Republic of Macedonia MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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1 Republic of Macedonia MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS VISA REGIME OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA TOWARDS OTHER COUNTRIES, SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS AND ENTITIES AND TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES THAT ARE NOT RECOGNISED AS STATES A State- entities and administrative regions B - Visa for entry in the Republic of Macedonia C - Duration of short-term stay in the Republic of Macedonia without visa D - Visa for entry in a foreign state E - Foreign Diplomatic and Consular Missions responsible for issuing visas to Macedonian citizens F - Diplomatic and Consular Mission of the Republic of Macedonia accredited to foreign country Valid from No. А B C D E F 1 Afghanistan 5* YES YES Vienna Albania 2*11* YES YES Skopje Tirana Algeria 5* YES YES Andorra YES YES Paris Angola 5* YES YES Antigua and Barbuda YES YES 7 Argentina 18* NO 3m NO Sofia Armenia 3*8* YES YES Vienna Australia YES YES Camber Austria 1* NO 3m YES Skopje Vienna Azerbaijan 3*8* YES YES Ankara Ankara Bahamas YES YES London Bangladesh 5* YES YES Rome Bahrain YES YES 15 Barbados NO 3m NO Brussels Belarus 3*8* YES YES Moscow Belize YES YES 18 Belgium NO 3m YES Skopje Brussels Benin YES YES Paris Bhutan YES YES 21 Bolivia YES YES Rome Bosnia and Herzegovina NO 3m NO Skopje Sarajevo Botswana NO 90d YES London Brazil YES YES Sofia Brunei YES YES 26 Bulgaria NO 30d NO Skopje Sofia

2 27 Burma/Myanmar YES YES 28 Burkina Faso YES YES Paris Burundi 5* YES YES Paris Cambodia YES YES Berlin Cameroon 5* YES YES Bonn Canada YES YES Vienna Ottawa Cape Verde YES YES 34 Chad YES YES Moscow Chile 5* YES YES Budapest China 4*5* YES YES Skopje Beijing Central. African Republic YES YES Paris Columbia YES YES Vienna Comoros YES YES 40 Republic of Congo 5* YES YES Rome Democratic Republic of Congo YES YES 42 Costa Rica YES YES Rome Cote D'Ivoire YES YES Paris Croatia NO 3m NO Skopje Zagreb Cuba NO 90d NO Sofia Cyprus 16* NO 90d YES Czech Republic 17* NO 90d YES Denmark NO 3m YES Skopje Copenhagen Djibouti YES YES 50 Dominica YES YES 51 Dominican Republic YES NO Rome East Timor YES YES 53 Ecuador YES YES Egypt 5* YES YES Sofia Cairo El Salvador YES YES Rome Equatorial Guinea YES YES Paris Eritrea YES YES 58 Estonia 6* 17* NO 90d YES Vienna Stockholm Ethiopia 5* YES YES Rome Fiji YES YES 61 Finland NO 3m YES Stockholm France 1* NO 3m YES Skopje Paris Gabon 5* YES YES Rome Gambia YES 3m YES 65 Georgia 3*8* YES YES Ankara Germany 1* NO 3m YES Skopje Berlin Ghana 5* YES YES Greece 6* NO 3m YES Skopje Athens Grenada YES YES London

3 70 Guatemala 5* YES YES Rome Guiana YES YES London Guinea 5* YES YES Guinea Bissau 5* YES YES Paris Haiti YES YES Rome Honduras 5* YES YES Rome Holy See NO 3m YES Ljubljana Rome Hong Kong 5* 15* -special 77 administrative regions YES NO Skopje Hungary 2* 16* NO 90d YES Skopje Budapest Iceland NO 3m YES Skopje London India 5* YES YES Sofia Indonesia YES YES Iran 2*5* YES YES Skopje Iraq 5* YES YES Ireland NO 90d YES Bratislava London Israel 6* NO 3m YES Italy 6* 17* NO 90d YES Skopje Rome Jamaica YES YES Geneva Japan NO 3m NO Vienna Jordan 5* YES YES Ankara Kazakhstan 3*8* YES YES Vienna Ankara Kenya YES YES Paris Kiribati YES YES 93 Korea/South YES YES Bucharest Korea/North YES YES Sofia Kuwait YES YES Ankara Kyrgyzstan 3*8* YES YES Ankara Laos YES YES Paris Latvia 16* NO 90d YES Warsaw Warsaw Lebanon 5* YES YES Ankara Lesotho YES YES Rome Libya 5* YES YES Liberia YES YES Rome Lithuania 16* NO 90d YES Vienna Warsaw Liechtenstein NO 3m YES Skopje Bern Luxembourg NO 3m YES Skopje Brussels Macao -special administrative 106 regions YES YES 107 Madagascar YES YES Rome Malawi YES YES 109 Malaysia NO 1m NO Budapest Maldives YES 3m YES 111 Mali YES YES Rome

