Tajikistan private visa for family visits

The KhS1 visa is issued to foreigners visiting Tajikistan for treatment, diagnosis, visits to relatives and friends and other private purposes such as weddings, funerals and other private events. The KhS2 visa is issued exclusively to former citizens of Tajikistan and to family members and close relatives of Tajik citizens, for a temporary stay.

For a KhS1 visa, applicants need a request from a medical institution if travelling for treatment, or a notification from the Passport and Registration Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for other private visits. In emergencies, such as the death or serious illness of a relative living in Tajikistan, a KhS1 visa of up to one month is issued on an application and a certified medical certificate. For a KhS2 visa, former citizens show a Tajik birth certificate and relatives of Tajik citizens show proof of kinship.

Applications are filed through the electronic information network, at www.visa.gov.tj, and the printed form is submitted with a photo and the receipt for state duty and consular fees. The passport should not expire earlier than six months after the visa and needs two blank pages. A certificate of an HIV test is required for visas of more than three months, except for certain categories such as the investment visa. Visas are decided within 20 working days of a complete file, extendable by up to 10 working days, and fees are not refunded after a refusal.

Tajik missions issue the KhS1 visa for the requested period, up to three months; it is not extended except in force majeure or serious illness that would make travel dangerous. The KhS2 visa is issued for up to six months. A former citizen on a KhS2 visa who wishes to live permanently in Tajikistan receives an ID visa, issued for up to nine months while the permanent residence permit is processed.

Family members, meaning the spouse, children and adopted children under 18, parents and other dependants, receive a matching visa marked with the suffix AO, provided they live together, but they may not work unless they change to a visa for their own activity. Tourist and transit visas are not issued as accompanying visas.