Mongolia visa and entry requirements

Mongolia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists countries whose citizens can enter without a visa under standing arrangements, among them the US (up to 90 days), Germany, Canada and Japan (up to 30 days), South Korea (up to 90 days, until 31 December 2026, for tourism only), Kazakhstan, Brazil and the UAE. Mongolia's Immigration Agency says the Government has exempted nationals of 34 countries, among them France, Spain, Italy, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, from the visa requirement for tourism trips of up to 30 days in 2026. Citizens of the countries on the e-visa list can apply online at evisa.mn.

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Visas & entry authorisations

Single-entry visa

Fee
50 USD
Processing
up to 10 business days
Entries
single

Embassy of Mongolia in London: USD 45 visa fee plus USD 5 service charge for a single entry valid for up to 90 days (shown as "30 days" in brackets); double entry USD 60 plus USD 5. It says the priority visa fee is double the standard visa fee and service charge.

Verified Oct 9, 2026 · en.embassyofmongolia.co.uk

Entry requirements

Passport validity

The UK Foreign Office tells British nationals their passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date they arrive in Mongolia. The Embassy of Mongolia in London asks visa applicants for a passport valid for a minimum of six months before the intended travel.

Verified Oct 9, 2026 · gov.ukCompare every country

Vaccinations

Not officially stated

No official source we read lists a vaccination certificate required for entry.

Travel insurance

Not officially stated

No official source we could read states whether travel insurance is required to enter Mongolia. The UK Foreign Office advises checking before you travel that you have appropriate travel insurance for local treatment or unexpected medical evacuation.

Verified Oct 4, 2026 · gov.uk

Onward or return ticket

Not officially stated

No official source we could read states a return or onward ticket requirement. The Embassy of Mongolia in London advises visitors using the 30-day tourist visa exemption to book their return flight before arriving.

Verified Oct 9, 2026 · en.embassyofmongolia.co.uk

Proof of funds

Not officially stated

No official source we could read states a proof-of-funds requirement or amount for Mongolia.

Compiled Aug 26, 2026 · evisa.mn · could not re-read on Oct 7, 2026 · official portal · archived copy

Arrival cards & declarations

Required
  • Immigration registration (within 48 hours) — Mongolia's Immigration Agency says individuals or legal entities providing housing for a foreign national must register them within 48 hours, online through the agency's website or its mobile application. (within 48 hours of arrival) immigration.gov.mn
Verified Oct 3, 2026 · immigration.gov.mn · Law on the Legal Status of Foreign Nationals, Article 24.4Compare every country

Staying past your permitted stay

Under the Law on Infringements, a foreigner who overstays their visa or residence period in Mongolia is fined ten units for each day of overstay, up to a maximum of 2,000 units; one unit equals 1,000 togrog. The Immigration Agency says not leaving after the visa and residence permit expire is a ground for deportation, with a ban of 1 to 3 years.

Verified Oct 12, 2026 · legalinfo.mn · Law of Mongolia on InfringementsCompare every country

Registering your presence after arrival

Required

within 2 days of arrival. Done by the accommodation.

Legal entities and individuals providing housing for a foreign national must register them online on the Immigration Agency of Mongolia's website (eimmigration.gov.mn) or the E-immigration mobile application within 48 hours after entry. The Immigration Agency's page lists fines for registration violations of 100, 250 and 2,500 units, where 1 unit equals MNT 1,000.

If not done: Fines for registration violations under Article 16.2 of the Law on Infringement: the Immigration Agency's page lists 100, 250 and 2,500 units (1 unit = MNT 1,000).

Register on the official site

Verified Oct 12, 2026 · immigration.gov.mn · Law on InfringementCompare every country

Customs & currency

The US State Department says Mongolian law requires travelers to declare cash, financial instruments and cryptocurrency worth 15 million tugrik (MNT) or more to customs on entry and on exit.

