General Security : Entry Visa For Sports Delegations Lebanon

Name of the Organization : General Directorate of General Security
Type of Facility : Entry Visa For Sports Delegations
Country : Lebanon

Website : http://www.general-security.gov.lb/

Entry Visa For Sports Delegations :

Procedure of visa applications of Arab and foreign delegations

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A sport delegation:
Is considered a sport delegation any group of Arab and foreign citizens wishing to visit Lebanon for the purpose of participating in sports competitions within a group based on the invitation of an institution or a sport club.

Required documents to obtain the visa of a sport delegation:
1. The application of a sport delegation visa no matter what the number of the members of the delegation is shall be done exclusively in the Secretariat of the regional General Security department according to the address of the head office or the institution, by the latter or an association or a sport club.
2. A letter from the Ministry of Youth and Sports about the expected program and the residence place of the delegation.
3. Copies of the hosting institutions documents ( register of commerce, circular of commerce)
4. A list of all the sports delegation members made on five copies, full name, date of birth, nationality, profession, sex, passport number in addition to the issuance date and validity.
5. Copies of the delegation members passports.
6. The engagement of the sports institution to assume full responsibility of the sports delegation through their stay in Lebanon.
7. The responsible of the institution submits a written statement of the expected program of the delegation and the necessary duration of the visit (activities, places, residence)
8. The institution keeps the passports of all the delegation members within all the duration of their stay in Lebanon and gives them back to their holders only if necessary.
9. The decision is given within 48 hours of the application date.

Note: Accepting the applications of the institutions and sports clubs continues exceptionally through the Department of public relations.

The terms and conditions to grant a Lebanese visa :
1- The authorities in charge of delivering the visas
11- The general directorate of general security (previous authorization) : the request is made at the regional departments by the interested party (Lebanese citizen, Palestinian refugee, the owner of a temporary visa, a permanent, a diplomatic, or a particular visa, as well as a residency permit of first or second class).

** A decision taken by the general director.
** A decision taken by the director of the following department: the bureau of naturalization, passports, and foreigners.

12- Visas delivered by departments or border posts –
13- Lebanese missions abroad can grant visas with the authorization of the general security, and under the responsibility of the mission’s director.

The type of visas :
21- A work visa authorized by the ministry of labor
22- A visa for a visit
221- Individual tourism
222- Touristic groups, student groups, or sports groups
223- Student visa

224- A student in religion, a clergy member, a volunteer or a missionary
225- Sanitary services
226- Show up at an embassy or an official entity
227- A friendship or a relationship of some sort

228- Family reasons
229 – Transit
229 bis – work (commercial, consultation, training, etc.)
33- The visas delivered by the department of artists following special conditions