VIVENDO SALENDO: TURKMENISTAN TRAVEL REPORT.

TURKMENISTAN VISA

The Turkmenistan visa is not at all easy to obtain.

There are 2 types of visas: tourist visas and transit visas.

TURKMENISTAN TOURIST VISA

For the issue of a tourist visa usually valid for 10 days, in addition to the usual forms to be filled in, passport photos, ect, the presentation of an invitation letter issued by a Turkmen tourist agency and a voucher certifying the booking of services is required. at an accommodation facility.

Below I report the site and the list of Tukmene Agencies that can help you in this regard, although I tried to contact them by e_mail but only one answered me but only after a month.

http://www.botschaft-turkmenistan.at/en/tourism.htm

TOURISM AGENCIES IN TURKMENISTAN FOR VISA

DNTOURS

744000, Ashgabat, 48/1 Magtumguly Avenue

Tel.: +(99312) 270439, 270449

Fax: +(99312) 270420

Email: dntour@online.tm

Website: www.dntours.com

ATLAZ

744002, Ashgbat, 62 M.Kösäýew Street

Tel./fax: +(99312) 353748

SAADA

744000, Ashgabat, 117/18 Magtumguly Avenue

Tel./fax: +(99312) 350644, 352004

DS (Dag Syýahat)

744000, Aşgabat, 69 Azadi Street

Tel.: +(99312) 392559 390451

Fax: +(99312) 352643

AŞGABAT SYÝAHAT

744013, Ashgabat, 76 Garaşsyzlyk Avenue

Tel.: +(99312) 210557, 210556, 210558

Fax: +(99312) 210561

Email: ashgabadsiýakhat@online.tm

HARYT-SYYAHAT

744000, Ashgabat, 69 Azadi Street

Tel.: +(99312) 394519

Fax: +(99312) 390433

Email: haryt-an@mail.ru

Website: www.haryt-siyakhat.com

AHAL SYYSHAT

74400, Aşgabat, 60A Görogly Street

Tel.: +(99312) 349128, 349129, 400407

Fax: +(99312) 349131

Email: ahaltravel@online.tm

LEBAP SYYSHAT

74400, Türkmenabat, 12 Altyn-kok Street

Tel.: +(993422) 61051, 61486

Fax: +(993422) 44288

Email: lebapsyyahat@online.tm

Once you have obtained the invitation letter and the tourist voucher, you must submit all the documentation to the Turkmen Consulate in Paris which will issue you the tourist visa in 2 or 3 days.

Once you arrive in Turkmenistan at the border, if you want to enter the country, the Guide of your choice must show up and accompany you for the entire period of your stay. Without it you cannot enter the country.

You also have to pay it at least $ 100 per day in addition to food, accommodation, transport, etc.

It is logical to think that if you are a lonely low-cost traveler like me it is unthinkable to think about this type of visa. On the other hand, it is more feasible if you are a large group of people who share the aforementioned expenses thus significantly amortizing the trip.

However, since it is very difficult to obtain a do-it-yourself tourist visa, an Italian agency that can help you in this regard is this:

EUROEST TRAVEL by Intelservizi S.r.l

OPERATIONAL CONSULTING AND SERVICES FOR COMPANIES

Via Marche 74, 00187 Rome - Tel. 0699925957/58 Fax: 06233298811

VAT number and Tax Code: 11537081009

E_MAIL: info@intelservizi.it

TURKMENISTAN TRANSIT VISA

This is the only way to enter the country for low cost travelers like me.

The transit visa is issued for a fixed period of 3 to 5 days at the discretion of the issuing Embassy or Consulate.

It identifies the exact period in which you will have to enter the country and the name of the border of entry and exit.

You will have to adhere to this information by staying on the path between the 2 borders, in order not to run into problems with the police.

The transit visa is not usually issued if you have an Uzbek double-entry visa and if the next country after Turkmenistan is Kazakhstan.

For those who do not travel in a hurry like me, it is logical to obtain it in IRAN at the Turkmen Embassy / Consulate in Tehran or Mashhad which, after completing the various forms, hand over the 2 passport photos, ect. they issue it to you without too many problems (for a stay of 3 or 5 days) in 10 days with the normal procedure and 5 days with the urgent one, which is much more expensive.

