5 year tourist Visa for USA citizens

[campbellclan929]

Hello all,

I am considering applying for a 5 year tourist visa for my entire family as we plan to spend significant time in Kyrgyzstan over the next 5 years while our children are young. We will also spend time in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and maybe Turkmenistan but the majority of time in USA friendly Kyrgyzstan. Has anyone had any experience applying for this visa? Can I write an invitation letter for myself and my family?

Any help in this realm will be appreciated!

[steven]

We haven't had anyone on here AFAIK who got a visa like this. I would be very interested in your experience!

[campbellclan929]

For context, this is from the Embassy:

http://www.kgembassy.org/en/consular-is ... year-visa/

[steven]

I saw the embassy forgot to renew their domain name, you can still see the page at https://web.archive.org/web/20190720044 ... year-visa/

I made a note of it on our Kyrgyz visa page now as well. It seems you might need an invitation letter.