Visa requirements

The COP29 special visa regulation. https://www.mfa.gov.az/en/category/visa/cop29-specia-visa-regulation

LIST OF THE COUNTRIES WHOSE CITIZENS ARE ISSUED SINGLE-ENTRY ELECTRONIC VISAS AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN 

The following persons are entitled to get a visa at the international airport of the Republic of Azerbaijan with a period of up to 30 days, as shown below:

1. Persons with resident cards of the State of Qatar, the Sultanate of Oman, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom of Bahrain and the State of Kuwait accompanying citizens of the country that issued the residence card;
2. For more details, please visit the following website:  https://www.mfa.gov.az/en/category/viza/asan-viza

The consular section of the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia grants for the citizens of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman and foreign residents living in these countries visitor, business, tourist, transit and other visas.

You have to present the following documents to the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to obtain a tourist visa:

• 1) Duly completed visa application form ( www.visaapplication.mfa.gov.az )

  2) Two recently taken photos (3x4 on a white background)

  3) Visa fee receipt (with stamp or QR code, 20 USD)                                            

  4) Travel insurance ( with stamp or QR code ; up to 30 days)

  5) Hotel booking reservation

  6) Flight ticket reservation

  7) Translated copy of the temporary or permanent residence permit (iqama (by approval) valid for at least 6 months)

  8) PASSPORT (validity minimum 6 months) and copy of passport (first page).

Working hours of the Consular Section:

Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday

10:00 - 13:00

After completing the visa application form in appropriate order and completing the above-mentioned list, send a copy of your passport or identity document, as well as the "registration code" mentioned in the visa application form, by e-mail ( riyadh@mission .mfa.gov.az ), indicating the day you are tending to come to the Embassy. You will be notified regarding the appointment time within a possible short period of time, so that you can arrive at the Embassy at the time agreed in advance. (Please do not allow tourism companies or third parties to interfere in the process!) If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us (+966 11 419 2382).

www.visaapplication.mfa.gov.az

Notes

*(APPROPRIATE INVITATION) Citizens of the Syrian Arab Republic, the Republic of Iraq, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Republic of the Sudan are requested to contact the Embassy before paying the visa fee, going to the airport and applying for the visa: +966 11 419 23 82

*Visa processing time takes up to 10 working days (it is more convenient if you do not make a request at least 10 days before the new voyage).

*Any document confirming the identity of the mother of minor children (English translation).

*Duly approved consent of the non-traveling parent to do so unless both parents travel with their child or children under the age of majority.

*The "Visa Application-Questionnaire" portal ( www.visaapplication.mfa.gov.az ) was put into use on January 25, 2023, for the purpose of electronic filling (additional technical chance) of the visa application-questionnaire by foreigners and stateless persons who applied to the diplomatic missions of the Republic of Azerbaijan for the purpose of obtaining a visa.

Referring to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on amendments of "The Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan for State Duty", new visa fees will be applied for foreigners and stateless persons arriving in the Republic of Azerbaijan follow:

• Single entry visa – 20 USD (except citizens of Schengen Area countries and so on ...)
• Multiple entry visa – 350 USD (except USA, Korea, Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Schengen Area countries citizens) 
• Single transit visa – 20 USD
• Double transit visa – 20 USD
• Visa fee for citizens of Schengen area countries – 35 EUR

BANK REQUISITES:
Beneficiary: EMBASSY OF AZERBAIJAN
Account/IBAN No: SA3745000000818086712081
Swift Code: SABBSARI
Bank: The Saudi British Bank

The Consular section has a right to:

1. Invite the applicant to the consular section for an interview and clarification of his or her personal data.
   2. Refuse to grant a visa in case of non-corresponding real personal information with the information presented by the applicant, shortage of required documents and matters connected with national security of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In this case the Consular section is not responsible for refunding the consular fees made by applicants beforehand.

General Information

Conception of visa, category, objective and types

Conception
Visa - is the official document providing legal origin to the foreigners and stateless persons: 
- For entrance to the country in the visa-required regime;
- For temporarily staying in the country during the period stated in their visas;
- For leaving the country within the rules of border supervision during the same period stated in their visas.

Categories
Visa consists of three categories - diplomatic, service and ordinary.