  • The UK Foreign Office says there are strict rules about goods you can take into or out of Mongolia and that you must declare anything that may be prohibited or subject to tax or duty; if you become involved in a commercial dispute or a criminal investigation about a customs matter, you may be held in Mongolia until it is resolved.
  • The UK Foreign Office says you can take in up to 15 million Mongolian tugriks, and to declare cash or travellers' cheques worth 10,000 US dollars or more. Canada's travel advice says penalties for illegal drugs are severe, with jail sentences and heavy fines.
Verified Oct 3, 2026 · travel.state.gov · gov.uk says Declare cash or travellers cheques worth USD 10,000 or more · archived copy

Country in a nutshell

Currency
Mongolian tögrög (MNT, ₮)
Cards & payments
Canada's travel advice says US dollars and credit cards are accepted in hotels and some restaurants, mainly in Ulaanbaatar, and advises carrying local currency, especially in rural areas.
Safety — Generally safe
The UK Foreign Office says pickpockets may operate in markets and crowded public places, with the risk increasing during the festivals of Tsagaan Sar and Naadam; that violent incidents are rare, but foreigners have been assaulted and robbed in Ulaanbaatar, and it advises avoiding being out alone at night. It says weather conditions often change without warning, and that outside the capital only about 10% of roads are tarmacked.Verified Oct 3, 2026 · gov.uk
Power plugs
C, E · 220V 50Hz
Emergency numbers
Police: 102 · Fire: 101 · Ambulance: 103
Languages
Mongolian
Time zone
UTC+7 to UTC+8
Driving side
right
International Driving Permit

Mongolia is a party to the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). Mongolia's Law on Road Traffic Safety (Art. 17.3) accepts either a valid driving licence or an international driving permit issued by a party to the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic and conforming to it, and prohibits driving on a licence or permit from a country that is not a party (Art. 17.4). The UK Foreign Office says UK drivers need a 1968 International Driving Permit and their UK licence, and that the 1949 permit is not accepted any more; the law, which ranks above that advice, accepts a conforming national licence on its own.

Verified Oct 6, 2026 · gov.uk Compare every country
Tap water
not for drinking. Use bottled

Best time to visit

No official source we could read gives a best time to visit Mongolia. The UK Foreign Office says weather conditions range from +35°C in summer to -40°C in winter; Canada's travel advice says heavy rains, particularly from mid-July to mid-September, can cause severe flooding and landslides, and that dust storms occur in May and June.

Tips & warnings

The visa waivers for the countries on the Immigration Agency's 2026 tourism list (among them France, the UK, Australia and New Zealand) are temporary, and South Korea's standing waiver runs to 31 December 2026. The Embassy of Mongolia in London says the temporary 30-day tourist visa exemption is only valid until the end of 2026.

Mongolia's Immigration Agency says the individual or legal entity providing your housing must register you within 48 hours (Law on the Legal Status of Foreign Nationals, Article 24.4).

Canada's travel advice says U.S. dollars and credit cards are accepted in hotels and some restaurants, mainly in Ulaanbaatar, and advises carrying local currency, especially in rural areas.

The UK Foreign Office says weather conditions range from +35°C in summer to -40°C in winter and during the nights, that they often change without warning, and that there are frequent warnings for heavy snow and blizzards. It says only about 10% of roads outside the capital are tarmacked.

