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Tourist Visa (TU)

TurkmenistanShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

Unless otherwise stipulated in Turkmenistan's international agreements, foreign citizens and stateless persons enter Turkmenistan on visas; the Tourist visa (TU) is one of the visa categories issued for entry into and exit from Turkmenistan. The official source does not publish the list of nationalities exempted from visas by international agreements.

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  • The official source does not state the complete answer to this question for this route.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

Tourism: foreigners travelling to Turkmenistan for tourism, on the written or electronic application of the foreigner or of the receiving tourism enterprise; the TU file includes a tourist programme and a tourist group list.

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What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

No maximum stay is published for TU visas. Visas may be single-, double- or multiple-entry, and ordinary visa fees are set by length of stay (up to 10 days, 20 days, 1 month, then each further month). State Migration Service invitations for visas are issued for three months.

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  • No TU-specific maximum stay or rolling-period rule is published.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

Passport valid for at least six months after the visa's expiry date, with at least two blank visa pages; the original or a copy of the invitation letter issued by the State Migration Service; the visa application; colour photographs. The authorities may also request health certificates (HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, drug addiction or other diseases that may harm the health of the population).

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  • https://migration.gov.tm/cdn/media/filemanager/2025/01/23/Migrasi%C3%BDa_hakynda_.pdf
    Daşary ýurt raýatyna, raýatlygy bolmadyk adama wizany bermek üçin daşary ýurt raýatynyň, raýatlygy bolmadyk adamyň Türkmenistanyň Döwlet serhedinden geçmegi üçin hakyky bolan, içinde wizalar üçin azyndan iki arassa sahypasy bolan, hereket ediş möhleti wizanyň hereket ediş möhletiniň tamamlanýan senesinden azyndan alty aý soň tamamlanýan hereket ediş möhleti bolan pasporty ýa-da onuň ornuny tutýan resminamasy berilýär. Diplomatik we gulluk wizalarynyň berilmeginiň ýagdaýlary muňa degişli däldir.
  • https://turkey.tmembassy.gov.tm/en/consular-services/visa-requirements
    The original (or copy) of the invitation letter issued by the Turkmenistan State Migration Service on behalf of the legal or real person; 2. Citizen's special visa application; 3. The original and color copy of the citizen's passport; 4. 2 (two) 3x4 color photographs of the citizen;
  • https://migration.gov.tm/api/v1/pages/detail/wiza-perecen/
    Also, at the request of the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan, the State Migration Service of Turkmenistan, in addition to the documents and information specified in the above chapters of this List, may request certificates issued by the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan, that a person does not suffer from a chronic infectious disease (HIV virus) causing human immunodeficiency virus, from sexually transmitted diseases, from drug addiction or diseases that may cause harm to the health of the population of Turkmenistan.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

The invitation is issued by the State Migration Service inside Turkmenistan and the visa abroad by Turkmen diplomatic and consular services on the traveller's own application. Tourists are registered with the tourism department of the Ministry of Culture. Extensions are granted by the State Migration Service only while the foreigner is in Turkmenistan, applying before the visa expires.

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These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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