Lebanon

The General Directorate of the General Security announces that entry is permitted across all land borders for holders of valid residency and their family members or those wishing to transit from Syria via Lebanon to travel through the airport, provided that they possess a travel ticket and attend a maximum of 24 hours before the plane’s date, after having a PCR test issued by laboratories accredited by the Syrian Ministry of Health for a period not exceeding 48 hours indicating that they are not infected with the Coronavirus.

This is an announcement from the General Directorate of the General Security informing Syrian nationals who are in Lebanon legally or illegally that they can leave for Syria, provided that they have their identity papers and a report on the examination of the Coronavirus (PCR), not exceeding 24 hours.

Due to the ongoing health condition the country is going through, this Memo extends the work of Memo 1/30 of 24/04/2020 which is related to the Lab tests that are required to complete the transactions of foreign employees, that were taken in private labs and hospitals, till the date of 31/12/2020.

In order to ensure the proper functioning work, the heads of the units concerned with the work of foreigners are requested to ask concerned parties, when submitting a request for a review of a previously rejected transaction, to explain the request and to include the documents confirming the rejection, including an opinion by the head of the department or the competent authority with the suggestion of approval or lack thereof and the reasons justifying that before submitting it to the director and the minister.