Same thing happens in Baku in Azerbaijan, but in this case it is more complex and expensive to obtain an Azerbaijani visa than the Iranian visa and then the Turkmen stretch to cross is much longer, compared to the one you have to face entering from Iran and not. 5 days of validity of the visa could be enough.

Ditto in Ankara in Turkey.

For those like me, on the other hand, due to time problems, who are forced to take a visa in Italy before leaving, they face enormous difficulties as the Turkmen Embassy or Consulate is not in Italy and the competent one is that of Paris.

Turkmen Embassy in Paris, France

13, rue Picot, F-75116, Paris, France

Phone: +33 (1) 47550536

Fax: +33 (1) 47550568

E_MAIL: turkmenambkons@orange.fr

However, the required documentation resulting from the emails below must be delivered in person or by a travel agency:

E_MAIL N 2 TURKMEN EMBASSY IN PARIS

DEAR, Both - the application and questionnary forms - are attached hereto.

to Apply for a visa you need to submit all the papers in person or you can enjoy the services of visa agencies in France or Italy

(visa transit, visa expres, v.s.i. or others )

Yes, The invitation letter may be sent to your e-mail address.

Yes. You can obtain your visa on your passport at the airport or border on the date of arrival with the submission of the LOI.

Regards,

MY E_MAIL N 2:

> De : "monteorsaro@libero.it"

> A : turkmenambkons@orange.fr

> Copie à :

> Objet :

Thank you so much.

What is the questionnary?

Can you send me the form x questionnary?

Can I get the Transit Visa also I came in TKM by taxi and Publich Trasport?

Can I send all documents by e_mail or by corrier?

Can you send me the invitation by email?

Thank you so much.

Riccardo

E_MAIL N 1 TURKMEN EMBASSY IN PARIS

> Dear Mr Riccardo,

> to apply for a transit visa (TR)

> you need to submit (max - 2 or 3 months or min - 2 weeks before your travelling)

> - copies of visas to the countries you anter to and exit from TKM,

> - a motivation letter (describing in details your rout from enter-point to exit-point in TKM).

> - visa application form (x2)

> - questionnary (x1)

> - 3x4 sized photoes (x3)

> - copy of your passports,

> - insurance for your transport (cars, motorbike) for the period of your stay in TKM,

Application should be submitted inperson.

No charges when submitting your application.

Payment is done at the border on the date of entry.

> AFTER BEING ISSUED AN INVITATION you may go directly to the border - enter-check-point and

> have your visas on your passport at the border on the date of your entry to TKM

> TR visa is issued max to 4 or 5 days.

> OR

> you may contact with one of the tour agencies in TKM for touris visas (TU) (for a duration of more than 5 days)

> and they will do all necessary things and send you an Invitation letter which you submit at the border.

>You just need to ask them to exculde the services you do not need.

> Regards,

> Mr Ahmetyar KULOV

> Service Consulair

> Ambassade du Turkmenistan en France

MY E_MAIL N 1:

> A : turkmenamb@orange.fr, turkmenambkons@orange.fr

Good Day,

I’m Riccardo from Italy.

I’d like to go Iran, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgystan and Kazakhstan.

I’d like to cross Turkmenistan from Iran to Uzbekistan.

Can I get a Transit Visa?

What documents must I send to your Ambassy?

How much this service cost?

Can I pay by the bank transfer.

Thank you so much for answer.

> Regards

Riccardo

So I had to contact an Italian agency specialized in Central Asia visas, such as EUROEST TRAVEL of Intelservizi Srl, OPERATIONAL CONSULTING AND SERVICES FOR ENTERPRISES, Via Marche 74, 00187 Rome - Tel. 0699925957/58 Fax: 06233298811, VAT number and Tax Code: 11537081009, E_MAIL: info@intelservizi.it

But who cut my legs by writing me these emails:

E_MAIL N. 2 OF INTELSERVIZI

WE ALSO SPEAKED WITH THE CONSULATE OF VIENNA AND BERLIN THERE ARE PEOPLE VERY AVAILABLE BUT WHEN THEY ASK US FOR CITIZENSHIP FOR TERRITORIAL SUDDIVISON, THEY TELL US THAT THE CONSULATE OF COMPETENCE IS THE ONE OF PARIS, THIS YEAR WE WOULD ALSO MANDO A COLLABORATE OF NECESSARY FIND A SOLUTION.

