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With incoming new omicron strain x5 times more contagious than delta things are likely to change within days all bets off.

In pre-pandemic you couldn't get Turkmen visa but you could get transit visa and they were giving you a GPS tracker to make sure you wouldn't stray off direct route and don't stop for long time.
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With incoming new omicron strain x5 times more contagious than delta things are likely to change within days all bets off.

In pre-pandemic you couldn't get Turkmen visa but you could get transit visa and they were giving you a GPS tracker to make sure you wouldn't stray off direct route and don't stop for long time.
This is not exactly correct.

You could get a Turkmenistan visa.
And I know that for sure, because I got one.
Actually, we were 5 people, and it was to unsafe to ask for transit visa. If just 1 of a group gets denied, the group must split or cancel.
So we asked for Tourist visa over an agency.
Easy and no problem.

And the year before we tried to get a transit visa and were refused.

And for the thing with the GPS tracker:
I met travellers with cars with this GPS trackers but no motorbike rider got one.
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This is not exactly correct.

You could get a Turkmenistan visa.
And I know that for sure, because I got one.
Actually, we were 5 people, and it was to unsafe to ask for transit visa. If just 1 of a group gets denied, the group must split or cancel.
So we asked for Tourist visa over an agency.
Easy and no problem.

And the year before we tried to get a transit visa and were refused.

And for the thing with the GPS tracker:
I met travellers with cars with this GPS trackers but no motorbike rider got one.
May I ask you which agency you used for the tourist visa to Turkmenistan?
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Ayan Travel in Ashgabat

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Hi Klaus,


how many days you applied for and did you need a guide?


2019 we got a transit visa without problems and had a GPS tracker in the car.



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We applied for 5 days, but just needed 3 days.

2017 we also applied for a transit visa in Vienna and did not get one.
We even tried in Teheran at the Turkmenistan embassy with any others, nobody of us got one.

So 2018 we used the travel agency for a tourist visa.
The guide came with us in a car, but actually this was ok and helpful.

And we got a extra day in Ashgabat with a guide to visit the city.
No gps.

And we met a few travellers who got their fotos erased on camera, laptop and flash storage.
Because the customs ment, with a transit visa you dont need to take pictures.

We could get out without this problem.
But i got all th pictures stored twice on different backups anyway.
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You got the Turkmenistan Visa in Teheran ??
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With incoming new omicron strain x5 times more contagious than delta things are likely to change within days all bets off.

In pre-pandemic you couldn't get Turkmen visa but you could get transit visa and they were giving you a GPS tracker to make sure you wouldn't stray off direct route and don't stop for long time.
Over reaction. Media hype.
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All posters please make an effort to stay on topic, i.e., visas and routing possibilities relevant to the OP's plans. Discussion about the perils (or not) of the new COVID variant can happen elsewhere. Where the two topics intersect--questions about how the new variant may or may not affect the issuing of visas or the closing of borders--it's appropriate to offer your opinions here, but kindly don't try to debate the variant itself.

Hope that's clear, and thanks for your cooperation.

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