As of Monday, September 1, new rules for entry and transit through Latvia come into force for citizens of third countries, including the Republic of Moldova, who do not hold a visa or residence permit issued by the Latvian authorities. Therefore, Moldovans who intend to enter or transit Latvia will be obliged to inform the authorities in Riga, through a government platform, at least 48 hours in advance, IPN reports.<\/p>\n\n
Among the information that foreign citizens will have to communicate to the Latvian authorities are: place of accommodation, duration, purpose and route of the trip, contact details and whether they hold any elective position, status as a state or municipal official, and membership in the armed forces, special services, justice or diplomacy.<\/p>\n\n
The procedure for submitting data will be carried out on the portal eta.gov.lv.<\/em> Subsequently, the citizen will receive an automatic confirmation by e-mail. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Chisinau warns that in order to enter Latvia, a person does not have to wait for the issuance of a separate permit.<\/p>\n\n Failure to comply with obligations or providing false or incomplete data may result in administrative sanctions. At the same time, if the authorities in Riga identify a risk case, entry to Latvia will be denied.<\/p>\n\n Exceptions to the new rule in Latvia are citizens of EU, NATO, OECD, Switzerland and Brazil states. Persons with diplomatic immunities and privileges, and those on short-term official or technical missions are exempt.<\/p>\n\n The new rule was introduced as a result of the intensification of security risks to Latvia, generated by the war in Ukraine, in order to strengthen and improve the efficiency of state border monitoring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As of Monday, September 1, new rules for entry and transit through Latvia come into force for citizens of third countries, including the Republic of Moldova, who do not hold…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":102922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[1556,421,1934],"class_list":["post-102949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society","tag-latvia","tag-moldova-en","tag-moldovans"],"yoast_head":"\n