AT THE MOMENT WE HAVE TO RELY ON THE CONSULATE OF PARIS.

FOR THE TAJIKISTA, IT WOULD MAKE YOU DO IT BEFORE YOU GO TO SAFELY HAVE THE GBAO PERMIT FOR THE AUTONOMOUS REGION.

E_MAIL N. 1 MIA

x TURKMENISTAN is not it better to get a transit visa in VIENNA?

Do you also take a visa for Tajikistan?

Thanks

Riccardo

E_MAIL N. 1 OF INTELSERVIZI

From: info@intelservizi.it

TURKMENISTAN CAN BE MADE DIRECTLY IN TURKEY IN ANKARA CALL THEM FIRST, THEN I WILL GIVE YOU FURTHER INFORMATION, WE CAN OFFER IT AS A SERVICE AT THE PARIS CONSULATE BUT WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THE ISSUE OF THE TRANSIT VISA, UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN ATTEND IT TO TURKMENISTAN TRY US BUT WE CANNOT GIVE THE GUARANTEE THAT ISSUING THE TRANSIT VISA.

PASSPORT VALID FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS.

2 PHOTOS 4X3 CARD FORMAT.

2 VISA APPLICATION FORMS + APPOINTMENT LETTER THAT I SEND YOU IN ATTACHMENT.

HEALTH INSURANCE THAT COVERS DURING THE STAY.

DECLARATION OF EACH PERSON WHERE IT MUST DECLARE IN FRENCH THE REASON FOR THE TRIP AND THE PRECISE ITINEARY WITH THE ENTRY AND EXIT BORDERS.

BEFORE SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION, YOU MUST HAVE THE ENTRY AND EXIT VISA OF THE NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.

PROCESSING TIMES 20 DAYS.

IF THE TRANSIT VISA IS NOT ACCEPTED AND IF IT IS NOT ACCEPTED, I REQUEST THE TOURIST PACKAGE.

TOTAL COST € 125, PLUS € 100 FLAT EXPENSES FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING.

So I looked for travel agencies in Paris that did this service and I found 2:

D. Sachs

169, Bd Voltaire – B.P. 49

92603 Asnieres Cedex

TEL. 0033 (0) 1 40 86 53 00 oder 01

www.dsachs.fr

contact@dsachs.fr

Visa Travel International

Adresse : 118 Rue Lauriston

75116 PARIS

E-mail : contact@visatravel.fr

Téléphone : 08.92.68.69.50

Fax : 01.47.04.16.09

http://www.visatravel.fr/

FROM THE SITE OF ONE OF THE 2 YOU CAN SEE THE LIST OF DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED, THE COSTS AND TIMES.

DA: http://www.dsachs.fr/

Turkménistan

Consulat du Turkménistan

13, rue Picot

75116 Paris

Tel : 01 47 55 05 36

Fax : 01 47 55 05 68

Modalités d’obtention d’un visa

Si vous êtes de nationalité française, vous avez besoin d’un visa.

Documents à fournir :

Visa Affaire

• Passeport ayant une validité de 3 mois après le retour.

• 2 Photocopies du passeport (4 premières pages + celle où figure l’adresse).

• 2 Formulaires dûment remplis et signés.

• 2 Photos d’identité identiques récentes 3,5 x 4,5 (pas de photocopie ou de photo scannée).

• Lettre de société ( ou lettre de mission, voir modèle ), précisant pa prise en charge de tous les frais de voyage, séjour et assurance.

• Invitation du correspondant visée par le Servide d’Etat Turkmène d’enregistrement des ressortissants étrangers.

• Attestation d’Assurance « Rapatriement et frais médicaux ».

• Carte de séjour + photocopie pour les étrangers résidents en France.

Visa Tourisme :

• Passeport ayant une validité de 3 mois après le retour.

• 2 Photocopies du passeport (4 premières pages + celle où figure l’adresse).

• 2 Formulaires dûment remplis et signés.

• 2 Photos d’identité identiques récentes 3,5 x 4,5 (pas de photocopie ou de photo scannée).

• 2 Photos de l’enfant mineur figurant sur le passeport d’un parent et participant au voyage.

