Caravanistan

hey sorry for the late reply, i haven't been around for a while. i can't help very much on this: my visa ran from the day I got it, and i didn't ask for a future date...

I see this topic was recently reopened, and since the 'crossing season' will reopwn in few months, I decided to share my experience (late June 2014, Italian passport). I tried to cross at Qolma on the 27th of June, from the Chinese side, and was sent back. Before going to Kalasu, the Chinese checkpo...

The following info is from July 2014 and concerns applications for Uzbek, Kazakh, and Azeri visas in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, with Italian passport. Uzbek Visa Walking North on Rudaki Avenue, the Uzbek embassy is down the first street on the left past the Tajikmatlubot Hotel. Open Monday to Friday, 9am...

I entered Tajikistan from Kyrgyzstan with 5 days left of my visa, which is in itself asking for headaches, but things had gone that way. The bottom line is: do not find yourself in the situation of having to extend an expired visa. If you do, however, this is my experience, July 2014. Note: I can't ...

From the Embassy reports' section (Southeast Asia): April 2014: It cost $64 US for 2 30 day tourist visa’s and took 4 days (I think faster is available). We needed – passports, 1 passport photo, visa form, copy of bank statements, copy of travel insurance, 2 weeks worth of hotel bookings (cancelled ...

If you are applying for a Tajik visa by post you may consider the Tajik consulate in Geneva (http://www.tajikistanmission.ch/consular-affairs.html). I sent in my (Italian) passport, together with a photocopy of the passport's details page, visa application form (available on their website), a passpo...