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Tourist Visa

LibyaShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

A foreigner may enter Libya only with a valid visa issued on a valid passport from a recognised competent authority, or on an equivalent travel document that entitles the holder to return to the issuing state. Citizens of Arab states may enter using personal identity cards through designated entry points, under rules set by the General Administration of Passports and Nationality.

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  • The official source does not state the complete answer to this question for this route.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the visit purposes this route covers.

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  • No captured source lists the purposes covered by a tourist visa; the embassy page only states that tourist visas are not currently accepted or issued.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

Under Libya's entry and residence of foreigners law, an entry visa permits entry for the purpose stated in the visa and must be used within forty-five days of issue; it allows the holder to stay in Libya for three months from the date of entry. A foreigner must register with the nearest passports office within seven days of entry.

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  • The law regulates the general entry visa; it does not name a tourist visa specifically, and the stay granted to a tourist e-visa holder is not published on the official eVisa portal (evisa.gov.ly).
  • Law No. 6 of 1987 as published by the Ministry of Justice; later amendments or executive regulations were not checked.
  • Multiple-entry provision is tied to foreigners whose work requires it, not to tourists.
  • The Libyan Embassy in Washington states it currently does not issue tourist visas.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

A foreigner may enter Libya only with a valid visa issued on a valid passport from a recognised competent authority, or on an equivalent travel document that entitles the holder to return to the issuing state. Citizens of Arab states may enter using personal identity cards through designated entry points, under rules set by the General Administration of Passports and Nationality.

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  • No official source found stating funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance or onward-travel evidence for tourists; the tourist e-visa document list on evisa.gov.ly is only shown after account creation.
  • Law No. 6 of 1987 as published; later amendments or executive regulations were not checked.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

The Embassy of Libya in Washington, D.C. states that it currently does not issue tourist visas. The official source does not state where else the visa can be obtained or when a stay can be extended or changed.

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  • Procedure as published by the Embassy of Libya in Washington, D.C.; other Libyan missions were not checked.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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