Registration

All U.S. citizens residing in or visiting Tajikistan are encouraged to register online with the U.S. Embassy Consular section.

Registering upon your arrival greatly facilitates our ability to locate you in the event of an emergency. Registration also allows us to replace your passport quickly if it is lost or stolen, or contact you in case the Embassy or your relatives need to pass you an emergency message. 

In the event that your family needs to reach you because of an emergency at home or because they are worried about your welfare, they should call the State Department’s Citizens Emergency Center at (202) 647-5225.  The State Department will try to locate you, pass on urgent messages, and, consistent with the Privacy Act, report back to your family.  We will release information about you to others only in accordance with your wishes (as stipulated by the U. S. Privacy Act of 1966). 

If we do not have a Privacy Act Waiver from you (which is a part of the registration form), we cannot report any information about you to your family. 

Please note that registration with the U.S. Embassy Consular Section is separate from registration with the Tajik authorities, which is required for all foreign citizens staying in Tajikistan over three days (for registration with the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs, OVIR or hotels, please see the information below).

TAJIK GOVERNMENT ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

A valid passport and visa are required to enter Tajikistan.   American citizens can obtain Tajik visas at Tajik embassies and consulates abroad and at Dushanbe airport.  Tajik authorities require the name and contact information of the inviting individual or organization in Tajikistan and also the address at which you plan to stay in Tajikistan.  You need to have two passport-size photos and your passport should be valid for at least six months longer than the duration of your stay in Tajikistan.  Visas issued at Dushanbe airport are normally valid for only one entry up to 45 days.  Please note that Tajik visas CANNOT be obtained at any other Tajik airports and at land borders.  Failure to produce a valid visa and register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or OVIR (Ministry of Interior Affairs) within three working days of arrival in Tajikistan may force a traveler to leave the country immediately.

Please note: Entry into Tajikistan along the Gorno-Badakhshan border requires special authorization in advance, in addition to a valid Tajik visa.  Tajik authorities consider an attempt to enter Gorno-Badakhshan without the travel authorization to be a violation of the Tajik border-crossing regime, which is punishable with arrest.  The travel authorization for Gorno-Badakhshan is written in travelers’ passports ONLY BY THE TAJIK MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) OR OVIR (DEPARTMENT OF VISAS AND REGISTRATION) IN DUSHANBE (Tajik embassies and consulates abroad do not have the authority to issue it).  Travelers should apply to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or OVIR for the Gorno-Badakhshan travel authorization at least 14 days in advance.  The Tajik MFA or OVIR will list the names of the settlements and cities in Gorno-Badakhshan, which you plan on visiting, in the travel authorization and stamp it.  The Gorno-Badakhshan travel authorization is not written on the Tajik visa sticker.  It is a separate note written in a passport.

Obtaining a Tajik Visa

At the Dushanbe Airport
If you are arriving in Dushanbe by air, after arrival, you should go to the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs consular office at the airport and present your passport valid for at least six months from the date of your departure from Tajikistan, two passport-size photos and the appropriate fee and fill out two visa application forms provided by the Tajik consular official at the airport. 
Once you get your visa you will proceed with passport/immigration control, and then you will be able to pickup your luggage.  Please note that there may be lines and delays in getting a visa and you might need to wait for the representative of the Tajik consular office.

At a Tajik Embassy
Visitors from the United States may apply for a visa at Tajik Embassy in Washington, D.C.  It is advised to contact the Embassy in advance for information and details. 
The Embassy of Tajikistan to the United States of America

1005 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington DC  200037
Tel: 1 (202) 223-6090
Fax: 1 (202) 223-6091
Email: Tajikistan@verizon.net
Website: www.tjus.org
Contact information of Tajik embassies and consulates in other countries is available at the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan http://mid.tj

RULES FOR REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN CITIZENS IN TAJIKISTAN

Registration at OVIR and MFA must be done through a written request from inviting organizations, permanent international representations or applications of private persons in Tajikistan.  Requests for registration should be submitted to OVIR office having jurisdiction over the foreign citizen’s place of residence in Tajikistan or MFA within three working days of arrival in Tajikistan.

Persons staying in Tajikistan without valid visas and registration stamped in their passports within three working days of arrival in Tajikistan will be fined and may be required to leave the country immediately.  The fine for a minimum period of stay in Tajikistan without registration is 600 Tajik Somoni (50-60 minimum wages in Tajikistan).  If failure to register a foreign citizen was the fault of a receiving organization in Tajikistan, the receiving organization will have to pay the fine amounting to 720 Tajik Somoni (60-70 minimum wages in Tajikistan).

a) Persons exempt from registration of visas:

Heads of state and government, members of Parliamentary and governmental delegations invited to Tajikistan by the President and Majlisi Oli, technical personnel of these delegations, UN passport holders, minors under 16, persons staying in Tajikistan for three working days and less (Saturday and Sunday are days off and are not counted as working days).

