Azerbaijan simplifies visa procedures for foreigners in connection with Europa League final
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  • 18:47 11 March 2019

Azerbaijan simplifies visa procedures for foreigners in connection with Europa League final

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree “On the simplification of visa procedures for foreigners and stateless persons who will arrive in Azerbaijan in connection with the organization and conduct of the UEFA Europa League Final 2019”, ONA reports.

The decree established that foreigners and stateless persons who arrived in the Republic of Azerbaijan in connection with the upcoming UEFA Europa League final in the Republic of Azerbaijan 2019 and presented one of the documents specified in part 2 of this Order may receive a visa from May 15 to June 1, 2019 at international airports of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

For issuance of a visa one of the following documents considered basis:

- official invitation letter from the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA)

- accreditation card confirming the accreditation in accordance with the relevant rules of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)

- A ticket to the UEFA Europa League Final 2019 in Baku or a document confirming the purchase of the ticket.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan has been instructed to notify UEFA and the relevant authorities of foreign countries about the simplification of visa procedures for persons who arrive in Azerbaijan in connection with the UEFA Europa League Final 2019, as well as the possibility for foreigners and stateless persons to receive an electronic visa through the ASAN system Viza ”according to the list of countries approved on the basis of paragraph 4.2 of the Decree of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic of June 1, 2016 number 923;

Ensure the placement of information on the simplification of visa procedures for persons who arrive in the Republic of Azerbaijan in connection with the UEFA Europa League Final 2019, and the possibility for foreigners and stateless persons to receive an electronic visa through the ASAN Viza system on the Internet’s information resources of the Ministry and embassies and consulates of the Republic of Azerbaijan in foreign countries.

The State Migration Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan has been instructed to notify aviation companies flying to the Republic of Azerbaijan of the simplification of visa procedures for persons who arrive in the Republic of Azerbaijan in connection with the UEFA Europa League Final 2019.

 

 

Faig Mahmudov

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