• Photocopie du billet d’avion aller-retour ou continuation.

• Réservation d’hôtel certifié par le Ministère des affaires étrangères au Turkménistan, et confirmé au Consulat, ou « bon d’échange » touristique, ou « invitation d’une société touristique » au Turkménistan visée par le Servide d’Etat Turkmène d’enregistrement des ressortissants étrangers.

• Attestation d’Assurance « Rapatriement et frais médicaux ».

• Carte de séjour + photocopie pour les étrangers résidents en France.

Visa Privé :

• Passeport ayant une validité de 3 mois après le retour.

• 2 Photocopies du passeport (4 premières pages + celle où figure l’adresse).

• 2 Formulaires dûment remplis et signés.

• 2 Photos d’identité identiques récentes 3,5 x 4,5 (pas de photocopie ou de photo scannée).

• 2 Photos de l’enfant mineur figurant sur le passeport d’un parent et participant au voyage.

• Photocopie du billet d’avion aller-retour ou continuation.

• Certificat d’hébergement délivré par le Servide d’Etat Turkmène d’enregistrement des ressortissants étrangers.

• Attestation d’Assurance « Rapatriement et frais médicaux ».

• Carte de séjour + photocopie pour les étrangers résidents en France.

Visa Transit (5 jours maximum) :

• Passeport ayant une validité de 3 mois après la sortie du Turkménistan.

• 2 Photocopies du passeport (4 premières pages + celle où figure l’adresse).

• 2 Formulaires dûment remplis et signés.

• 2 Photos d’identité identiques récentes 3,5 x 4,5 (pas de photocopie ou de photo scannée).

• 2 Photos de l’enfant mineur figurant sur le passeport d’un parent et participant au voyage.

• Photocopie du billet d’avion aller-retour ou continuation.

• Visa valide (si nécessaire) pour le pays de destination après le séjour au Turkménistan.

• Attestation d’Assurance « Rapatriement et frais médicaux ».

• Carte de séjour + photocopie pour les étrangers résidents en France.

Transit visa (maximum 5 days):

Passport with a validity of three months after the issuance of Turkmenistan.

2 photocopies of the passport (first 4 pages + the street address).

2 forms duly completed and signed.

2 recent 3.5 x 4.5 identical passport-size photos (not a photocopy or scanned photo).

2 photos of the minor in the passport of a traveling and participating parent.

Photocopy of the return or onward flight ticket.

Valid visa (if needed) to the country of destination after living in Turkmenistan.

Insurance certificate "repatriation and medical expenses."

Residence card + photocopy for foreign residents in France.

Délais:

• Délai normal: 5 à 8 jours.

• Délai express: 3 days.

Attention: the Consulat n’est ouvert que le Lundi et le Jeudi from 10 h to 12 h.

Frais Consulaires:

Type de visa 1 entrée Délai normal 1 entrée Délai express Entrées multiples Délai normal Entrées multiples Délai express

Visa de 10 jours 35 € 55 € / /

Visa de 20 jours 45 € 75 € / /

Visa of 1 mois 55 € 95 € 75 € 135 €

Visa de 2 mois 85 € 155 € 115 € 215 €

Visa de 3 mois 115 € 215 € 155 € 295 €

Visa de Transit 35 € 55 € / /

Validity:

• De 10 jours à 3 mois selon le visa demandé.

• 5 jours pour le visa de transit.

Honoraires de prize en charge for the obtention du visa:

• Variables selon les pays et l'urgence de l'obtention, nous consulter.

But they don't reply to emails even those written in French and I don't call them because I don't speak French.

So I change my strategy and turn to:

Turkmen Embassy in Brussels, Belgium

Ave. Franklin Roosevelt 106, B-1050

Brussels, Belgium

Phone: +32 (2) 6481874 or 6481929

Fax: +32 (2) 6481906

Email: turkmenistan@skynet.be

But they reply saying that I have to go to the Embassy in Paris.

So I change my strategy and turn to:

Turkmen Embassy in Vienna, Austria

Argentinierstr. 22, 2EG

1040 Vienna, Austria

Phone: (+ 43-1) 5036470/2

Fax: (+ 43-1) 5036473

Email: turkmen.emb@aon.at, turkmenistan.botschaft@chello.at

But they don't reply to my email.

