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Old 4 Apr 2014
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Georgia, Armenia --> Aserbaidjan
Hello!

As I know entering Azerbaidjan via Armenia isn't possible...
But is it a problem to enter Azerbaidjan via Georgia and having the Armenian stamp in my passport?

Thx in advance!
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It has been two years, but I applied on line (in the US). That got me a paper visa. At the border they gave me the real visa, but asked if I wanted it in my passport or not. They did not stamp my passport. Georgia will stamp you going out of the country. From everything I hear having an Armenian visa in your passport will give you nothing but grieve when trying to get into Azerbaijan, so leave the Armenian visa out of your passport. More of potential problem: I do not know if the Georgia exit / entry stamp (going in and out of Armenia) will give you trouble.
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I live in Georgia and my experience is:

1. You cannot pass from Armenia to Azerbaijan - no way. The route used is via Georgia. There is a good country road from just after the main Armenia / Georgia crossing to the main Azerbaijanian / Georgia crossing. It is about a 40 km winding road with good surface - you do not need to drive all the way to Tbilisi. It brings you out directly at the Red Bridge crossing.

2. You may get questions and some grief from the Azeri passport and customs guys re why you have an Armenian stamp - it usually is less grief if you spend a few days in Georgia vs go straight from one country to the other - but it has been done by many.

3. The biggest challenge right now is the deposit required for motorbikes entering Azerbaijan and I understand that rule has changed for 2014, but I have not tried it first-hand. I will be riding there next week to try it out - I was asked for a 10,000 USD deposit last year with the promise to get it back when I exited, but never took that risk, albeit many others are riding through.
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Thanks very much for ur answers!

As far as I know, for up to 3 days no deposit is nessecary..

I thought about taken the ferry from Baku to Aktay, but as have read about a lot of issues (regarding visa, overstay of visa with a huge fine, and the irregularity of the ferries departing) I have thought now about avoiding Azerbaidjan and going from Georgia to the Northern Kaukasus in Russia and from there on to Kazachstan.

But I still haven't made up my mind...
Would be nice if you could keep me updated

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I had lots of problems last may in AZ. Very very crooked cops. Baku is expensive. Getting the ferry is hard because there is no schedule. If I had to.. no if i am lucky enough to do it again, I would go through Georgia to Russia.
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Armenian stamp is not a problem: it will be only one more excuse for the corrupt Azerbaijani customs officers to ask for money.
When I crossed Azerbaijan in 2010 the police tried to ask bribes at every opportunity, I do not know if things have changed in the meantime, but from what I read I guess not.
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There is no limitations of visiting both Armenia and AZ, but it can bring you delays in georgia-AZ border with luggage checking and your camera flash card wiewing.
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