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Visa For Azerbaijan
Hi
I will be visiting Georgia in September and would like to spend a couple of days in Baku before the tour begins.
I see that Azerbaijan airlines run 3 flights a week from LHR to Baku, and there is also a direct flight from Baku to Tbilisi, where the Georgia tour starts.
I went on the Azerbaijan website to sort out visa requirements and the first site I went to mentioned taking your passport and leaving it at the Azerbaijan embassy in London, two proofs of address and a letter of introduction "personally signed" by the management of your intended Accommodation. This site was https:/ /www.vi saforaz erbaija n.org.u k/ and seemed very official and long-winded.
Then I saw a link to another site, called https:/ /www.vi saforaz erbaija n.org.u k/ which looked equally official but a lot less red tape and claiming to issue e-visas in three days for $23, as an A4 form with a bar code.
Obviously I'd prefer the second option but I don't want to be refused entry at Baku airport so I was wondering if anyone who's been there ha used these options and can say if they are both equally effective.
I'm only after a tourist visa to Baku for a duration of 2 or 3 days.
SUPPLIMENTARY QUESTION: I believe that UK citizens an get on-the-spot tourist visas at Tbilisi airport- can anyone confirm that?
Thanks in advance
I will be visiting Georgia in September and would like to spend a couple of days in Baku before the tour begins.
I see that Azerbaijan airlines run 3 flights a week from LHR to Baku, and there is also a direct flight from Baku to Tbilisi, where the Georgia tour starts.
I went on the Azerbaijan website to sort out visa requirements and the first site I went to mentioned taking your passport and leaving it at the Azerbaijan embassy in London, two proofs of address and a letter of introduction "personally signed" by the management of your intended Accommodation. This site was https:/
Then I saw a link to another site, called https:/
Obviously I'd prefer the second option but I don't want to be refused entry at Baku airport so I was wondering if anyone who's been there ha used these options and can say if they are both equally effective.
I'm only after a tourist visa to Baku for a duration of 2 or 3 days.
SUPPLIMENTARY QUESTION: I believe that UK citizens an get on-the-spot tourist visas at Tbilisi airport- can anyone confirm that?
Thanks in advance
Answers
>>> I've just been told that Azerbaijan and Armenia are not on good terms (to put it mildly!) . . . Yes, that sums it up quite well! https:// en. wikipedia. org/ wiki/ 2016_ Nagorno- Karabakh_ clashes However I doubt that the situation regarding having Armenian visa stamps in your passport has changed since 2008:...
17:47 Mon 23rd Jan 2017
You've posted the same link twice. However it's the correct one anyway. Here's the website of the Azerbaijani Embassy in London:
http:// london. mfa.gov .az/
(See the information under 'Consular Service and Visa')
There is nothing on the Embassy's website (nor on that of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office https:/ /www.go v.uk/fo reign-t ravel-a dvice/a zerbaij an/entr y-requi rements ) to suggest that you can obtain a visa at Tbilisi airport.
http://
(See the information under 'Consular Service and Visa')
There is nothing on the Embassy's website (nor on that of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office https:/
Oops!
Sorry about that last bit. I should have realised that your reference to Tbilisi related to your travel to Georgia, and not to Azerbaijan! I obviously need to brush up on my geography!
From the FCO again:
https:/ /www.go v.uk/fo reign-t ravel-a dvice/g eorgia/ entry-r equirem ents
and from the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
https:/ /www.ge oconsul .gov.ge /HtmlPa ge/Html /View?i d=956&a mp;lang =Eng
(Don't be concerned that 'United Kingdom' isn't in the alphabetical list there. It's actually included right at the start of the list, under 'EU States')
Sorry about that last bit. I should have realised that your reference to Tbilisi related to your travel to Georgia, and not to Azerbaijan! I obviously need to brush up on my geography!
From the FCO again:
https:/
and from the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
https:/
(Don't be concerned that 'United Kingdom' isn't in the alphabetical list there. It's actually included right at the start of the list, under 'EU States')
>>> I've just been told that Azerbaijan and Armenia are not on good terms (to put it mildly!) . . .
Yes, that sums it up quite well!
https:/ /en.wik ipedia. org/wik i/2016_ Nagorno -Karaba kh_clas hes
However I doubt that the situation regarding having Armenian visa stamps in your passport has changed since 2008:
https:/ /www.tr ipadvis or.co.u k/ShowT opic-g2 93934-i 9347-k2 185284- Problem s_enter ing_Aze rbaijan _with_A rmenian _stamp- Baku_Ab sheron_ Region. html
Wikipedia only refers to Armenian citizens (and citizens of other countries who're of Armenian descent) being barred from entry:
https:/ /en.wik ipedia. org/wik i/Visa_ policy_ of_Azer baijan
Further, if there was likely to be a problem for UK citizens such information would normally appear on the FCO website. So I reckon that you'll be OK.
Yes, that sums it up quite well!
https:/
However I doubt that the situation regarding having Armenian visa stamps in your passport has changed since 2008:
https:/
Wikipedia only refers to Armenian citizens (and citizens of other countries who're of Armenian descent) being barred from entry:
https:/
Further, if there was likely to be a problem for UK citizens such information would normally appear on the FCO website. So I reckon that you'll be OK.
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