So I change my strategy for the umpteenth time and finally I am impressed and I am able to obtain a transit visa at the following agency in Vienna:

Visum4you

Mag. Andreas Schlichtner

Geschäftsführer Visum4you

T: 0043 1 974 39 82 - 11

M: 0043 (0) 699 170 709 75

F: 0043 1 974 39 82 - 90

E-Mail: a.schlichtner@visum4you.at // office@visum4you.at

Web: www.visum4you.at

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In the interminable email conversation with the very efficient Visum4you agency in Vienna, which lasted over a month and reported below, the fact of how many difficulties there were to obtain this transit visa valid for 5 days is highlighted. In fact, at a certain point the Agency itself says that the Turkmen Embassy does not want to release it and sends me to Paris, but then, after my pressure, a work of convincing the Agency makes him change his mind and exceptionally I manage to obtain the VISA after so much effort:

EMAIL N. 8 AGENCY VISUM4YOU OF VIENNA

Oggetto: AW: AW: AW: AW: AW:

Da: Andreas Schlichtner (a.schlichtner@visum4you.at)

A: "monteorsaro@libero.it"<monteorsaro@libero.it>

Allegati: 2 file Visualizza Salva tutto

visa_Riccardo.pdf (263.0 KB); Rechnung 18143_Riccardo_Visum4you.pdf (30.5 KB);

Dear Riccardo,

good news: we have both visa! You can see them as attachment.

I am attaching the invoice. Please send a bank transfer confirmation.

We will send by DHL as soon as you send the payment confirmation. Is this ok?

EMAIL N. 7 AGENCY VISUM4YOU OF VIENNA

Dear Riccardo,

by exception the consulate of Turkmenistan in Vienna will issue your visa. Please send your passport and other documents by DHL to:

Visum4you Stadtbüro, Mag. Andreas Schlichtner, Rennweg 79 81/3. Stock/Top 314 315, 1030 Wien

Tel 0043 1 974 39 82

Andreas Schlichtner

T: 0043 1 974 39 82 - 11

F: 0043 1 974 39 82 - 90

E-Mail: a.schlichtner@visum4you.at // office@visum4you.at

Web: www.visum4you.at

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MY EMAIL N. 6

Oggetto: R: AW: Tourist VISA Tadschiksitan without PAMIR Highway and Transit VISA Turkmenistan.

Da: monteorsaro@libero.it (monteorsaro@libero.it)

A: <office@visum4you.at>

Good day.

Before I must get the Turkmenistan VISA, without the VISA Turkmenistan I can not go to Tadschiksitan .

I try with D.Sachs

Thank you

Riccardo

EMAIL N. 6 AGENCY VISUM4YOU OF VIENNA

Oggetto: AW: Tourist VISA Tadschiksitan without PAMIR Highway and Transit VISA Turkmenistan.

Da: Visum4you AT Office (office@visum4you.at)

A: "monteorsaro@libero.it"<monteorsaro@libero.it>

Allegati: 1 file Visualizza

Frankreich_Visumagentur.docx (17.0 KB);

Dear Riccardo,

We have some difficulties with your application to Turmenistan – the consulate wants that we submit in France (in Summer last year we organized many applications for Italians, but however – but the competence changed.)

We can only organize Tatschikistan in Vienna.

Please contact D.Sachs, a visa agency in France (contact details are given attached)

You can send the passport vor Tatschikistan visa, you get in contact with D.Sachs and we send the passport to France after the Tatschikistan visa is issued.

Mag. Andreas Schlichtner

Geschäftsführer Visum4you

T: 0043 1 974 39 82 - 11

M: 0043 (0) 699 170 709 75

F: 0043 1 974 39 82 - 90

E-Mail: a.schlichtner@visum4you.at // office@visum4you.at

Web: www.visum4you.at

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MY EMAIL N. 5

Von: monteorsaro@libero.it [mailto:monteorsaro@libero.it]

An: Visum4you AT Office

Betreff: I: Tourist VISA Tadschiksitan without PAMIR Highway and Transit VISA Turkmenistan.

Good day if you conferm today my ask, I send all original documents and passport tomorrow.

Thank you so much.

