All,
Applied in London for Tajik visa. Issued no problem.
London 'Embassy' open Monday and Thursday, 10-12.
It's not really an embassy, more of an office rental space... you go there and wait in a lobby, no Tajiki in site, just office workers for other businesses.
Hardly anyone in the queue, so no need to go early. Eventually, 30 minutes later, someone turned up and collected my papers, asked for the fee in cash, got my passport and told me I could leave. No receipt at all!!
I went back 5 working days later (same day the following week) and found my passport in a white envelope with the offfice space rental receptionist.
Weird the whole thing, but completely hassle free.
I got 1 month tourist visa, single entry for 80 pounds, plus 50 pounds for the GBAO permit.
Had to present passport, copy of main page, letter with rough itinerary, no hotel bookings required, no flights in our out, no visas for other countries. The GBAO permit also required an additional letter, a one liner asking for it, and it comes as an additional stamp in your passport.
Cheers,
straydog
