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- <text id=93CT1762>
- <title>
- Libya--Travel
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--CIA Factbook
- Northern Africa
- Libya
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>CIA World Factbook</source>
- <hdr>
- Travel
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> A U.S. passport is not valid for travel into or through Libya
- without express validation for such travel by the Department of
- State. Since December 1981, a special validation by the Passport
- Office is required in accordance with Section 51.71 (a)(3) of
- Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations which make
- unauthorized use of U.S. passports subject to criminal
- penalties. Travelers seeking a validation or further information
- should contact the nearest U.S. Embassy, consulate, or passport
- office in the United States. The U.S. Government maintains no
- diplomatic or consular representation in Libya, except very
- limited services through the Embassy of Belgium, acting as the
- U.S. protecting power. The United States, therefore, cannot
- provide customary protective services to American citizens.
- </p>
- <p> Travelers to Libya' also must obtain a Libyan visa. Visitors
- to Libya are required by Libyan law to bear passports printed in
- Arabic. However, an official transcription of relevant passport
- information on a page of the passport is acceptable. U.S.
- Embassies are authorized to provide this service for Americans
- whose passports contain a validation to visit Libya.
- </p>
- <p>Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs,
- September 1989.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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