Riccardo

MY EMAIL N. 4

----Messaggio originale----

A: <office@visum4you.at>

Ogg: Tourist VISA Tadschiksitan without PAMIR Highway and Transit VISA Turkmenistan.

Good day.

Thank you so much for all.

I’m sending by e-mail follow scan papers filled and signed with photography for get Tourist VISA Tadschiksitan withoutPAMIR Highway:

• Personal letter Tourism Tadschikistan

• Visa application form in English Tadschikistan.

Can I send tomorrow (at follow addres: Visum4you Stadtbüro, Mag. Andreas Schlichtner Rennweg 79-81/3, Stock/Top 314-315, 1030 Wien -Austria) all Original papers (for Transit VISA Turkmenistan and Tourist VISA Tadschiksitan) and my passport by courier or I must wait the Approval Turkmenistan Ambassy?

While we take the Approval Turkmenistan Ambassy Can you get the Tourist VISA Tadschiksitan?

I attached covering letter with a list of all the documents that I will send by courier tomorrow if you want. Can you check if it is okay?

Thank you so much

Riccardo

EMAIL N. 5 AGENCY VISUM4YOU OF VIENNA

Oggetto: AW: AW: Transit VISA Turkmenistan.

Da: Visum4you AT Office (office@visum4you.at)

A: "monteorsaro@libero.it"<monteorsaro@libero.it>

Dear Riccardo,

it can be 2 weeks but sometimes it is faster or longer. Anyway, the visa has to be stamped into the passport after the approval and you told me that you want to apply for Tatschikistan as well. I will inform you upon the approval – as soon as I get a notification from the consulate.

EMAIL N. 4 AGENCY VISUM4YOU OF VIENNA

Oggetto: AW: Transit VISA Turkmenistan.

Da: Visum4you AT Office (office@visum4you.at)

A: "monteorsaro@libero.it"<monteorsaro@libero.it>

Dear Riccardo,

I applied today for the approval Turkmenistan.

I put our stamp and my signature on the form 701.

EMAIL N. 3 AGENCY VISUM4YOU OF VIENNA

Oggetto: AW: AW:

Da: Visum4you AT Office (office@visum4you.at)

A: "monteorsaro@libero.it"<monteorsaro@libero.it>

Dear Riccardo,

just send the Turkmenistan papers by e-mail as soon you have all these papers.

You must not pay in advance. I suggest, we send the invoice as soon as we have finished 1 visa.

When does your trip begin?

Mag. Andreas Schlichtner

Geschäftsführer Visum4you

T: 0043 1 974 39 82 - 11

M: 0043 (0) 699 170 709 75

F: 0043 1 974 39 82 - 90

E-Mail: a.schlichtner@visum4you.at // office@visum4you.at

Web: www.visum4you.at

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MY EMAIL N. 3

Von: monteorsaro@libero.it [mailto:monteorsaro@libero.it]

An: Visum4you AT Office

Betreff: R: AW:

Ok, I'm getting the VISA for Usbekisatn.

I'm preparing paper for send you by email for get the Transit Visa for Turkmenistan e Tourist VISA for Tagikistan Without Pamir.

I must pay this ammont:

Consular fee Turkmenistan: € 55,00

Tadschikistan € 80,00 without pamir

Our fee: € 60,00 net per visa

Bank fee: € 9,00 net

DHL: € 45,00 net

Is it the total 309 Euro?

Must I pay before to send the paper scan?

Can you give me the Iban code for bank transfer

thank you so much

Riccardo

EMAIL N. 2 AGENCY VISUM4YOU OF VIENNA

Da: office@visum4you.at

A: "monteorsaro@libero.it"<monteorsaro@libero.it>

Ogg: AW:

Dear Riccardo,

For Turkmenistan:

I don’t sure of one thing: I’m Italian Citizen. Can I Ask the Visa at Vienna Ambassy or I must Ask the Visa at Paris Ambassy? We had Italian customers last year and it was ok.

Do we need a copy of your befor country Iran as a scan? Only the copy of the visa after Turkmenistan

For Tadschikistan I don’t you need the PAMIR Highway VISA.

How much Does The consolar fee visa cost wit out Pamir? Without Pamir it is € 80,00

Mag. Andreas Schlichtner

Geschäftsführer Visum4you

T: 0043 1 974 39 82 - 11

M: 0043 (0) 699 170 709 75

F: 0043 1 974 39 82 - 90

E-Mail: a.schlichtner@visum4you.at // office@visum4you.at

Web: www.visum4you.at

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MY EMAIL N. 2

Thank you so much.

