A ger in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Who needs a visa for Mongolia?

Eastern Asia · Ulan Bator

Photo: Bernard Gagnon / Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Of 198 nationalities, 64 enter Mongolia with no paperwork at all. The rest: 3 can get a visa at the border and 131 must be approved before they travel.

We have not found a Mongolia government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Mongolia's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 64

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

eVisa (electronic visa) 95

A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.

Visa on arrival 3

Issued at the border rather than beforehand. Bring the fee in cash in the currency the border post accepts. It is a permission, not a guarantee.

Visa required 36

You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.

About Mongolia

Region
Eastern Asia
Capital
Ulan Bator
Population
3,568,978 2025 · 132nd of 197
Size
1,564,110 km² 18th largest of 199
Density
2 per km²
Language
Mongolian
Currency
Mongolian tögrög MNT
Borders
China Russia

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.