Visa requirements by nationality

PassportsVisas & entry authorisationsMax stay
AfghanistaneVisa30 days
AlbaniaeVisa30 days
AlgeriaeVisa30 days
AndorraeVisa30 days
AngolaeVisa30 days
Antigua and BarbudaeVisa30 days
ArgentinaVisa-free90 days
ArmeniaeVisa30 days
AustraliaVisa-free30 days
AustriaVisa-free30 days
AzerbaijaneVisa30 days
BahamaseVisa30 days
BahraineVisa30 days
BangladesheVisa30 days
BarbadoseVisa30 days
BelarusVisa-free90 days
BelgiumVisa-free30 days
BelizeeVisa30 days
BenineVisa30 days
BhutaneVisa30 days
BoliviaeVisa30 days
Bosnia and HerzegovinaeVisa30 days
BotswanaeVisa30 days
BrazilVisa-free90 days
BruneieVisa30 days
BulgariaVisa-free30 days
Burkina FasoeVisa30 days
BurundieVisa30 days
Cabo VerdeeVisa30 days
CambodiaeVisa30 days
CamerooneVisa30 days
CanadaVisa-free30 days
Central African RepubliceVisa30 days
ChadeVisa30 days
ChileVisa-free90 days
ChinaeVisa30 days
ColombiaVisa-free90 days
ComoroseVisa30 days
Costa RicaeVisa30 days
Côte d'IvoireeVisa30 days
CroatiaVisa-free30 days
CubaVisa-free—
CyprusVisa-free30 days
CzechiaVisa-free30 days
Democratic Republic of the CongoeVisa30 days
DenmarkVisa-free30 days
DjiboutieVisa30 days
DominicaeVisa30 days
Dominican RepublicVisa-free90 days
EcuadorVisa-free90 days
EgypteVisa30 days
El SalvadoreVisa30 days
Equatorial GuineaeVisa30 days
EritreaeVisa30 days
EstoniaVisa-free30 days
EswatinieVisa30 days
EthiopiaeVisa30 days
FijieVisa30 days
FinlandVisa-free30 days
FranceVisa-free30 days
GaboneVisa30 days
GambiaeVisa30 days
GeorgiaeVisa30 days
GermanyVisa-free30 days
GhanaeVisa30 days
GreeceVisa-free30 days
GrenadaeVisa30 days
GuatemalaeVisa30 days
GuineaeVisa30 days
Guinea-BissaueVisa30 days
GuyanaeVisa30 days
HaitieVisa30 days
HonduraseVisa30 days
Hong KongVisa-free14 days
HungaryVisa-free30 days
IcelandVisa-free30 days
IndiaeVisa30 days
IndonesiaeVisa30 days
IraneVisa30 days
IraqeVisa30 days
IrelandVisa-free30 days
IsraelVisa-free30 days
ItalyVisa-free30 days
JamaicaeVisa30 days
JapanVisa-free30 days
JordaneVisa30 days
KazakhstanVisa-free90 days
KenyaeVisa30 days
KiribatieVisa30 days
KuwaiteVisa30 days
KyrgyzstanVisa-free90 days
LaosVisa-free30 days
LatviaVisa-free30 days
LebanoneVisa30 days
LesothoeVisa30 days
LiberiaeVisa30 days
LibyaeVisa30 days
LiechtensteinVisa-free30 days
LithuaniaVisa-free30 days
LuxembourgVisa-free30 days
MacauVisa-free90 days
MadagascareVisa30 days
MalawieVisa30 days
MalaysiaVisa-free30 days
MaldivesVisa-free30 days
MalieVisa30 days
MaltaVisa-free30 days
Marshall IslandseVisa30 days
MauritaniaeVisa30 days
MauritiuseVisa30 days
MexicoeVisa30 days
MicronesiaeVisa30 days
MoldovaeVisa30 days
MonacoVisa-free30 days
MongoliaFree movement—
MontenegroeVisa30 days
MoroccoeVisa30 days
MozambiqueeVisa30 days
MyanmareVisa30 days
NamibiaeVisa30 days
NaurueVisa30 days
NepaleVisa30 days
NetherlandsVisa-free30 days
New ZealandVisa-free30 days
NicaraguaeVisa30 days
NigeriaeVisa30 days
North KoreaeVisa30 days
North MacedoniaeVisa30 days
NorwayVisa-free30 days
OmaneVisa30 days
PakistaneVisa30 days
PalaueVisa30 days
PalestineeVisa30 days
PanamaeVisa30 days
Papua New GuineaeVisa30 days
ParaguayVisa-free90 days
PeruVisa-free90 days
PhilippinesVisa-free21 days
PolandVisa-free30 days
PortugalVisa-free30 days
QatareVisa30 days
Republic of the CongoeVisa30 days
RomaniaVisa-free30 days
RussiaVisa-free30 days
RwandaeVisa30 days
Saint Kitts and NeviseVisa30 days
Saint LuciaeVisa30 days
Saint Vincent and the GrenadineseVisa30 days
SamoaeVisa30 days
San MarinoeVisa30 days
São Tomé and PríncipeeVisa30 days
Saudi ArabiaeVisa30 days
SenegaleVisa30 days
SerbiaeVisa30 days
SeychelleseVisa30 days
Sierra LeoneeVisa30 days
SingaporeVisa-free30 days
SlovakiaVisa-free30 days
SloveniaVisa-free30 days
Solomon IslandseVisa30 days
SomaliaeVisa30 days
South AfricaeVisa30 days
South KoreaVisa-free90 days
South SudaneVisa30 days
SpainVisa-free30 days
Sri LankaeVisa30 days
SudaneVisa30 days
SurinameeVisa30 days
SwedenVisa-free30 days
SwitzerlandVisa-free30 days
SyriaeVisa30 days
TaiwaneVisa30 days
TajikistaneVisa30 days
TanzaniaeVisa30 days
ThailandVisa-free30 days
Timor-LesteeVisa30 days
TogoeVisa30 days
TongaeVisa30 days
Trinidad and TobagoeVisa30 days
TunisiaeVisa30 days
TurkeyVisa-free30 days
TurkmenistaneVisa30 days
TuvalueVisa30 days
UgandaeVisa30 days
UkraineVisa-free90 days
United Arab EmiratesVisa-free30 days
United KingdomVisa-free30 days
United StatesVisa-free90 days
UruguayVisa-free30 days
UzbekistanVisa-free30 days
VanuatueVisa30 days
Vatican CityeVisa30 days
VenezuelaeVisa30 days
VietnamVisa-free30 days
YemeneVisa30 days
ZambiaeVisa30 days
ZimbabweeVisa30 days