4 112 Marshall Islands YES YES 113 Malta NO 90d YES Rome Rome Mauritania YES YES Paris Mauritius YES YES Paris Micronesia YES YES 117 Mexico YES YES Morocco 5* YES YES Sofia Moldova 5* 2* YES YES Sofia Sofia Monaco NO 90d YES Skopje Mongolia 4* YES YES Trieste Mozambique YES YES Rim Namibia YES YES 124 Nauru YES YES 125 Nepal YES YES Berlin Netherlands NO 3m YES Skopje The Hague New Guinea-Papua YES YES London New Zealand NO 3m YES Hague Niger 5* YES YES Rome Nigeria 5* YES YES Budapest Nicaragua YES YES Rome Norway 6* NO 3m YES Skopje Stockholm Northern Marianas YES YES 134 Oman 5* YES YES Rome Palestine- entities and territorial 135 authorities that are not recognised YES YES 136 Pakistan 5* YES YES Ankara (5) 137 Palau YES YES 138 Panama YES YES Rome Paraguay YES YES Rome Peru YES YES Sofia Philippines 5* YES YES Athens Poland 16* NO 90d YES Skopje Warsaw Portugal NO 90d YES Skopje Paris Qatar YES YES Rome Romania 2*10* YES 3m YES Skopje Bucharest Russia 3*8* YES YES Skopje Moscow Rwanda 5* YES YES Brussels Saint Kitts and Nevis YES YES 149 Saint Lucia YES YES 150 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines YES YES 151 San Marino NO 90d YES Rome Sao Tome and Principe YES YES 153 Saudi Arabia 5* YES YES London Ankara Seychelles YES YES Paris Senegal 5* YES YES Rome

5 156 South African Republic YES YES Athens Sierra Leone YES YES Moscow Singapore 14* YES NO Geneva Syria 5* YES YES Sofia Slovakia 2* 16* NO 90d YES Vienna Slovenia 6* NO 3m YES Skopje Ljubljana Solomon Islands YES YES 163 Somalia 5* YES YES Moscow Surinam YES YES 165 Sudan 5* YES YES Rome Serbia and Monte Negro 7* NO 60d NO Skopje Switzerland 9* NO 3m YES Skopje Bern Swaziland YES YES Skopje Sweden 6* NO 3m YES Skopje Stockholm Spain 6* NO 3m YES Skopje Madrid Sri Lanka YES NO Vienna Taiwan 2*- entities and territorial 172 authorities that are not recognised YES YES Athens Thailand YES YES Budapest Tanzania YES YES Rome Tajikistan 3*8* YES YES Ankara Togo YES YES Paris Tonga YES YES 178 Trinidad and Tobago YES YES Geneva Turkmenistan 3*8* YES 60d YES Ankara Turkey 12* NO 60d NO Skopje Ankara Tunisia 5* YES NO Tuvalu YES YES 183 United Arab. Emirates 5* YES YES Ankara (4) Ankara Uganda YES YES Rome USA NO 3m YES Skopje Washington Uzbekistan YES YES Ankara Ankara UK and Northern Ireland NO 3m YES Skopje London Ukraine 3*8* YES YES Skopje / Kiev Uruguay YES YES Istanbul Vanuatu YES YES 191 Venezuela YES YES Sofia London Vietnam 5* YES YES Bucharest Yemen 5* YES YES Paris Yemen Arab Republic 5* YES YES Rome Western Samoa YES YES 196 Zimbabwe YES YES

