🇲🇼→🇹🇯Malawi→Tajikistan

Short-term tourism and sightseeing in Tajikistan. Applied for online before travel.

• Must apply from outside Tajikistan.
• Cannot be extended once issued.
• Registration at Ministry of Internal Affairs (OVIR) required within 10 days of arrival if staying 10+ days.
• Optional GBAO (Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region) permit available as add-on at additional cost.

Short-term tourism allowing multiple entries into Tajikistan within the visa validity period.

• Must apply from outside Tajikistan.
• Cannot be extended.
• Available to citizens of approximately 121 eligible countries.
• GBAO permit available as add-on.

Tourist visa issued at Dushanbe International Airport for stays longer than 30 days or for nationalities requiring a visa that do not have an e-visa.

• Available at Dushanbe International Airport.
• Certain nationalities (Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, South Africa, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Vietnam) may obtain a visa on arrival.
• Additional fees may apply.
• May require prior arrangement or invitation letter for some nationalities.

For foreign nationals traveling to Tajikistan for business purposes, meetings, or commercial activities.

• Classified as category K. Requires a visa support letter from a Tajikistan-based organization.
• Applied through the official MFA standard-visa system at visa.gov.tj and collected in person at a Tajik embassy or consulate.
• Also available via the e-visa portal (business purpose) for eligible nationalities.

For travelers passing through Tajikistan en route to another country.

• Classified as category ТР (TR).
• Issued for transit across Tajikistan to a destination country for up to 72 hours; road transit visas are granted for the shortest route (calculated at 24 hours per 400 km).
• Passengers transiting airside without crossing the border do not require a visa.
• Applied through the official MFA standard-visa system at visa.gov.tj prior to travel.

For foreign citizens and stateless persons who work, run a business or carry out entrepreneurship within Tajikistan's free economic zones.

• Standard (sticker) visa, category 'МОИ' in the MFA visa classification, for activity within Tajikistan's free economic zones (entrepreneurship and doing business).
• Requires supporting documents from the free economic zone administration or host entity.
• Applied through the official MFA system at visa.gov.tj and collected at a Tajik embassy or consulate.

For foreign nationals admitted to an educational institution in Tajikistan for the purpose of study.

• Classified as category O (sub-types O1 for enrolled students/exchange/degree study and O2 for research, language and specialised graduate courses).
• Requires visa support letter from the educational institution in Tajikistan.
• Applied through the official MFA standard-visa system at visa.gov.tj and collected at a Tajik embassy or consulate.
• Must register with OVIR (Ministry of Internal Affairs) after arrival.

For foreign nationals visiting family members or friends residing in Tajikistan.

• Classified as category ХС1 (XC1); also covers travel for medical treatment and personal purposes such as attending festivals, funerals and ceremonies (a separate XC2 sub-type exists for former Tajik citizens and close relatives of Tajik nationals).
• Requires a visa support letter/invitation from the host in Tajikistan.
• Applied through the official MFA standard-visa system at visa.gov.tj and collected at a Tajik embassy or consulate.
• Must register with OVIR after arrival.

For foreign diplomats, government officials, and holders of diplomatic or service passports traveling on official government business.

• Covers the Diplomatic (category Д) and Service/Official (category Х) visas issued to heads of state and government, official delegations, diplomatic and consular staff, staff of international organisations, and their families.
• Many nationalities holding diplomatic or service passports also receive visa-free access for 30-90 days under bilateral agreements.
• Issued through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; conditions vary by nationality.

For heads and representatives of foreign companies and enterprises that invest in the economy of Tajikistan, together with their family members.

• Standard (sticker) visa, category 'С' (C) in the MFA visa classification.
• Application submitted through the official MFA system at visa.gov.tj and the visa collected in person at a Tajik embassy or consulate.
• Exempt from the HIV/AIDS certificate required for other stays over three months.
• Consular fee is tiered by validity (approx. USD 30 up to 1 month, USD 40 for 3 months, USD 90 for 6 months, USD 150 for 1 year per the MFA consular tariff).
• Investment-threshold and multi-year 'golden-visa'-style validity figures cited by third-party sources are not confirmed on an official government page.

For foreign citizens and stateless persons entering Tajikistan for employment/labour with a locally registered employer, and their family members.

• Standard (sticker) visa, category 'M' (Labour) in the MFA visa classification.
• Requires a visa-support/invitation letter from the Tajikistan-based employer; employment additionally requires a work permit from the migration service.
• Applied through the official MFA system at visa.gov.tj and collected at a Tajik embassy or consulate.
• Registration with OVIR (Ministry of Internal Affairs) required after arrival.
• Accompanying family members are admitted without the right to work.
• Consular fee tiered by validity (approx. USD 30 for 1 month up to USD 150 for 1 year).