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- <text>
- <title>
- Libya: Travel
- </title>
- <article>
- <hdr>
- Background Notes: Libya
- 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>
- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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