The Mongolian Immigration Agency announced today, Monday February 10th about several changes to procedures at ports of entry due to the implementation of a new Law on Border Checkpoints in Mongolia.

The technical reforms to the Agency include online versions of visa, invitation certificate and residence permission application forms. In addition the Agency is considering to introduce fingerprint checks at borders with frequent traffic such as Buyant-Ukhaa and Zamyn-Uud for Mongolian citizens this year.

Officials say now it takes only 15 seconds per passenger at the border for an entry; once it used to take two minutes. Introducing fingerprint checks at the larger border points will reduce the time even more and prevent long queues that are frequently created at the border checkpoints.