Mongolia

Conditional

Issuer: Protected-area administrations and site managers for commercial shoots; no permit for personal photography

Cost: No permit for personal photography; some monasteries and museums charge camera fees, and commercial crews need clearances

Personal photography needs no permit almost everywhere. National parks and strictly protected areas require entry fees and, for commercial filming, the protected-area administration's consent. Monasteries such as Gandan in Ulaanbaatar charge interior photography fees.

National rules via the Civil Aviation Authority of Mongolia (CAAM): registration required for drones over 250 g, roughly 120 m ceiling, VLOS and daylight only, 4 km from aerodromes, with permits for commercial operations

Rules are enforced most visibly around Ulaanbaatar and border regions; the open steppe is operationally easy but the same rules apply. For detail, see Drone Authority.

Yes to photograph; ask before photographing people, and expect small fees or refusals at religious sites

There is no general restriction on street photography. Commercial use of a person's likeness needs consent; herder families generally expect a courtesy ask, and sometimes payment, for posed photos.

Yes for architecture and statues, including sale of images; 2D works not covered

Article 46 of the 2021 Law on Copyright and Related Rights permits painting, filming, and photographing works of architecture, fine art, and statues permanently located in public places, and exploiting the results; what it prohibits is reproducing an identical structure or statue for direct or indirect commercial purposes. The exception does not clearly extend to 2D works such as murals.