b) Registration at hotels:

The following hotels in Dushanbe may register foreign citizens, who arrived in Dushanbe for business, trade or social matters, for treatment or vacation, tourism staying at these hotels for up to one month: “Dushanbe”, “Avesto”, “Tajikistan”, and “Vakhsh”. 

c) Registration at the MFA:

Who needs to register with MFA? Representatives of diplomatic and consular services of foreign states, administrative and technical personnel of diplomatic missions and consulates, personnel of military attaché and trade representative offices, their spouses, children and dependent parents, guests of heads of foreign diplomatic missions if these guests live in their residences or in the territory of the diplomatic missions, employees of foreign affairs agencies of foreign states, who arrived in Tajikistan for business and have diplomatic and official passports and their family members, foreign journalists accredited to the MFA and their family members, officials of international organizations and employees of international organizations headquartered in Tajikistan (and their family members) who enjoy diplomatic privileges according to the charter documents of those organizations and/or appropriate international agreements. 

There is no need for these travelers to register their passports at hotels or agencies of internal affairs of Tajikistan.  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will issue diplomatic, official or consular cards to these persons or put registration stamps in their passports.

The following documents are required:
- Passport with a valid Tajik visa,
- Registration Fee of 12 Tajik Somoni (only for tourist passport holders),
- Written request of the sponsoring organization for registration.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan
Consular Department, Visa Section,
42 Rudaki Avenue
Tel: (992-372) 21-61-03
Fax: (992-372) 21-15-60
E-mail: kumid@tojikiston.com
Website: www.mfatj.org.

d) Registration at agencies of internal affairs of Tajikistan (OVIR):

Who needs to register with OVIR?  Foreign citizens who arrived in Tajikistan on private matters, at the invitation of private Tajik citizens, for business or commercial matters, for study, training or practical training, for work which falls under intergovernmental agreements, and also tourists, refugees, and foreign citizens applying for permanent residence in Tajikistan.  If a foreign citizen is living in a private apartment in Dushanbe, the owner of the apartment should write a letter to OVIR stating the address and intended period of stay of the foreign citizen in Tajikistan.  Any organization inviting a foreign citizen to Tajikistan must be registered with the Ministry of Justice of Tajikistan.  A tourist agency, which invited a foreign citizen to Tajikistan, must submit a request for visa registration to OVIR.     

The following documents are required:
 
- Passport with a valid Tajik visa;
- Written request for registration (normally a letter from an organization or individual in Tajikistan that invited a foreign citizen to Tajikistan);
- One photo (color or black-and-white, 3x4 cm);
- HIV/AIDS-free medical certificate (required for foreign citizens, who plan to stay in Tajikistan for over 90 days)*;
- Registration fee of US$15 + 24 Tajik Somoni (for registration up to two months); US$30 + 24 Tajik Somoni for over three months).

* Tajik authorities require all foreign citizens planning to stay in Tajikistan for over 90 days to submit to an HIV test in Tajikistan unless they have internationally approved HIV-free medical certificates confirming that the blood tests were taken not earlier than within the last three months.  Persons arriving in Tajikistan with HIV-free certificates from the United States should contact the Tajik National HIV/AIDS Prevention Center for verification of their certificates. 
 
Contact information of the Tajik National HIV/AIDS Prevention Center
(responsible for administration of HIV tests in Tajikistan):

Tel. 236-01-38, 236-51-80
Address: 5/4 Navoi St., 4th floor
Dushanbe
Directions: across the street from Qarabolo hospital, behind Avicenna monument, after the Ministry of Labor and “Oriyonbank” branch turn to the right, the building of the former dormitory of the Medical University, fourth floor),
Hours: Monday-Friday, from 9 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Cost of a certificate is T.S.15.00 per person (subject to change)
Passports or passport copies are necessary to obtain test results

Contact information of OVIR of the Ministry of Interior Affairs
Dushanbe, 5 Mirzo Tursunzoda Street, Room 16
Hours: Monday-Friday, from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. and from 3-5 p.m.
Tel. 227-56-84, 227-55-66, 227-55-69, 227-86-31

(OVIR of the Ministry of Interior Affairs registers foreign citizens, who arrived in Dushanbe and Regions of Republican subordination for business, social and trade matters and tourism (when there is a request from a tourist agency).

Contact information of Dushanbe City OVIR

36/3 Negmat Karabaev Street
Hours: Monday-Friday
Tel. 233-76-40, 233-76-41, 233-76-43, 233-76-87, 233-76-88, 233-76-61, 233-76-57, 233-75-27

(Dushanbe City OVIR registers refugees, persons residing in Tajikistan permanently and foreign citizens, who arrived in Dushanbe at invitation of private citizens of Tajikistan.)

Foreign citizens visiting Sughd and Khatlon Regions and Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region for three working days or longer must register with regional OVIR offices there within three working days.