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UZ Embassy in Baku has 2012 information.

This post from 2011 indicates that the Turkmenistan embassy is only limited days and limited hours: Turkmenistan visa in Baku.

Ruth

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Hi,

I am in Baku at the moment and I intend to do pretty much the same thing (getting TM and UZ visas)
I'm going to go to the TM embassy first thing tomorrow and see what happens. I've been told and read a huge array of different stories of it's opening times and processing times so I guess I'll just have to see. I've been told TM can be processed in a day if your lucky and UZ is done on the spot but we shall see.

I will report back once I get them

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Ok so I managed to get both these visas in a day.

Turkmen Embassy is open Monday and Friday Only from around 9.30 until sometime in the afternoon.

It is located behind the Grand Hotel Europe up in the north of the city, from the hotel go past the Egyptian Embassy, past the Kazakhstan embassy on your right, past the Indonesian Embassy and down an alley next to a building site, then turn right and the Turkmen Embassy is on your left.

Here are the co-ordinates:

40.395371,49.826495

Uzbekistan Embassy is open Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9-12 and then 3-5

It's location is described in that other post, I got a taxi there so not sure exactly where it is, these co-ordinates should be ok:

40.351115,49.804587

I suggest you get someone to help you get these visas. For both of them you need to queue up for ages and then go to a bank miles away then queue up again.

Try calling Ismail when you get to Baku:

+994 552861200

hope this helps

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Thanks. Did you get the Turkmen visa is a day and/ or the Uzbek visa on the spot?

Ruth

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Thank you very much for the information! Very helpful!

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Yeah, after going to the bank and then a couple of hours of talking my fixer came out of the TM embassy with the visa. The uzbek one you also needed to go to a bank but then they gave it pretty much as soon as I got back. So you can get them both in a day but only if it's a monday or friday

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Hi again -
Do you believe your "fixer" was necessary in order to get the visa in the same day?

I presume the "fixer" is the person named Ismail.

Can you please elaborate with more detail? Who does he work for? How much does he charge? Is he good for TM visas only?

I hope you do not mind the questions.
Thank you!

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Unless you're fluent in Azeri and/ or Russian and also know Baku well enough to get around on public transport I'd definitely recommend hiring someone.

Ismail charged $20 per visa. I guess he just works for himself. I also had to pay for the driver to go to both banks and also to drive me from the TM to the UZ embassy, this was standard taxi fee. I think it was fairly reasonable as he spent hours waiting and trying to get the visas off the TM consul. I don't see much point trying to save money by going it alone, seeing as you've got to shell out about $90 for each visa anyway.

When I got to the TM embassy by myself it was pretty busy and there was nothing happening and people were just pushing through. If Ismail hadn't happened to turn up I doubt I would have ever managed to even get into the Embassy.

Maybe ask Stantours if they have someone on the ground in Baku to help. You might get lucky if you go it alone, but I'd be ready for a lot of waiting around not knowing what's happening

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Thank you very much for your quick reply and the advice!!