Turkmenistan Visa
Transit Visa: In order to apply a transit visa, you need to submit a copy of the front page of your passport, a copy of your onward visa(i.e Uzbekistan visa, etc), a copy of filled visa application form and a passport-size photo. It will take 14 days for a regular visa processing($35) and 5 working days for an express visa processing($55). Usually, you will be issued a 5-day transit visa which allows you to transit via Howdan/Saragh to Farab. If you apply in Tehran and intend to pick it up at Mashhad, bear in mind that you will likely have to submit the documents again in Mashhad. So keep all your documents in duplicate copy to save you the run. (I applied in Tehran on Thursday and got it in Mashhad on Tuesday, which is less than 5 working days J).
Payment: Pay cash directly over the counter. Stamped cash note is unacceptable.
Embassy Address in Tehran:
Turkmenistan Embassy
5, Bavati Street,
Off Vatanpour Street,
Off Lavasani Street,
Farmanieh,
Tehran.
Tel: 021-22206731
Working hour: 9.30am-11am; Sun-Thu
Consular Office Address in Mashhad;
Turkmenistan Consular Office
Do Shahdi Street,
Off Dah-e Day Square,
Mashhad.
Tel: 8547066
Working hours: 8.30am-noon; Mon-Thu & Sat (Mon & Thu are dedicated to transport company!)
Getting there: Take a metro(Line 1) and alighted at Qeytarieh station. As soon as you walk out from the Qeytarieh metro station, take a right and walk another 20m until you reach a T-junction. Take a right at the junction and walk for another 100m, passing a taxi stop, until you reach a bus stop. Take a bus from there and ask for Niavaran. You should get off at a bus stop before a T-junction where there is a sign board pointing Lavasani St. to your right. Walk along Lavasani St. for around 10 minutes before taking a right to Vantanpour Street. Walk another 1 minute before taking a right towards Bavati Street and you will see the Turkmenistan Embassy at your right.
Afghanistan Visa
Tourist Visa: An original letter from your embassy, 2 copies of the front page of your passport, 3 copies of the filled visa application form including the original one, two passport-size photos and a bank deposit(red slip) with bank stamped are required for the application. Hand-written application form is not accepted. Get your visa application form and bank deposit(2 slips, one green and one red) at the visa section at the embassy and get it TYPED at the mobile phone shop(with red signboard) across the street. The 30-day tourist visa should be ready after 2-3 working days. A copy of the letter from your embassy is sometimes accepted.
Payment: Bring along the 2 bank deposit slips with you and take a metro(Line 1) to Haft-e Tir station. From there, walk for approximately 200m straight to locate the Bank Melli Branch. The little white almost scruffy building beside it is the one. Get in and give them the slips together with your cash over the counter. Green slip is for them and red slip which they will stamp upon receiving your money is for you. It’s not the big Bank Melli building right outside the Haft-e tir station. Otherwise, pay IR 30,000 for the motorcycle taxis loitering outside the embassy to do it for you. Give them the Euro only after they give you the stamped red slip.
Embassy Address in Tehran:
Afghanistan Embassy
Corner 4th Street and Pakistan Street,
Off Beheshti Avenue,
Tehran.
Tel: 021-88735040
Working hour: 8:30am to 2pm; Sat-Wed
Getting there: Take a metro(Line 1)and alighted at Shahid Beheshti station. As soon as you walk out from the station(follow Shahid Beheshti Street(West)), take a right and walk for around 200m until you reach a junction. Take a right at the junction and walk for another 50m and you should be able to see the Afghanistan Flag.
Uzbekistan Visa
Tourist Visa: An original letter from your embassy, a copy of the front page of your passport, an E-visa application form and two passport-size photos are required for the application. It will take 7 working days for an express visa processing($95) and 2 weeks for a regular visa processing($65 for 14 days of stay and $75 for 30 days of stay). You have to fill up the E-Visa application form online and print it out prior to visiting the consular office.
Payment: Pay cash directly over the counter.
Consular Office Address in Tehran:
Uzbekistan Consular Office
4th Dead End,
Aqdasieh Street,
Off Pasdaran Street,
Aqdasieh,
Tehran.
Tel: 021-22291519/15
Working hour: 9am-11am; Sun-Thu
Getting there: Take metro(Line 1) and alighted at Qeytarieh station. As soon as you walk out from the Qeytarieh metro station, take a right and walk another 20m until you reach a T-junction. Take a right at the junction and walk for another 100m, passing a taxi stop, until you reach a bus stop. Take a bus from there and ask for Niavaran. You should get off at a bus stop before Shahid Bahonar Square and from there, walk downhill until you reach a left curve. Follow the curve and still walking straight for around 1km until you reach a T-junction. Take a left at the junction and head straight following the traffic flow for another 1km. Look out for the blue 4th Dead End street sign. It’s about half an hour walk from Shahid Bahonar Square.
Tajikistan Visa
Tourist Visa: An original letter from your embassy, a copy of the front page of your passport, two copies of filled visa application form and two passport-sized photos are required for the application. A 30-day of tourist visa($25) will be issued to you in 3-4 working days. No GBAO will be issued here.
Payment: Pay cash directly over the counter.
Embassy Address in Tehran:
Tajikistan Embassy
3rd Dead End,
Shahid Zeinaly Street,
Niavaran,
Tehran.
(North of Niavaran Palace)
Tel: 021-22834650/10; 021-22299584
Working hour: 9am-12noon; Sun-Thu; Tue off.
Getting there: Take metro(Line 1) and alighted at Qeytarieh station. As soon as you walk out from the Qeytarieh metro station, take a right and walk another 20m until you reach a T-junction. Take a right at the junction and walk for another 100m, passing a taxi stop, until you reach a bus stop. Take a bus from there and ask for Niavaran. You should get off at the first bus stop after Shahid Bahonar Square. From there, cross the street and you will see the Shahid Zenaily Street.
Tips: Visit Malaysia Embassy first for all the Identification letters which are FREE. Once the letters on hand, tackle the Uzbekistan visa first which will take 2 weeks, before dealing with the Tajikistan visa. Original passport will not be held at the embassy/consular office for the above visa applications. By now, you should be able to leave Tehran and travel around Iran for 2 weeks before returning to Tehran to pick up those visas. Bear in mind that you MUST get your Iranian entry stamp extended ONLY IN TEHRAN. Upon picking up your Uzbekistan visa, proceed with the Turkmenistan transit visa and ask to pick up in Mashhad. You can either apply your Afghanistan visa before or after leaving Tehran as it only takes about 2-3 days but bear in mind that you will have to leave your original passport there.
Other Useful Embassy in Tehran
Malaysia Embassy
6, Changizi Alley,
Alef Street,
Mahmoodieh,
Tehran.
Tel: 021-22046873/26219055-6
Working hour: 9am-12noon; Sun-Thu
Pakistan Embassy
1, Etemadzadeh Avenue,
Dr. Hussein Fatemi Avenue,
Jamshidabad,
Tehran.
Tel: 021-66944888
Working hours: 9am-11am; Sat-Wed
China Embassy
13, Narenjestan 7th,
Pasdaran Avenue,
Tehran.
Tel: 021-22291240/1
Working hours: 8.30am-1.30pm; Sun, Tue & Thu
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