Stay lengths are for ordinary tourist visits. Click a nationality for its full guide.

No official page we read states the rule for 2 nationalities, so the table leaves them out: Kosovo and Niger.

Russia69 of 199 passports visa-free · 60 eVisa/ETAChina79 of 199 passports visa-freeKazakhstan87 of 199 passports visa-free · 90 eVisa/ETAKyrgyzstan79 of 199 passports visa-free · 117 eVisa/ETA

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a visa for Mongolia?

Mongolia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists standing visa waivers for, among others, the US, Kazakhstan and Brazil (up to 90 days), Germany, Canada, Japan and the UAE (up to 30 days), Hong Kong (up to 14 days) and South Korea (up to 90 days, until 31 December 2026, for tourism only). Its Immigration Agency says the Government has exempted nationals of 34 countries, among them France, Spain, Italy, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, for tourism trips of up to 30 days in 2026. Citizens of the countries on the e-visa list can apply online at evisa.mn.

How long can EU citizens stay in Mongolia visa-free?

Up to 30 days. Mongolia's Immigration Agency lists EU countries such as France, Spain and Italy among the 34 countries exempted from the visa requirement for tourism trips of up to 30 days in 2026; Germany has a standing waiver of up to 30 days on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' list.

How does the Mongolian eVisa work?

Mongolia's Immigration Agency says you go to evisa.mn, fill out the application form and pay the e-visa fee; if the application is approved, the Electronic Travel Authorization is sent to your e-mail within 48 hours. It says the K2 tourism e-visa is for up to 30 days.

How long can US citizens stay in Mongolia?

Mongolia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists US passport holders as able to visit without a visa for up to 90 days, under an arrangement in force since 6 July 2001. Under Article 24.4 of the Law on the Legal Status of Foreign Nationals, whoever provides your accommodation must register you within 48 hours.

Do I have to register with immigration in Mongolia?

Yes. Mongolia's Immigration Agency says Article 24.4 of the Law on the Legal Status of Foreign Nationals requires individuals or legal entities providing housing for a foreign national to register them within 48 hours, online through the agency's website or its mobile application.

Sources & verification

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