Visa info Azerbaijan
Hi All,
Am wondering if anyone has any recent experience obtaining a visa for Azerbaijan.
My girlfriend and I are leaving the UK 7 May going east via Balkans and the 'stans. All visas for the 'stans are under control but the one that's really getting under my skin is the Azerbaijan visa.
Last year they had a transit visa which was valid for 5 days and cost £5 but now they've introduced new visas and it seems the only one they have now requires LOI and can only be applied for at a visa service. Total cost £42 (LOI) + £14 visa + £60 (visa service) = £116 (just to prove I can use a calculator). We only want to pass through to catch the ferry to Aktau, KZ from Baku and that's an astronomical amount!
Anyone been through there recently? Do I just mop up my spilled milk and cop the £116 or does someone know if the transit visa is still possible in other countries i.e. Turkey.
For information purposes, I'm an aussie living in London (with every other aussie)
Cheers all, would love to catch up with some people on the road
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