Visas for Central Asia – Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan?
I'm hoping someone on here can help us out with this. I have tried to find this information online and I even e-mailed Stantours, the Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan embassies here in Korea, but have not heard back from them. I will do a phone call or go in to ask them if someone can't help me here first. If it's online somewhere then I somehow have missed it and probably look dumb writing this.
Situation:
We are planning to go to the 3 countries above later this year. However, we are starting in China in June and will likely be there a couple of months before entering Kazakhstan. However, knowing the exact date that we would enter each country is unrealistic at this point. We would like to do our visas here in Korea in advance (save any hassles later) but we need some information about the dating of the visas. Which of the following applies? It will help determine whether we get them now or later. Yes, I know we need 3 different visas.
1.Does the visa start from the date it is issued for any of the 3 countries?
2.Does the visa have to be used on a specific date for any of the 3 countries?
3.Is the visa similar to some other countries where the visa is issued today, but it has a period of time (for example China – 3 months validity) before it must be used or it becomes expired? The visa will then start on the date of entry.
Regarding the letters of invitation – do they require specific travel dates or is it an invitation to come in at anytime?
Hope this is clear. Thanks for your help.
