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Tourist Visa

SyriaShort 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?

Entry to Syria requires valid travel documents and, unless the traveller is exempt, an entry visa obtained in advance from a Syrian diplomatic mission.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured eAIP is a general entry page and does not establish tourist-specific purpose, stay duration, fee, extension or nationality exemptions.
  • captured content_text exact GEN 1.3 passport and visa requirements
    All passengers and crew entering the Syrian Arab Republic must hold valid travel documents. Entry requirements include: Valid passport with minimum 6 months validity beyond intended stay Entry visa (obtained in advance from a Syrian diplomatic mission, unless exempt)

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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Limits of the record
  • Searched embassy visa page (both captures), eAIP GEN 1.3 and Law 2 extract. The embassy 'Tourist Visa Requirements' section lists documents only (itinerary, accommodation, residency permit copy); no permitted-purpose statement. Purpose not derived from the visa name.

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

Answer not available

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Limits of the record
  • The captured Article 17 gives a three-month maximum for a tourist RESIDENCE category, not for tourist-VISA stay. No official source in this packet establishes visa stay, validity, entry count or rolling-period rule.
  • Current wording of the 2014 provision following later amendments is not established.

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

For airport entry, the Syrian aviation authority’s eAIP states that the passport needs at least six months of validity beyond the intended stay and that an entry visa must be obtained in advance from a Syrian diplomatic mission unless exempt. The eAIP does not list tourist-specific funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance or onward-travel evidence.

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Limits of the record
  • The eAIP is general air-entry guidance. Tourist-specific border documentation and land-border conditions have not been established by this page.
  • https://www.eaip.gaca.gov.sy/section/40
    Passport and Visa Requirements All passengers and crew entering the Syrian Arab Republic must hold valid travel documents. Entry requirements include: Valid passport with minimum 6 months validity beyond intended stay Entry visa (obtained in advance from a Syrian diplomatic mission, unless exempt)

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

An entry visa is obtained in advance from a Syrian diplomatic mission unless the traveller is exempt. The official source does not state extension rules.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured eAIP is a general entry page and does not establish tourist-specific purpose, stay duration, fee, extension or nationality exemptions.

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

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