Kyrgyzstan
Visa
To travel in Kyrgyzstan you should have a travel visa. Travel visa is to be issued by Kyrgyzstan embassy after receiving of invitation letter made by request of travel agency on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan (MFA).
Below listed are the countries whose citizens do not need entry visas to enter KR:
Azerbaijan Republic, Albania, Republic of Belarus, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Hertzegovina, Georgia, Republic of Kazakhstan, People's Democratic Republic of Korea, Republic of Cuba, Macedonia, Malaysia (tourist- and business trips up to a month long), Republic of Moldova, Mongolia (trips up to three months long), Poland, Russian Federation, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Socialistic republic of Vietnam, Republic of Tajikistan, Turkish Republic (up to one month-long trips), Ukraine, Croatia, Czech Republic, Yugoslavia and Japan.
Citizens of the below-listed countries may apply to the KR's representative offices abroad or consular organisations within the KR for a month-long visa. For doing that, they do not need any invitation letter, and just need to personally apply for a visa - either in writing or by attending the above office.
Australia, Austrian Republic, The Kingdom of Belgium, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The Federative Republic of Germany, Greek Republic, The Kingdom of Denmark, The State of Israel, Republic of Ireland, Republic of Island, The Kingdom of Spain, Italian Republic, Canada, Republic of Cyprus, Republic of Korea, The Princedom of Lichtenstein, The Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, Republic of Malta, The Princedom of Monaco, The Kingdom of Netherlands, The Kingdom of Norway, New Zealand, Portugal Republic, United States of America, Republic of Finland, Republic of France, Swiss Confederation and The Kingdom of Sweden.
Citizens of the abovementioned countries do not need register with the KR's Immigration Police.
Regardless of visa category, primary Kyrgyz entry visas are issued by Kyrgyz diplomatic missions and consular offices abroad or, in the absence of Kyrgyz missions at this or that country, - by the Kazakh Republic diplomatic missions and consular offices abroad (under bilateral intergovernmental agreement). In this case a letter of invitation and visa support from travel agency is needed.
To obtain invitation letter for travel visa (visa support letter) according to the MFA Kyrgyzstan requirements we need the following client's details:
Full name & surname
Sex
Citizenship
Date & place of birth (Please indicate country and city of birth)
Passport number, date of issue and date of expire
Address of permanent residing (full address)
Place of work and occupation (this should include name of organization and city of its location)
Place of receiving the visa (country where is the embassy of Kyrgyzstan and where is convenient for you to get the visa)
Period of your staying in Kyrgyzstan (dates within which visa have to be valid)
Tourist visas are issued for a period of up to one month and, subject to valid reason, may be extended for up to one month more. To apply for a tourist visa one shall submit one's personal application , passport (or any other identification document that can be regarded as a substitute for passport) and fill in a visa form.
To prevent foreign citizens and persons without citizenship of breaching the established procedures and legal status of their stay in the KR they should be aware of the following:
1. Within 5 days upon arrival at final destination, a foreign citizen or a person without citizenship is obliged to register one's National passport or other identification documents with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of KR, its territorial bodies, hotels.
2. Every time leaving the place of one's stay (hotel, private house etc.), one has to bear with him/her one's own National passport or other identification document.
3. In the event of theft or loss of passport a foreign citizen or a person without citizenship is to report to nearest police station where he/she is to be issued the Certificate of Loss of Passport (Document). Upon such Certificate, the Embassy or the Consulate of traveler's mother country in the KR issues documents needed for the applicant to stay in and/or leave the KR.
4. If stopped by a police patrol car, a traveller has to only produce the police his/her passport for identification purpose and does not have to show them the contents of one's handbag, wallet and pockets.
5. If any suspicion arises as to the policemen acting in excess of their duties then a traveller is suggested to try to obtain identification information on such policemen (full name, rank and position with the police station). Travellers are encouraged to report on such event to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs KR, Ministry of Internal Affairs KR, Department of Internal Affairs in Bishkek and Embassy of the traveller's mother country in KR.
