Border control shall be reintroduced in order to ensure safety and public order during an unofficial NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting taking place in April.

  • Border control will be applied to persons entering Estonia at the Estonian-Latvian border, as well as at ports and airports.
  • The requirements of customs-, sanitary-, veterinary- and fytosanitary control will not be implemented during temporary border check. 
  • Crossing of the border in the area between border crossing points is not permitted during this time period of reintroduction of border control.
  • EU citizens can enter Estonia at the internal border of Schengen area by presenting a travel document or an ID-card. Third country citizens must carry a travel document (passport) and a document proving the rights to enter Schengen area when crossing the border.
  • In general all border crossing points are open 24h (see the attached list of border crossing points).

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