Regulation Regarding the Countries for the Citizens of which an Additional Assessment shall be Performed when Issuing a Visa or a Residence Permit

Issued in accordance with
Section 4, Paragraph nine
of the Immigration Law

1. This Regulation prescribes the list of the countries for the citizens of which an additional assessment shall be performed when issuing a visa or a residence permit.

2. When issuing a visa or a residence permit, an additional assessment shall be performed for the citizens of the countries referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.

2.¹ The State Security Service shall, in cooperation with the Constitution Protection Bureau, review the list of countries in the Annex to this Regulation at least once in every three years and inform the Minister for the Interior of the changes needed therein.

[15 January 2013; 5 February 2019]

3. Cabinet Regulation No. 149 of 14 February 2006, Regulation Regarding the Countries for the Citizens of which an Additional Examination shall be Performed when Issuing a Visa or Residence Permit and to which a Visa is Necessary in Order to Enter the Republic of Latvia in the Status of a Cruise Ship Passenger (Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2006, No. 31; 2007, No. 177), is repealed.

Prime Minister V. Dombrovskis

Minister for the Interior L. Mūrniece

Annex
Cabinet Regulation No. 554
21 June 2010

[30 August 2022]

Countries for the Citizens of which an Additional Assessment shall be Performed when Issuing a Visa or Residence Permit

1. Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

2. People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

3. [8 September 2015]

4. Kingdom of Bahrain

4.¹ Republic of Belarus

5. People's Republic of Bangladesh

5.¹ Republic of South Sudan

5.² Georgia (Abkhazia and South Ossetia)*

6. Arab Republic of Egypt

7. Republic of Indonesia

8. Republic of Iraq

9. Islamic Republic of Iran

10. Republic of Yemen

11. Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

11.¹ Republic of Cameroon

12. State of Qatar

13. Republic of Kenya

14. Democratic People's Republic of Korea

15. Russian Federation

16. State of Kuwait

17. Lebanese Republic

18. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

18.¹ Republic of Mali

19. Kingdom of Morocco

20. Federal Republic of Nigeria

21. Sultanate of Oman

22. Islamic Republic of Pakistan

23. Palestinian Authority*

24. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

25. Syrian Arab Republic

26. Somalia

27. Republic of Sudan

28. [8 September 2015]

29. Republic of Tunisia

30. Ukraine (Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Luhansk region and Donetsk region)*

Note.

* Applicable to a person whose address of the place of residence or place of birth is in the indicated territory.

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