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Welcome to the forum Jotxo

Hope you will receive lot of responses respective to the questions you raised.

Wish you good luck!

Yud

The only diplomat here that I'm aware of is a guy named veechansa. He doesn't come around here often so if you don't get any other replies you might wanna look him up and shoot him a PM.

Thanks Yud and Bigtuna for the welcome and the information. I guess I'll have to be patient.

Jotxo

I would have thought that most, if not all of your questions could be answered by your own Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Hi ,
diplomats are free to go and back to libya as long they have diplomats passport and the card (card is an id you get from Ministry of Foreign Affairs


you are free to move inside the country ,,,BUT  not free to visit Yefrin or Alkufra

as you know , an american diplomats asked to leave the country 3 days ago becaouse he visited Yefrin
the libyan government  gave him 48 hur to leave ,(kicked out)

you will be followed by secret police here (for u safty and for send information about your activities here ), and no police will stop you here ,

you will be very fine here , just don;t go to yefrin , and dont do any activities concerned with freedom ,democracy ect ect

and welcome to libya

Why aren't diplomats allowed to go to Yefren and al Kufra?

(here's the story on the diplomat for whoever else is interested
)

Sandman6 wrote:

I would have thought that most, if not all of your questions could be answered by your own Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Let's say my own Ministry of Foreign affairs is not as helpful as you guys, (by far). Besides, we are relatively new in Libya and I'll be the first diplomat posted there.

I love your posts, sandman, by the way. We have to meet when I get to Tripoli, I'll buy you a Mirinda.

Jotxo

ibrahjette wrote:

you are free to move inside the country ,,,BUT  not free to visit Yefrin or Alkufra


you will be very fine here , just don;t go to yefrin , and dont do any activities concerned with freedom ,democracy ect ect

Thank you Ibrahjette, very helpful. I made good note, Yefrin and Alkufra, whatever is there are no go zones.

Jotxo

This post was censored by someone incapable of distinguishing between banter and bona-fide insults.

Calm down, ladies...Big Tuna was only trying his hand at a wind up, no offense taken

Hello everyone,

Some posts have been deleted and moderated in this forum because they were off topic and some were qualified to be abusive and offensive posts.

So all members, can we please stick to the topic of discussion without having to insult each other!

Wish you all a pleasant day ahead!

Hello Everyone...what is wrong with Yefren and al Kuf ? No expats are allowed there? What is there making it special? Am I allowed to ask these questions? If I am not supposed to ask, then the moderator can delete this post.

Welcome to Íæż½ã½ã Leo,

Of course expats are allowed in the forum, but they shall make sure that they post comments and questions which are not abusive/offensive!

Hope that helps!

Regards

Dear Jotxo,

Welcome to forum and to Libya as well. I will try to answer your question as per my experience as diplomat here in Libya. I will reply to your queries one by one:

Freedom of movement:As far as entering Libya is concerned it depends upon any visa abolition agreement between your country and Libya. However, in order to come to Libya as a diplomat you will have to get an assignment visa from Libyan Bureau in your country (it again depends upon nature of abolition of visa agreement if any). Otherwise you may face some delays in getting residence visa here in Libya. Moving with Libya is no problem however you will have to inform Libyan authorities if you are going outside your city of posting for more than 70 KM. The procedure is simple and can be done by your Embassy in one day.
Moving in: I did not face any problem in clearance of my goods, although, those were not shipped by container but by air as unaccompanied baggage. For a container clearance you will have to apply for diplomatic exemption of duty / taxes on prescribed forms (in Arabic) along with details of goods in the container and original B/L. Once exemption is approved then your goods will not be subject to inspection and taxes, however, you may be asked for delay charges (if any) and inland transport charges.
Diplomatic license plates: Issuing of diplomatic number plates is again not a big deal here. It can be issued in a week or ten days time depending on submission of all the required documents. Usually all Embassies have one or more temporary numbers which may be available for you as well depending on availability with you embassy.
Diplomatic ID: Yes you and your spouse will be issued diplomatic ID along with your residence visas. You Embassy will submit your application along with required documents.
Tax exemption: Yes diplomats are exempted from any tax.
Security: I had a wonderful experience as diplomat in Libya, not a single incident with me or heard of any harassment by police. Infact everywhere diplomats are given a special treatment on the road, at the parking or moving around. I believe authorities in Libya are very well aware of provisions of Vienna Convention.
How much interest do the Libyan authorities take on the movements and activities of foreign Diplomats? As far as myself is concerned I have not witnessed any such activities.
Are the authorities in the Foreign Secretariat hepful with the diplomats in general? Yes of course ! Libyan Foreign Office is very helpful with matters of diplomats and all things are done in due course of time.
Visits of family and friends: For visits of family and friends you will have to process visas through Libyan Foreign Office applying on prescribed form. You would be required Arabic Translation on your friend / family passport (I learnt that recently this requirement has been withdrawn but there is no documented proof available). Visa will however be issued at Libyan Bureau in your country.
Housing: Janzour is a newly developed residential area. There are lot of embassies and residences of diplomats in Janzour. Another option can be of Gargaresh. You may also find residences of diplomats in Ben Ashour area as well. You may be able to find some cheaper accommodation in Janzour. You may also like to refer to various forum discussions on housing in Tripoli for further comprehension.

I hope above information will help you in planning your move-in to Libya.

Regards

Thebigtuna wrote:

Why aren't diplomats allowed to go to Yefren and al Kufra?

(here's the story on the diplomat for whoever else is interested
)

Because they are kicked in the ars* (as in told to leave), which I 100% agree to and should be done. You're not allowed, why do you question something you don't need to know about. :lol:Wolrd of wonderlands!!!

Maybe he was told not to go there, for some reason, maybe it was not where he went, but what he did there... maybe someone just didn't like him, or wanted to send someone in Washington a message, we will probably never find out.

I will check twice with Lybian authorities before leaving Tripoli.

Jotxo

BTW, Waquas, thanks for your post, it was really useful.