What the Tajikistan visa rules mean for Vietnam travellers
Vietnam passport holders need an eVisa to enter Tajikistan. You apply online, upload a passport scan and a photo, pay the fee and receive the visa by email. Apply at least one to two weeks before your trip and print the approval — some airlines and border officers ask to see it on paper.
The main option is the Electronic visa (e-Visa), which costs 30 USD.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Tajikistan applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: Tajikistan's Consular Department says that, as a rule, the passport must not expire earlier than 6 months before the visa expires and must have at least 2 blank pages reserved for a visa. The UK FCDO says your passport …
- Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
- Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for Tajikistan; insurance is not among the documents the Consular Department lists for every visa application.
- Return or onward ticket: No official source we could read states a return or onward ticket requirement for Tajikistan; a ticket is not among the documents the Consular Department lists for every visa application.
Tajikistan entry rules compared
Tajikistan lets 92 passports in without a visa, issues eVisas to 50 and requires an embassy visa from 56. Vietnam citizens are treated the same way as Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China and Hong Kong. Overall the Vietnam passport ranks #160 in the world with 24 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Asia? With a Vietnam passport you can also visit 13 countries in the region without a visa, including Brunei, Indonesia, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Laos and Myanmar.
In the other direction, Tajikistan citizens need evisa to visit Vietnam.