Latvia is part of Schengen Agreement. If You are resident of Schengen Agreement country (including European Union, European Economic Area) you don’t need visa to enter Latvia.

Full list of countries to enter Latvia without visa is available on web page of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia. List of countries

Visa application procedure

If You are citizen of Russian Federation, Ukraine, Kenya, Ethiopia or any country outside Schengen area You need visa to enter Latvia. For processing invitation you have to submit the following information on each person traveling to Latvia:

1) Personal data (first name, family name, data and place of birth, current address, citizenship);
2) Confirmation of booked tickets (return ticket is mandatory);
3) City where you will obtain visa from Latvian consular mission Hotel reservation in Riga (Latvia) should be made through travel agency and is mandatory requirement for obtaining the visa.

Travel agency will undertake the invitation processing as soon as you have provided all the necessary information and paid for invitation to the agency. Upon issuing invitation travel agency will inform you via e-mail or fax and the original invitation will be sent to your indicated Latvian consular mission. In order to obtain invitation for Latvian visa, please, contact travel agency „Latvia Tours” by e-mail latviatours@latviatours.lv 

The price for the service and invitation is 30 EUR/ per person (group discounts available for groups above 5 persons) and should be paid immediately upon request for visa.

Attention: For some countries additional examination is required! For these countries proceeding of invitation will take additional time and might be refused if not sufficient guarantees of returning to the residence country is provided.