6 REMARKS: 1*. Visa is not necessary for holders of Macedonian diplomatic passports. 2*. Visa is not necessary for holders of diplomatic and official passports bilaterally (Republic of Slovenia, this liberation from the visa obligation limits the stay to 90 day at the most during 6 months, accounting from the day of first entry) 3*. For citizens of the former USSR (except for Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova and Uzbekistan) the Treaty between the Government of the former USSR and SFRY on mutual travel of citizens will be applicable, starting According to the Treaty visa NO is necessary: a. for diplomatic and official passports and the business clause b. for tourist and group travel organized by tourist agencies and individually with vouchers v. by authorization of invitation when visiting relatives and friends or by authorised telegram in emergencies (ceremonies, illness, etc up to 90 days) g. to visit the grave of a relative, which can be proven by Red Cross certificate d. to travel for medical examinations or consultations, the referral or invitation from the health organization is submitted. All other cases require a visa. 4* Visa isn t necessary for diplomatic and official passports and business clause bilaterally (also for regular Chinese official use passport). 5* For issiung entry visa for the Republic of Macedonia for citizens of these countries an approval from the Ministry of Interior is needed, except for the barriers of the diplomatic and official passports from R.Moldova and diplomatic and official passports and,,passports for public affairs,, from P.R. of China. 6* Visa is not necessary for holders of Macedonian diplomatic and service passports. 7* Holders of passports issued by Diplomatic Consular Missions of one of the countries an exit visa is required issued by the competent organs of the country. In this case as well as case of obligatory visa (Article 12 of the Law on aliens and stay longer than 60 days) tax is not charged. No tax is charged for the approval for stay. 8* These countries are not charged tax for issuing visas for entry into the Republic of Macedonia. 9* Holders of diplomatic, official and special passports of both countries, members of the Diplomatic Consular missions or international organizations, visa is not required during the length of their office, while if they are not holders of such function they may enter and exit without a visa up to 90 days if they are not involved in any business activities. The citizens of both countries with approved stays are not required a visa to exit and return to the country of stay. 10* On basis of the bilateral Agreement (exchange of notes), for the citizens of Romania and the Republic of Macedonia only unlimited visas with duration of 6 months are issued, with the right of stay of 90 days at the most. The Diplomatic, Consular missions of the two countries abroad, for the citizens of Romania and the Republic of Macedonia, also issue unlimited visas with the duration of 1 year for the following categories of citizens: a). Economic agents with frequent business trips between the countries; b). Drivers of transportation vehicles working in international forwarding; c. Members of air transport teams; d. Employees of railway transport teams; e). Students and pupils enrolled in regular studies; f). Journalists travelling on official business. 11* On basis of the bilateral Agreement, for citizens of the Republic of Albania and the Republic of Macedonia Single entry visas or transit and group passport visas are issued at the border crossings between the two countries. Holders of UN and EU passports are not required visas. Visa is required for countries not mentioned in this overview. 12 * In issuing visas by Diplomatic and Consular Missions for stay longer than 60 days and visas for employment, education, and other activities, the consular tax shall not be charged (for the Republic of Macedonia, these are cases from Article 12 of the Law on Movement and Stay of Aliens). Nationals of both countries, that are granted temporary and permanent stay, may exit and return in the country of stay, without visas, provided that their absence is not longer than 90 days." 13* For entry in the Republic of Macedonia of the citizens of these countries applicable is the Treaty mentioned in 3* 14* For entry of the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia in Singapore with tourist purpose and stay up to 14 days, there is no visa requirement. For stay with other purpose, there is visa-obligation. 15* For entry of the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia in Hong Kong with tourist purpose and stay up to 15 days, there is no visa requirement. For stay with other purpose, there is visa-obligation. 16* For entry in the Republic of Macedonia of the citizens of these countries, for short term stay up to 90 days and for transit up to 5 days, there is no visa requirement, temporarily in the period from to * Visa for short stay up to 90 days for the citizens of the R.Macadonia is issued free of charge for the following countries: - Estonia - State of Israel - Czech Republic 18* On basis of the bilateral Agreement with Argentina, there is no visa requirement for the holders of ordinary passports of both countries solely for the purpose of tourism and maximum stay of 3 months. For other purposes of traveling and for the holders of diplomatic and official passports, there is visa-obligation.

7 Holders of UN passports are not required visas. For all countries only Diplomatic and Consular missions of the Republic of Macedonia abroad issue visas. Skopje,