So you will always be in a precarious situation with your drone. It's illegal, but local authorities might not even know that. It's illegal, but border guards have very likely seen one in someone's baggage and let it pass through. It's illegal, and you will probably get away with it. But your drone can always be confiscated and you can always be fined, and that's fully in line with the laws of Tajikistan.
It's just a matter of time before a tourist flies a drone over an "object of strategic importance" or some sort of sensitive area (there are so many) and a memo is sent out to start enforcing strictly. Or maybe a new border guard commander is appointed to a crossing and he starts to enforce the law. Obviously this is not the time to be entering with your super expensive videography drone. That's how things work in Tajikistan. A law is usually not rescinded, it's just left unenforced... until it's suddenly enforced again.
I suggest entering Tajikistan with a drone that you can live with being confiscated. And never expect a clear answer on a law in Tajikistan. The local drone operator who uploads to Tiktok or Instagram doesn't know. The tour guide doesn't know. The police officer doesn't know. The tourist who had no problems with their drone flights in Tajikistan doesn't know. People will confidently tell you something, but they just don't know. The best they can do is provide an anecdote about likelihood of enforcement.
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Here's some translated text from a 2016 new article:
Emomali Rahmon signed a government decree according to which the Ministry of Transport, together with the Ministry of Defense of the Republic, is instructed to officially register all unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) used in the country within three months.
The issuance of licenses and registration of drones is instructed by these ministries to be carried out in agreement with the State Committee for National Security of the Republic of Tajikistan.
The import, export and use of unmanned aerial vehicles on the territory of the country will henceforth be carried out exclusively on the basis of a special permit, which will be issued in agreement with the State Committee for National Security.
Earlier, the State Committee for National Security stated that drones, including drones used for video filming, could pose a danger to the security of the republic.
In this regard, in April of this year, the Parliament of Tajikistan introduced amendments to the Air Code of the Republic of Tajikistan, which provide for control over drones.
Speaking at a meeting of the lower house of parliament on April 6, when amendments to the Air Code of Tajikistan were being adopted, First Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for National Security of the Republic of Tajikistan Mansurjon Umarov noted that these amendments are aimed, first of all, at preventing flights of unmanned aerial vehicles by terrorist organizations.
“Now only the government will determine who can and cannot use these flying machines over our territory,” Umarov said at the time.
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