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- Sat Nov 03, 2018 3:32 pm
- Forum: Roads, borders and security updates
- Topic: Irkeshtam pass report – Kashgar, Xinjiang to Sary Tash, Kyrgyzstan
- Replies: 42
- Views: 19022
Re: Irkeshtam pass report – Kashgar, Xinjiang to Sary Tash, Kyrgyzstan
We are a couple of french travellers. We crossed the Irkeshtam border from Kyrgyzstan to China in October 2018. - Hitchhiking to the border We joined the border by hitchhiking with a truck. - Irkeshtam, deadzone We are no planning kings (but we like it this way) So we arrived in Irkeshtam a friday e...
- Tue Oct 16, 2018 1:04 pm
- Forum: Roads, borders and security updates
- Topic: Bordercrossing Iran - Turkmenistan a.k.a. Sarakhs - Saraghs
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6864
Re: Bordercrossing Iran - Turkmenistan a.k.a. Sarakhs - Saraghs
We are a couple of French travellers. We cross the border to Turkmenistan in Sarakhs with a transit visa (five days). It was in september 2018. We join the border from Masshad by hitchhiking. It was easy. Only a few control at the border on Iranian side. At the first checkpoint they wanted us to pay...
- Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:22 am
- Forum: Visas & embassy reports
- Topic: Turkmenistan Transit Visa in Tehran
- Replies: 123
- Views: 59499
Re: Turkmenistan Transit Visa in Tehran
We are a couple of French travellers on their way to China (Follow us here http://www.apprentis-vagabonds.fr/itineraire/). We managed to have the Turkmen transit visa one week ago. We applied in Tehran and we took our visa in Mashhad after 10 days. We had a problem with our "old" dollars in mashhad ...
- Mon Sep 10, 2018 6:51 am
- Forum: Visas & embassy reports
- Topic: Report: Tehran, Chinese VIsa
- Replies: 88
- Views: 38975
Re: Report: Tehran, Chinese VIsa
We are a couple of French travelling by foot and hitchhiking on the Silk Road. We managed to have chineese visas on the 27 august 2018 in Tehran for 1 month with single entry. What we needed : - Passport - copy of passport - copy of iran visa - 2 pictures (our first were not good, the woman asked a ...
- Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:41 pm
- Forum: Visas & embassy reports
- Topic: Iran e-visa system
- Replies: 109
- Views: 41622
Re: Iran e-visa system
After 31 days waiting and being taken for a ride by the Batumi Embassy our e-visa demands got rejected. We then tried with Caravanistan Form and Key2Persia. We received grant notice in 24h and got the visa stamped from the Baku Embassy in another 24h. You can read more about this story in French her...
- Thu Aug 02, 2018 6:11 am
- Forum: Visas & embassy reports
- Topic: Embassy Report: Iranian consulate Batumi
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12221
Re: Embassy Report: Iranian consulate Batumi
Hi everyone, We are a couple of French travellers. We applied for e-visa in Batumi on the 5th of July. After many mails, visits, phone calls, our visa status is still pending. When your e-visa status is pending you can't do another request to another ambassy. You can't go via Reference number either...