Damascus, Dec. 30 (SANA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates announced that all fee-based consular services at Syrian diplomatic and consular missions worldwide will be temporarily suspended from the morning of Wednesday, December 31, 2025, until the evening of Sunday, January 4, 2026.
Mohammad Al-Omar, Director of the Consular Affairs Department at the Ministry, told SANA that the temporary suspension applies to all transactions that require payment of fees. He emphasized that this measure is being implemented as part of end-of-year and start-of-year financial and administrative arrangements, aimed at ensuring accurate accounting procedures and smooth management of all fee-related services across Syrian missions abroad.
Al-Omar added that all Syrian diplomatic and consular missions are scheduled to resume normal consular services on Monday, January 5, 2026, and urged applicants to plan their visits accordingly.
The Ministry confirmed that this temporary suspension is part of routine financial arrangements and will not affect the provision of other consular services that do not require fee payments.
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