Entry regulations		Residence regulations		Additional information
People with known HIV infection are not allowed to enter Yemen. No controls or tests required for short term tourist stays (less than 3 months).		HIV test required from work / residence permit applicants.		HIV positive people are expelled.

HIV-specific entry and residence regulations for Yemen

Independent of purpose and duration of stay, people with known HIV infection are not allowed to enter Yemen.

Tourists staying less than 3 months are not controlled, whether on entry nor during their stay. Residence or work permit applicants need to undergo HIV-testing in order to receive their permits. The regulations target students, foreign employees, refugees and immigrants.

HIV/AIDS is not mentioned in the Entry and Residence Law (law no. 47, 1991). The immigration authorities refer to “current international practice”.

Anti-HIV medication can be imported for personal use (limits are not defined).

Although the practices are generally applied, there are ways and means to avoid a mandatory HIV-test.

(Source: 1)

Applicants for a permanent residence status, students over 16 and all foreigners intending to stay longer than one month and their spouses are required to present a negative HIV-test result.

(Source: 2)

 

HIV treatment information for Yemen

HIV/AIDS is stigmatised, both in society and in health care settings. Infected people and their relatives are often forced to leave a hospital after a positive diagnosis. People with HIV are generally required to leave the country.

(Source: 1)

 

HIV information / HIV NGOs in Yemen

No information available

 

Global Criminalisation of HIV Transmission Scan

The Global Criminalisation Scan is an initiative of GNP+. It aims to collect and keep up to date information on national and state level laws criminalising the transmission of or exposure to HIV. It also aims to provide an easily accessible ‘clearing-house’ of resources, research, and initiatives on the subject and to provide a platform for advocacy initiatives.

Find out more about the scan and the criminalisation of HIV transmission legislation at http://criminalisation.gnpplus.net/.

 

Sources

1. German Embassy, Sanaa, March 18, 2008
2. US State Department web site; Travel Publications / December 2006;
   http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/brochures/brochures_1230.html ,
   consulted July 1, 2007 (no longer online)

 

updated: 7/19/2008
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