State Border GuardGovernment

The State Border Guard is an armed law enforcement institution subordinated to the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Latvia. It is responsible for guarding the country's land and maritime borders, managing border control checkpoints, regulating immigration, and securing the external border of the Schengen Area. Originally established in November 1919 during the Latvian War of Independence, the service was disbanded following the Soviet occupation in 1940 and officially re-established in December 1991.