Tajikistan Visa

Tajikistan Visa Requirements

Visa exemption

The passport holders of the following nationalities (countries) are eligible to enter Tajikistan without visa.

Armenia (up to 90 days)
Azerbaijan (up to 90 days)
Belarus (no restrictions)
Georgia (no restrictions)
Kazakhstan (no restrictions)
Kyrgyzstan (no restrictions)
Moldova (no restrictions)
Russia (no restrictions)
Ukraine (up to 90 days)

The citizens of the countries listed below do not need a visa for visits of up to 30 days:

Also, visa-free travel to Tajikistan for up to 14 days is available for persons over 55 years of age from the following countries:

Albania
Algeria
Barbados
China
Commonwealth of Dominica
Fiji
Laos
Lebanon
Madagascar
Morocco
Nicaragua
North Macedonia
Panama
Tunisia
Vanuatu
Vietnam

Holders of diplomatic or service passports of the following countries may enter Tajikistan without a visa:

Afghanistan (up to 30 days)
Brunei Darussalam (up to 14 days)
China (up to 30 days)
Hungary (up to 90 days)
India (up to 30 days)
Morocco (up to 30 days)
Pakistan (up to 90 days)
Palestine (up to 30 days)
Romania (up to 90 days)
South Korea (up to 90 days)
Turkey (up to 60 days)
Turkmenistan (up to 30 days)

Visa at the airport

Tajikistan has simplified visa obtaining for the citizens of 81 countries to promote tourism and create favorable conditions for investors. The rules differ if there is a Tajik embassy in the applicant’s home-country.

Citizens of the following countries with no Embassy or the Consulate of the Republic of Tajikistan will be able to obtain tourist visa upon arrival. For this, it is required to fill out online application on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan and make the payment of 5 USD for consideration of your application. MFA of the Republic of Tajikistan will review the application during 1-5 days and send back confirmation to the electronic address of the applicant. Based on this confirmation, one can get the tourist visa at the airports of Dushanbe and Khujand. Picking a visa at the airport will cost 35 USD. But for entering the country through border crossing points e-visa (www.evisa.tj) will be needed; it will cost 52 USD. List of countries eligible to collect visa at the airport include:

Algeria
Brunei Darussalam
Israel
Lebanon
Morocco
Senegal
SOUTH AFRICA
Tunisia
Venezuela
Vietnam
Stateless persons, former citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan

E-visa or simplified visa

Citizens of the following countries are not eligible for visa upon arrival, as there is an embassy or consulate of the Republic of Tajikistan in their home country. Still, the visa application procedure is simplified; they only need to fill out the application on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan. After, MFA of Tajikistan will review the application during 1-5 days and send a confirmation to the electronic address of the applicant inviting to the interview, where they will photograph and take fingerprints.
They also can obtain electronic visa on the website www.evisa.tj that will free from the hassle of visiting the embassy. E-visa will cost 52 USD. 

Simplified visa procedures or e-visa are applicable to the following nationalities:

China
Egypt
Iran
Kuwait
Paraguay
South Korea
Turkey
Turkmenistan
United Kingdom and Northern Ireland

Standard visa to Tajikistan

If your country of residence is not included in any of the above mentioned lists, you can obtain visa to Tajikistan in any country where there is an embassy or the consulate of the Republic of Tajikistan. The list of documents, as well as amount of consular fees may differ depending on the citizenship of the applicant and the point of visa issue. Application fee starts from 25 USD. Standard documents package for Tajik visa include:

• Visa support (invitation);
• Valid passport with 2 clear pages for visa and entry/exit stamps. Six months validity rule is imposed.
• Visa application* in 2 copies;
• Colorful photo (3,5 x 4,5);
• Receipt on payment of state duty and consular fee;
• (!) If you plan to visit Gorno-Badakhsan Autonomous region a.k.a Pamir region, you should submit a letter requesting a permit.

* Tajikistan tourist visa application is available here. This application is accepted in all embassies and consulates of the Republic of Tajikistan. 

Visa to other Central Asian countries: