Azerbaijan cancels fingerprinting for visa issuance
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed an order on Friday regarding urgent measures in issuing visas to foreigners coming to Azerbaijan, and for persons without citizenship, Trend news agency reported.
The order indicates that the Cabinet of Ministers has been instructed to exclude the point of taking fingerprints from foreigners arriving in Azerbaijan, and persons without citizenship for receiving visas, from the regulations on the automated system on the use of entry-exit and registration.
The Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of National Security must, as soon as possible, arrange the issuance of electronic visas for tourists from the embassies and consulates of Azerbaijan in foreign countries.
The Administration of the Azerbaijani President has been instructed to closely monitor the implementation of this order.
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