Amendments to the Cabinet Regulations No. 360 on granting of temporary residence permit
Cabinet Regulations No. 459
38.3 If a foreigner has not resided within the last 14 days in a country published on the website of the Centre, to which the special precautionary and restrictive measures are applicable, and the Office of Citizenship and Migration affairs has adopted a decision on granting a residence permit to the said foreigner, the foreigner can receive the residence rights certifying document at the diplomatic or consular mission of the Republic of Latvia in the foreign country, where such spread of Covid-19 infection, which may pose a serious threat to the public health, is not registered.
38.4 Starting from 16 July 2020, acceptance of long-term visa (category D) applications, submitted according to the decision on granting of temporary residence permit in the Republic of Latvia, adopted by the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, as well as issuance of such visas, is suspended at diplomatic and consular missions of the Republic of Latvia in foreign countries, where such spread of Covid-19 infection, which may pose a serious threat to public health, is registered. The aforesaid restriction does not apply to categories of immigrants stated in Paragraph 37 of these Regulations.”
Grozījumi Covid-19 infekcijas izplatības pārvaldības likumā (Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2020, 110.A nr.)