to Mongolia), how it is drawn up, can be seen in the article ““;
Confirming documents for hotel reservation, travel documents from a travel agency (if a tourist visa is required).

If the applicant is just crossing the border in order to get to a neighboring country, it will be necessary to present air tickets and a visa of the country to which he is going. If you plan to cross the border multiple times, you must obtain special permission from the Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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When a traveler takes a child with him, he will additionally need his birth certificate and permission documents from one parent or from both (in case the child is not crossing the border with his parents).

Attention! All applicants who require a visa for any reason are required to register with the Mongolian Naturalization Agency. This will take seven days

Getting a visa on your own

So, if the answer to the question of whether you need a visa to Mongolia is positive, then you need to know how to apply for it. Documents and a visa application can be submitted to the Embassy in Moscow or to one of the Consulates General in the cities of Kyzyl, Yekaterinburg, Ulan-Ude, Irkutsk.

Submission of documents is carried out without an appointment during the days and hours of operation of representative offices. Along with submitting the papers, you need to pay the cost of the consular fee, after which the application will be processed.

Visa processing time

Any necessary visa to Mongolia for Russians is issued within five days. The urgent registration procedure requires a decision to be made within one day.

How to get a visa online

You can apply for a visa by contacting visa centers for help. They were created specifically to ensure that a visa to Mongolia is obtained quickly. Of course, the services of high-quality assistants cost money, but the employee will handle it professionally and save you from wasting your nerves. The process of obtaining a permit may seem especially confusing to those traveling abroad for the first time.

Applying for a permit online involves finding reliable partners who have already received accolades and are trusted by people. Ask your acquaintances and friends for advice, maybe they have contacted visa centers and can recommend the best one. 5-7 days - and a visa to Mongolia will be received.

Let's say you find a company that offers services for obtaining permits to travel abroad. What to do next? Go to the company’s website, read the sections, check the location of the office, and write down the basic details.

Next, follow the step-by-step guide:

Click on the “Fill out visa request” button.
Leave your contact phone number, formulate a request and wait for a call back from the manager or contact him via Skype.
Tell the operator about the purpose of coming to Mongolia; you should not hide your doubts and true motives from the manager, because his job is to arrange the trip and wisely avoid pitfalls.
If the company's office is located in another city, you can send personal documents electronically. What is important? Provide high-quality scans of official papers.
After reviewing the documents, the manager will make his own adjustments and indicate what is missing. If the documents are in order, the operator will tell you about his and your next actions.
It is up to you to pay for the services of the visa center, otherwise the manager will not process the permit, and the visa to Mongolia will be delayed for a long time.
Mongolia requires biometric data of the permit applicant, so go to the Consulate or Visa Application Center to have your fingerprints taken. Children under 10 years of age are exempt from this procedure. If you want to travel again within 5 years after a trip abroad, you do not need to submit biometrics.
The visa center employee will take care of the rest. All you have to do is keep a good mood and pack your bags.

As you can see, getting a visa is not as difficult as it seems. Next is a video about the partial cancellation of visas to Mongolia for Russians:

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Cost and validity period

Each visa for a trip to Mongolia that a Russian citizen needs has its own validity period, the number of allowed days of stay and, of course, its own cost.

Visa type	Validity	Cost (amount of consular fee)
Visa-free entry	30 days	For free
Tourist, usual procedure for consideration	90 days	40 US dollars
Tourist, urgent consideration	90 days	80 US dollars
Multiple visa of any category	6 months, 12 months	From 90 to 180 US dollars

conclusions

Since November 2014, for trips lasting less than 30 days, a Mongolian visa is no longer required, visa legislation has been simplified in order to attract more tourists and other interested parties from Russia. Moreover, they took this step because a simplified visa regime with the border regions of the Russian Federation has been in effect for a long time.

When going on a trip, you must remember that you cannot violate the visa regime, otherwise entry may be denied in the future. After thirty days, you will need to have time to cross the border in the opposite direction and leave the country.