I have any questions:

For Turkmenistan:

I don’t sure of one thing: I’m Italian Citizen. Can I Ask the Visa at Vienna Ambassy or I must Ask the Visa at Paris Ambassy?

Do we need a copy of your befor country Iran as a scan?

For Tadschikistan I don’t you need the PAMIR Highway VISA.

How much Does The consolar fee visa cost wit out Pamir?

Thank you so much.

Good day

Riccardo

EMAIL N. 1 AGENCY VISUM4YOU OF VIENNA

Da: office@visum4you.at

A: "monteorsaro@libero.it"<monteorsaro@libero.it>

Ogg: AW:

Dear Riccardo,

we can help.

For Turkmenistan send me everything by e-mail. The visa request has to be approved. Later we need your passort. Approval takes about 2 weeks. Later we have the visa in 1 – 2 days.

The file 101_201 must be sent to us in a MS word format. Make scans of the other forms. Fill in very precisely!!! The form „visaantrag Turkmenistan we need 2 times. The other forms only once. No invitation letter but we need a copy of your follow up country Usbekisatn as a scan. We need your mobile phone number. Attach fotos to the forms where applicable. Later you have to send your passport and all forms in original version, but to start we need everything scanned per e-mai.

Tadschiksitan takes 2 weeks or 1 week express. Do you need the PAMIR Highway? We need 1 form, 1 photo, 1 personal letter.

Consular fee Turkmenistan: € 55,00

Tadschikistan € 120 with pamir and plus 50% for express

Our fee: € 60,00 net per visa

Bank fee: € 9,00 net

DHL: € 45,00 net

We accept only payments in advance.

Mag. Andreas Schlichtner

Geschäftsführer Visum4you

T: 0043 1 974 39 82 - 11

M: 0043 (0) 699 170 709 75

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Von: monteorsaro@libero.it [mailto:monteorsaro@libero.it]

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Good day,

I’m Riccardo from Italy.

I’d like to go from Theran in Iran to Almaty crossing Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tagikistan, KYRGYZSTAN, KAZAKHTAN.

I take the VISA for IRAN, KYRGYZSTAN, Uzbekistan E KAZAKHTAN in Italy.

Can you get for me Transit Visa for Turkmenistan e Tourist VISA for Tagikistan (5 days)?

How much this service?

How long this service?

Can you conferm me that I don’t need the inviting letter for Transit Visa for Turkmenistan?

Thank you so much.

Riccardo

TRAVEL REPORT

The Iranian border opens at 7.30 am and between various waits, quick check of my backpack, verification of my passport in less than an hour, without problems I get the stamp to leave the country.

The Turkmenistan border is just over 50 meters away. walk from the Iranian one. The staff are friendly and speak English but waiting times are long. First of all at the counter, having a transit visa valid for 5 days, they ask me exactly the route I will take and the hotels and addresses of where I will sleep and they write it down on a sheet. Then I go into another room where I feel a fever. Then I have to wait for some time for the Lady who in another room makes me pay the immigration tax of $ 12 (they do not accept any other currency) who gives me a stamped receipt.

Then I went back to the 1st counter where the employee has to stamp my passport. But after a long wait, he points out to me that the round stamp on the Turkmen visa is missing in the passport and therefore they keep me waiting another hour because in the meantime they call the Embassy in Vienna that issued it to me and ask for an explanation. Having clarified that it was a mistake by the Turkmen Embassy in Austria, they affix it to me along with the entry stamp to the country.

Then you have to pass your baggage through the metal detector. There is an endless line of Turkmen women with tons of goods and luggage, but kindly, since I only have a small backpack with me, they let me pass in front of me.

Finally, the staff opens my backpack to check the contents inside. After this last check, here I am in Turkmenistan. The whole procedure described above lasted about 3 hours.

In Turkmenistan my Nokia 30 Euro mobile phone works.

From the square just outside the Customs Office, a Minivan Shuttle frequently leaves and takes you after 20 km downhill in the middle of the mountains in about 20 minutes to the Turkmen checkpoint where you need to register. The cost of this trip is $ 10 or Manat 30.

