Caravanistan

Yes, I got an e-mail from the Ministry saying that the border is temporarily closed and in the next e-mail I got information that my application has been accepted and it's recommeded to have double Russian visa. I am confused.

I guess they only follow this rule in Germany, heard about a girl in Laos who applied for Chinese Visa in March and old passport was not required.

Does it increase chances of being refused Visa?

I hold an Indian passport and the last time I applied for a Chinese Visa, was asked by the agency to produce previous/old passports along, which I did and got the Visa hassle free. Produce the old passports if you can just to be safer, nothing to lose. When did you apply? I don't have any old passp...

What nationalities does it apply to?

I did overstay my Visa for 9 days. I got info from my Pakistani friend working as diplomatic coordinator for Ministry of Culture, that you can overstay up to two weeks without any problems. I thought I will risk just to enjoy my time in Pakistan without going to get extension. When I tried to cross ...

Is it possible to get to Uzbekistan from Kazakhstan via train and then get to Kyrgyzstan?

Thank you for your reply. Some people say that travelling in winter is too difficult or even impossible. What's the best way of getting from Kyrgyzstan to Tajikistan (avoiding Uzbekistan)?

Hi, I will be travelling to Russia and Kazakhstan, between October and December. Then I would like to travel to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. I know that winter might be very harsh, I am from Poland so temperatures up to -20 are fine (even lower). What I would like to know is if there is any way of tra...