Azerbaijan changes visa rules for foreigners
BAKU – Azerbaijan has made changes to procedures for issuing visas to foreigners and stateless persons entering the country. The changes are made in accordance with Azerbaijani President's decree, the country's Foreign Ministry's website reported.
According to the decree, foreigners and stateless persons may apply directly to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry to obtain visas in the following cases:
- in the cases mentioned in the interstate and intergovernmental agreements;
- when arriving in the country upon the invitation of the Azerbaijani President, Prime Minister, Speaker of Parliament, as well as the head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Supreme Council's Chairman;
- upon invitation of the Constitutional Court Chairman, Prosecutor General, Ombudsman, the Central Election Commission Chairman.
The decree came into force Oct.15.
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