Uzbekistan Visa
Expensive and time-consuming to get in Tehran (Iran). If possible, try to get it somewhere else. Same price for transit or for 30-day visa.
The embassy in Tehran is supposed to be opened from Sunday till Thursday from 9:00 until 12:00. Of course, as all Central Asia embassies they have their own timetables and on Sundays they are closed or the consul is not there.
Went there on a Sunday morning, the consul was not there so no option of applying. Anyway, there was a woman who gave us information: a letter from your embassy saying you can go to Uzbekistan, 2 copies of passport, 2 copies of the visa application to filled in through the website, 2 pictures, a copy of the country to visit after Uzbekistan (in this case Tajikistan) if you are applying for a transit visa and 75 USD for normal service (from 8 to 14 working days). If you are applying for a 30-day visa, the procedure is the same one except the copy of Tajik visa. Depending on your nationality, you can apply for normal visa without any LOI or if you need LOI it would cost you some additional 75 USD and it can only be obtained through a travel agency and it takes time. Note that you have to say the entry and exit points in Uzbekistan.
Next day went there again around 10:00 and there were some 10 guys outside the door, most of them from travel agencies, so they were carrying a lot of passports. There's a list where you have to write your name and wait for your turn to enter the embassy. After waiting around 3 hours, finally we got into the embassy, gave all the documents to the woman we met the day before and she told us to call in 8 working days and maybe the visa would be ready.
We called in 8 days and of course the visa was not ready. Finally it was in 9 working days and we got a 3-day transit visa. We went there at 8:00 and there was nobody there although the list was already with some 9 names on it. These agency guys must have written their names the day before. We were not in the mood of waiting again 3 hours so we just got into the embassy when they opened (a guy who was first in the list complained and tried to pull me out of there but of course I didn't give a shit and got inside). The money is to be paid there and in some 15 minutes we got the visa.
The embassy in Tehran is supposed to be opened from Sunday till Thursday from 9:00 until 12:00. Of course, as all Central Asia embassies they have their own timetables and on Sundays they are closed or the consul is not there.
Went there on a Sunday morning, the consul was not there so no option of applying. Anyway, there was a woman who gave us information: a letter from your embassy saying you can go to Uzbekistan, 2 copies of passport, 2 copies of the visa application to filled in through the website, 2 pictures, a copy of the country to visit after Uzbekistan (in this case Tajikistan) if you are applying for a transit visa and 75 USD for normal service (from 8 to 14 working days). If you are applying for a 30-day visa, the procedure is the same one except the copy of Tajik visa. Depending on your nationality, you can apply for normal visa without any LOI or if you need LOI it would cost you some additional 75 USD and it can only be obtained through a travel agency and it takes time. Note that you have to say the entry and exit points in Uzbekistan.
Next day went there again around 10:00 and there were some 10 guys outside the door, most of them from travel agencies, so they were carrying a lot of passports. There's a list where you have to write your name and wait for your turn to enter the embassy. After waiting around 3 hours, finally we got into the embassy, gave all the documents to the woman we met the day before and she told us to call in 8 working days and maybe the visa would be ready.
We called in 8 days and of course the visa was not ready. Finally it was in 9 working days and we got a 3-day transit visa. We went there at 8:00 and there was nobody there although the list was already with some 9 names on it. These agency guys must have written their names the day before. We were not in the mood of waiting again 3 hours so we just got into the embassy when they opened (a guy who was first in the list complained and tried to pull me out of there but of course I didn't give a shit and got inside). The money is to be paid there and in some 15 minutes we got the visa.
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