Kazakhstan visa dilemma
 

I ride from Vladivostok to London starting May. Intend visiting Kaz in June.
I'm in Aus now but can't do Kaz visa here.... Either Singapore, Korea. or Mongolia. Singapore usually looks after Australia. Don't want to wait for days in either place. I'm advised to send passport to Singapore. UGH! Hate that idea. Also unsure how long in advance I can apply. If I apply now it is over 3 months in advance. Have heard bad stories about getting visa in Singapore...Is they right or wrong?
Has anybody experience of where best to get Kaz visa? Is Singapore OK or not?
How long in advance can one apply? What do you feel about sending passport overseas? Is it just paranoia?
Appreciate comments! Getting stressed!

Using a reliable international courier should be hassle free. But I would check with the Singapore Embassy to see if they can issue a visa that far in advance. You realise that the visa will have a fixed 30 day window during which you can be in the country, right?

I would just wait until you are in Mongolia and get a visa there. If it's a standard 30 day single entry tourist visa, there should be no issues. Might want to double check with someone who has recently been there (try the Lonely Planet ThornTree Forum) to check that the embassy in Mongolia follows standard procedures. By an large, Kazakhstan is a very easy country to get a tourist visa for.

Thanks Danielsprague
 

Appreciate your comments. Trouble about applying for visa in Mongolia is that I'll be stuck in UB for, as I have been told... maybe 10 days or more. Is that unlikely?

Makes sense to contact Embassy about early application, but I've tried that and they don't answer phone or emails! So hopeless! So I just can't find out if I can apply or not 3+ months in advance.

30 day window?
 

Sorry... Can you clarify.... If I were to get a visa today.... Do you mean I have to enter the country within 30 days?

You can apply maximum 3 months in advance for your visum, the stay is maximum 30 days.

Single entry no invitation needed, Valid 30 days, with first en last day validation fixed, nothing to do with your actual date of entry/exit as long as it is within the validation period.

If its easier for you, apply for double entry
Also (changed last year) no invitation needed.
Valid 3 months, maximum stay 30 days per entry. If you apply for it 3 months in advance there is more than time enough, 6 months in total.

GRTZ,

JP

kazak visa
 

Hi there, we are in WA and just sent our passports to Singapore for the Kazak visa, we are applying for double entry 60 day visa's. The 30 day or 60 day visa is date specific so it starts counting down from visa issue date. Obviously you can't enter before the specified date and should you enter after the date your eating into you visa validity duration..

As far as I could find out there is not a limiit to the time in advance that you can apply although you would expect there is one, anyway it seems applying now for June entry is ok. I will let you know how we go..

I know of 2 other groups who have organised it this way and its been fairly trouble free.

By the way the embassy states you can only collect your passport at odd times but if you use an international courier they can collect it once stamped at any time ( phoned them yesterday to find out)

Hope this helps - see ya there..

Yes and no.

I got a double entry visa last year for KZ that was valid for 60 days but I was only allowed to be in the country for a max of 30 days out of the 60. So not 30 days per entry!

I got the visa 18.03 and it was valid from 20.06 till 20.08.
So 3 months in advance shouldn't be a problem.

I would personally not apply in UB. When I was there last year I heard a few guys who were stuck there as the consul was sick for two weeks so no visa issuance for two weeks. Add there the time the process itself takes and you could be stuck in UB for 4 weeks or so...

I think it would de better for you to send it over via courier to Singapore or any place of your likings.

As i wrote above, the rules for double entry KZ visa changed recently.

issued 2 weeks ago as you see:

Thanks everyone. Seems Double entry via Singapore is best way

One more question... Did you specify all places and hotel bookings in printed form as they ask in app form?? Very hard to do if one doesn't know exactly where or when one is staying. What did you specify?

You need to provide some form of hotel reservation to get the Kazakh visa, but the dates don't need to be exact and the reservations can be cancelled after the visa is issued.

I booked a week in one hotel/city for my first entry and a week in a second hotel/city for my second entry, using a calendar week within the periods that I expect to be in the country. I got a double-entry visa with periods longer than the duration of hotel bookings.

Look at sites like booking.com and ensure that you select hotels that offer 'pay-later' and 'free cancellation' options. Make your reservations and provide copies of the booking reservations with your visa application form.

Its one of the things that changed recently, you don't have to book anything anymore for a double entry, only for triple and multy entry. For a double the only thing to do is to write a letter as an attachement to your application form in which you ask for a visum because you want to make a touristic trip in Kazakstan by your own mean of transport, best to mention your licence plate number but not compulsery. Put some cities as a route you plan and sign personally. The letter may be signed by your partner as well in case you travel together.

GRTZ,

JP

Maybe the changes didn't make it to my agency as I was asked to provide the hotel reservations and the letter outlining the route and points of entry. This was within the last month.

Double entry visas have been available without invitation / booking since at least 2010, 30 days per entry. Maybe that changed in the mean time, and changed back?

I'm using some guys in London called Real Russia. They seem to be doing a good job of Russia, Kazakh and Mongolia.
Had the last of the jabs and now the visas are happening.
8 weeks to go!

O dear......................

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...y-beware-71975

I know chris had trouble with Real Russia but i have used them several times without any problems and they do have offices in Moscow too,

Home MOTOLOCO.EU

Final wrap up
 

Well I sent passport to Singapore via DHL from Melbourne. within 24 hours the Consulate emailed me with ref number and told me to arrange pick up on following Monday (6 days)
Passport picked up and was home by the Thursday
All very easy and efficient. DHL tracking is superb and the Kaz Embassy efficient
Not sure what I was worrying about!

New visa rules
 

An update to this thread. From mid July this year to mid July next, citizens of the following countries can get a 15 day visa at their point of entry. Full details on the Kaz visa website. If you're going to be in the country for more than 5 days you must register. A hotel should be able to do it for you, otherwise follow the advice on the migration form. I didn't and got a load of grief when I left the country. They had the right to send me back to the nearest town to register but didn't. They just kept me waiting for 1.5 hours before letting me leave.
And talking about officialdom, watch out for Kaz speed traps. They just want youre money.

United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, Malaysia, the Netherlands , United Arab Emirates, South Korea and Japan.

Real Russia in London did a great, tho' not cheap, job for me in getting me a Russian and Kaz visa. I got my Mongolian visa in Moscow at their embassy's visa offices. I have heard that you can get a Mongolian visa now at the border but their website does not say this applies to UK citizens although it does to many others.
Geoff

LIST OF COUNTRIES WITHOUT VISA FEE PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 30 October 2009 22:14
1. India - All type of passports need visa, but no fee is required
2. USA- No visa for all type of passport holders, including A, H, J visas within 90 days.
Visit more than 90 days need visa


The Government of Mongolia has made a decision on exempting passport holders of 42 countries, travelling to Mongolia, from visa requirements.
According to the Government decision, passport holders of the below listed countries may travel to Mongolia for tourist and/or business purposes without visa and stay up to 30 days, from 25 June 2014 to 31 December 2015.
Please note that visa fee is non-refundable. The Embassy will not reimburse the fee paid before this date.
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Nigel

What jabs did you get??

Cheers