From there you have to take a private taxi that takes you to Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, whose outskirts are only 7 km from here. I negotiated the $ 7 price to take me to the Milly Museum.

It is very difficult to navigate around Ashgabat. Compared to a few years ago, everything has changed, even the names of the streets and the 2008 map of the Lonely Planet Book is largely outdated. Even the monuments have been moved: for example, the Arch of Neutrality has been moved from the center to the southwestern outskirts of the city.

Very few speak English and taking the buses is not easy because you never know where you are going. However, a ride costs 20 cents of Manat and is paid to the driver before getting off.

Having visited the city with difficulty, from the train station I took a taxi which took me in about 10 minutes, at the price of 5 Manat, to the pitch located east of the city, where collective taxis leave for Mary. In the end he wanted 10 of Manat but after a long discussion with gestures I gave him only 5 as he has already given me a great jab like that.

The collective taxi from Ashgabat to Mary takes about 5 hours to cover the approximately 400 km that separate the 2 cities. The roads are beautiful only in a few places. Otherwise they are full of holes, hollows and work in progress. The young taxi driver who did not speak a word of English asked me to Ashgabat 30 Manat to cover this route, but then once we got to Mary he asked me for 100 of Manat.

Logically, I strongly imposed myself on this cheating of him and I made him understand with gestures that at most I could give 50 manat, but he insisted badly.

He made endless phone calls, passed me strange characters who spoke English on the phone and finally turned to the police.

In the end, after an hour with a terrible nervousness, I decided to give them to him for these reasons:

• In the end I'm in Turkmenistan and I don't want to end the rest of my days there for a stupid thing;

• He can very well explain his reasons for him to whoever he wants and also to the Police while I can't because I don't speak Russian.

• 11 pm was approaching dangerously, the time when anyone found on the street is arrested by the Turkmen police.

In the end he left very happy with his 100 Manat, while I insulted him in Italian, aware of having made the cheat of his life, also because it will be very difficult for him to find another tourist who passes by since in Turkmenistan do-it-yourself tourism is practically zero.

It should be emphasized that on the roads of Turkmenistan, there are frequent fixed police checkpoints, at least every 50 km, where one is forced to stop at the stop sign, where there is a camera. Then, if the police do not decide to check you, you can go on calmly.

In Mary I slept at the Hotel Sanjar located in Mollanepes Sayoli n. 58, at 100 mt. from the train and bus stations, at a price of $ 25 for a double. There are no single rooms. They only accept Dollars for foreigners like me. The Hotel is Soviet-style, old with terrible bathrooms but centrally located. The staff doesn't speak a word of English.

From Mary's Bus Station, located near the railway station, at 7.00 am I take the bus that takes me in about 1 hour to the small town of Bayram Aly for the price of 0.80 Manat. I do the ticket on the bus.

Arrived in the center of Bayram Aly I strongly contracted a private taxi which offers to take me around for half a day to the vast Archaeological Site of Merv, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999, at the price of 25 Manat. Logically, the taxi driver also accepts US Dollars.

Admission to the Archaeological Site of Merv is free of charge while you pay 11 manat for the entrance to the Mausoleum of Sultan Sanjar.

Back in Bayram Aly I go to the Bus Station, located in the center, where I understand that there are only 2 buses a day to Turkmenabat (1 early in the morning and 1 in the afternoon at 14.00) and since I am in a hurry I take near the Bus Station, a collective taxi at a cost of 20 Manat. The same starts when the 4 places available are filled. I stay in the front seat because it is logical that I am the one who paid the most. The scarce 300 km in the middle of the Repetek Desert on potholed roads with continuous police checkpoints are covered in about 3 hours. The honest taxi driver leaves me behind the railway station.

From the Turkmenabat Railway Station, frequent 9-seater collective taxis leave when they are full for the country of Farab, about 20 km away, at the price of 5 Manat, but for those who want to reach the Farab border on the border with Uzbekistan must take one presumably, as I did, one that will take you in about 40 minutes to the border that is 45 km from Turkmenabat. For this trip I got a price of 16 Manat. Logically, the taxi driver also accepts the US dollar.

VIVENDO SALENDO

TURKMENISTAN TRAVEL REPORT.

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