Types
Two types of visa - entrance and transit visa granted to the foreigners and stateless persons is formalized as below:
1. Entrance visa - such kind of visa is valid from three days up to three months.
- One time (ordinary) entrance visa - allows entering and exiting the country only one time during its validity period.
- Multiple entry visas - this type of visa is valid from 1 year up to 2 years. This visa allows a person for multiple entrance-exit to the country during the appropriate period.
If the visa is not used during these periods it expires.
2. Transit visa.
One time or multiple transit visas – are granted to foreigners and stateless persons traveling to third countries via the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan. 
Transit visa allows a person to stay in the Republic of Azerbaijan for a maximum of 5 days.

Objectives
Foreigners and stateless persons can obtain ordinary (one time) entrance visa within the objectives as mentioned below:
- business purpose
- scientific purpose
- education purpose
- labor purpose
- tourism purpose
- cultural purpose
- sport purpose
- humanitarian purpose
- Purpose of personal visit

Diplomatic and service entrance visa is granted only to persons coming to Azerbaijan with official purposes.

Responsibilities and restrictions defined by legislation

According to the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On exiting country, entrance to country and passports" (article No: 12) the foreigners' and stateless persons' entrance to the Republic of Azerbaijan can be restricted in cases mentioned below:
1) If it is vital for the protection of national security or public order.
2) If it is significant for protection of rights and legal interests of citizens of Azerbaijan Republic and other persons.
3) If person disordered/violated the laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan in his/her previous visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
4) If the person gave false information about himself/herself when applying for the entrance to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
5) If the coming of mentally ill person or the person infected with infectious diseases constitutes a threat to public health (except the persons who do not constitute such threat and arriving at his/her or their legal trustee's expense for medical treatment);
6) If the person has been extracted from the boundaries of the Republic of Azerbaijan before
7) If a person's entrance to the Republic of Azerbaijan was considered undesirable.
In these cases, it is rejected to grant a visa to the person.
If there is a bureaucracy in considering the application or it is rejected to consider the application, foreigners and stateless persons can complain about it by administrative means or to the court.

Attention!  In case of rejection for granting a visa, the state fee paid by foreigners or stateless persons will not be given back!
Foreigners and stateless persons crossing the border of the Republic of Azerbaijan in violation of the requirements of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On exiting country, entrance to country and passports" without passport, visa or with invalid (unfaithful) passport and other documents , will be returned back.

If the rules of exiting the country and entering the country defined by the law are not obeyed or violated, guilty persons bear administrative and criminal responsibility intended in the legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

According to the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Azerbaijan, foreigners and stateless persons are responsible in the case stated below:

• For the disordering the rules of staying in the Republic of Azerbaijan or transit passing from the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan – foreigners or stateless persons are fined from 300 Manat up to 400 Manat with the extraction from the boundaries in administrative way or without extraction. 
  • For the loss of documents for temporary or permanent residence in the Republic of Azerbaijan or spoiling the documents intentionally - are fined from 15 Manat up to 25 Manat.

The exit of foreigners and stateless persons from the Republic of Azerbaijan can be limited temporarily in the cases mentioned below:
1) If their exit will be contrary to the interests of providing national security – until these bases disappear;

2) If they are accepted as suspicious or accused person on criminal act – until the end of criminal prosecution;

3) If they are condemned for criminal act – until they are set free or face punishment fully;

4) If there is a civil claim against them - until the civil decision defined by the legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan enters into force.

Attention! Foreigners and stateless persons' registration upon place of stay in the Republic of Azerbaijan

Foreigners or stateless persons temporarily staying in the Republic of Azerbaijan for more than 15 days should be registered upon place of stay, For this purpose, management of the place of stay of the foreigner or stateless person or owner of the residential area should submit the application for registration upon place of stay and copy of the passport (other border crossing document) of that person to the State Migration Service through official website ( www.migration.gov.az ) of the State Migration Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan, mail, e-mail ( registration@migration.gov.az ) or in person within 15 days after the arrival of the person in the country.

Foreigners and stateless persons can also apply themselves in the aforementioned way for registration upon place of stay.

شروط السفر والإقامة بالنسبة للأجانب في جمهورية أذربيجان

لا يمكن أن تتجاوز فترة الإقامة المؤقتة للأجانب وعديمي الجنسية في البلاد فترة الإقامة المحددة في التأشيرة.

إذا لم يتم تمديد فترة الإقامة المؤقتة للأجانب وعديمي الجنسية في البلاد قبل نهاية هذه الفترة، كما إذا لم يتم منحهم تصريح إقامة مؤقتة، وكذلك إذا لم يتم استلام طلب منهم للحصول على تمديد فترة الإقامة المؤقتة أو منح تصريح إقامة مؤقتة، يجب عليهم مغادرة أراضي جمهورية أذربيجان.

