VISA SUPPORT & INVITATIONS
This page gives information and links on how to obtain visa, invitations, letters of support, letter of invitation for visa for Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The links to Governments and Online Visa Services give you the opportunity to make a comparison between travel agencies and their prices for visa support.Tajikistan Visa
Tourist visa for Tajikistan
Tourist visa
can be obtained at Tajik embassies in Europe (Brussels, Vienna, Berlin),
in all Central Asian capitals or upon arrival at Dushanbe airport. You
can get more information on the visa for Tajikistan at www.tajikembassy.org
Travel agencies
You can contact the following agencies for
the letter of invitation for Tadjikistan :
- http://www.traveltajikistan.com/entry/index.html, lots of information on the Tajik visa regulations
- mtravel@khasanov.bcc.com.uz, Mountain Travel Tashkent,
- Tadjik Travel, dmelnichkov@hotmail.com, Vladimir Razikov, 734025, P.O. Box 173, Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan, T 992 / 372 / 37-58-93, 35-18-61, fax 992 / 372 / 21-14-22 or 992 / 372 / 51-01-44, "Tadjiktourism" Company, Kasym Gafarov, Tel.: +992 372 233861, 221401, Fax: +992 372 231401, gafarov@td.silk.org
- lorica@e-pool.eanetways.com, Ravshan Ashurov, manager hotel Hadra in Tashkent
- ayan@online.tm, 25$
- Minister of Tourisme in Tadjikistan, Mr. Kasim Abdul Salamovich Gafarov, gafarov@td.silk.org
Tajikistan embassies in the world
Austria: Universitaetsstrasse 8/1A ; 1090 Vienna; telephone number 1-409
82 66 11
Belgium : Avenue Louise 363 - 365 ; Brussels ; telephone number 02 - 64 069
33
Germany : Otto Suhr Allee 84; 10585 Berlin; telephone number 30 347 93 00
Tashkent:
The Tajik embassy in Tashkent will not issue visas to EU passport holders
without an LOI (update september 2005).
Some embassies require an invitation letter, others do not - enquire. The price
for the visa varies according to the time of delivery required.
Permits
Gorno Badakshan (GBAO) requires a special travel permit. It is either
on a piece of paper or it is stamped into your passport. It states the districts
("rayon") you are permitted to visit, so make sure you get all you want.
It can be obtained at the Ministry of Interior in Dushanbe or with the help
of various tour operators such as The Great Game (www.greatgametravel.co.uk), Central
Asian Tourism Corporation (CAT), Sayoh (www.sayoh.tojikiston.com). The price
for the permit including service charges varies from 20 US$ to more. Because
of the administrative effort, many operators will try to link the obtention
of a permit to other services.
Since 2004, the permit can also be obtained upon arrival in Khorog, the capital
of GBAO within three days of entering GBAO.
Registration
You will still have to register at the various check posts along
the road and with OVIR as well as with KGB. The registration fee is 15 US$
plus 15 Tajik Somoni, unless you obtained your permit with the Ministry of
Interior, in which case it is for free.
Special permits
Some areas (e.g. Sarez lake) need a particular travel permit
(to be obtained at the Ministry of Emergencies) very difficult to obtain. Other
areas, in particular along the Afghan and Chinese border, are off limits for
tourists or can be visited after obtaining the permission with the local KGB
and OVD.
Trekking and mountaineering
A nature fee of 1 US$ per visitor per day has to be paid to the
department of Nature Protection for each day of trekking. An altitude fee has
to be paid for every day over 6000 m.