يمكن للأجانب أو الأشخاص عديمي الجنسية المقيمين مؤقتًا في جمهورية أذربيجان لأكثر من 15 يومًا التسجيل من قبل دائرة الهجرة الحكومية لجمهورية أذربيجان في مكان إقامتهم (فندق، مصحة، استراحة أو منزل داخلي أو مستشفى أو غيرها من الأماكن العامة) دون دفع أي رسوم حكومية.

الأجانب أو الأشخاص عديمي الجنسية المقيمين مؤقتًا في أراضي الدولة لأكثر من المدة المحددة في التأشيرة الإلكترونية أو غير مسجلين في مكانهم (في حالة إقامتهم لأكثر من 15 يومًا) أو لا يتبعون قواعد التسجيل الخاصة بمكانهم عند انتقالهم من مكان إلى آخر، وفقا للقانون يتم تحميلهم المسؤولية (لمخالفته هذه القواعد التي تؤدي إلى المسؤولية الإدارية وفقا للمادة 575 من قانون الجرائم الإدارية لجمهورية أذربيجان).

لا تمنح التأشيرة الإلكترونية الأجانب وعديمي الجنسية الحق في المشاركة في نشاط عمل مدفوع الأجر في جمهورية أذربيجان. يجب على الأجانب والأشخاص عديمي الجنسية الذين يعتزمون المشاركة في نشاط عمل مدفوع الأجر في جمهورية أذربيجان الحصول على تأشيرة عمل وفقًا لـ الإجراء المنصوص عليه في قانون الهجرة لجمهورية أذربيجان (يتم تحديد فترة الإقامة في البلاد حتى 90 يومًا) التي يجب أن يتلقوها.

يجب على الأجانب وعديمي الجنسية الذين يرغبون في العيش مؤقتًا في أراضي جمهورية أذربيجان والمشاركة في نشاط عمل مدفوع الأجر الحصول على تصريح عمل بالإضافة إلى تصريح إقامة مؤقتة وفقًا للإجراء المحدد في قانون الهجرة لجمهورية أذربيجان .

The COP29 special visa regulation.

The Government of Azerbaijan has introduced the ‘COP29 Special Visa’, free of charge, for participants registered for COP29 via the UNFCCC Online Registration System (onlinereg.unfccc.int/onlinereg).

The ‘COP29 Special Visa’ can be obtained either through the visa link provided in the UNFCCC registration confirmation email sent to registered participants, or through the diplomatic missions and consulates of the Republic of Azerbaijan abroad. If a participant decides to apply for ‘COP29 Special Visa’ to the diplomatic missions and consulates of the Republic of Azerbaijan abroad, the UNFCCC registration confirmation email will be considered as a main supporting document for the travel.

The ‘COP29 Special Visa’ allows the holder a single-entry visit and stay in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan for up to 30 days.

Should you wish to leave the country and return back to the Republic of Azerbaijan because of participation in the Pre-sessional Meetings/Conference/ UNFCCC meetings, you must re-apply for the ‘COP29 Special Visa’, using your UNFCCC registration number, which you received your initial visa under.

All foreign participants entering Azerbaijan for COP29 must have a passport valid for at least three months beyond the visa expiration date.

The ‘COP29 Special Visa’ will be issued within three (3) working days after submitting a complete online application through the official portal, or upon submitting a complete application to the diplomatic missions and consulates of the Republic of Azerbaijan abroad.

The visa expiration date is indicated on the 'COP29 Special Visa.' The visa holder must leave the Republic of Azerbaijan before the visa expiration date.

If you will decide to apply for ‘COP29 Special Visa’ via the official electronic visa portal, please visit the visa portal through the link, fill out the form, upload the required documents and submit your application for approval. Once approved, you will receive a visa confirmation email with a link to download your ‘COP29 Special Visa’. 

Currently a visa-free regime exists between the Republic of Azerbaijan and several countries based on bilateral intergovernmental agreements. Participants can find additional information on visa-free regime countries at the following link - www.mfa.gov.az/en/category/visa/visa-free-countries. In this case participants can enter the Republic of Azerbaijan without a visa and do not need to apply for the ‘COP29 Special Visa’.

Participants are strongly encouraged to apply for the ‘COP29 Special Visa’ promptly once their UNFCCC registration is confirmed and travel to the Republic of Azerbaijan with valid visa.

More information on COP29 Special e-visa application is available at the following link: evisa.gov.az/cop29/assets/docs/COP

For queries concerning visa arrangements please contact: visas@unfccc.int.