For many people the visa process for Azerbaijan is complicated. However you can make this process easier if you just know what to do. Today we’re going to show you how to get it and what are the requirements either for Azerbaijan visa or e-Visa.
Easy Guide to Acquire Azerbaijan VISA
There are two ways of acquiring visa: 1) e-visa; 2) typical visa by applying to embassy.
1) e-Visa
E-visa is available to apply both by individuals or through the travel agencies. Official website: https://evisa.gov.az/en. After filling out online form and getting confirmation, you’ll be able to get your e-visa directly to your email in 3-5 business days. According to the official website, e-visa application should be submitted at least 3 working days before planned travel date to the Republic of Azerbaijan. Total fee for e-visa application is 23 US Dollars (20 USD for application review and 3 USD for a service fee). Keep in mind that this is the cheapest and most convenient option and you don’t need to talk with any travel agencies in order to get your visa.
Official e-visa website
If you still prefer to apply through a travel company, what you need to do is send the required documents to the travel agency. Mostly the application forms are available in the web pages of those travel agencies. Later on the travel agency will send these documents to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and you’ll be able to get the visa within 15 days (minimum in 10 days). In spite of that, it still can linger up to 6 weeks, so you should make sure that your department date is in a month at least. In general, e-Visa will cost you 40 EUR per person if visa applicant books the hotel through tourism company itself or 60 EUR if applicant provides signed and stamped confirmation letter from hotel directly . Moreover, if your trip is urgent, you can apply for a quick e-visa and get it in 2-3 days, but it will cost you around 210 EUR. As soon as they send you approved visa via email, you can print it and take with you until arriving to Azerbaijan. Your e-Visa will be accessible to the passport officer.
Necessary documents:
- Filled application form
- Passport scan
- Passport must be valid for no less than 3 months after the anticipated return from Azerbaijan.
- Containing at least 2 blank pages
- Issued within the previous 10 years
- 1 photo
- In color, 3.5 × 4.5 cm (approx. 1.2 × 1.6 inch)
- Facing forward, the background shall be plain and light colored
- Hotel reservation/confirmation letter (can be arranged through the tourism company)
- Ticket to Azerbaijan (a copy)
- Payment
- Visa fee are payable in USD, AZN or EURO (depending on the company it may change) by bank transfer or credit card when the application is submitted
Please note that:
- E-visa is for tourism visits only.
- Visa is for a single entry and valid only for a term of a hotel booking.
- Visa cannot be extended; entry and departure dates cannot be updated.
- Maximum term of stay is 30 days.
- All documents must be scanned (JPEG format, size not more than 1MB).
- Submitting the above-mentioned documents DOES NOT guarantee the issue of visa.
Full list of travel companies authorized to issue e-visas
E-visa-application form
Important notice: All foreign nationals and stateless persons have to be registered at the State Migration Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan (www.migration.gov.az) within 3 (three) days after the arrival to Azerbaijan. More info and application form (pdf). The host party (hotel, sanatorium, rest house, boarding house, camping, tourist base, hospital, any such public place, apartment or other living space, administration of that place or owner of the living space) will be liable to submit the application form and the copy of your passport.
Therefore, before coming to Azerbaijan you have to reserve a place to stay such as in hotel, apartment or hostel. The passport must be valid for at least 6 months after the expiry date of the Azerbaijani visa applied for.
2) Typical visa (90 days)
You have to prepare and bring the following documents to the Azerbaijan consulate (diplomatic representations) in the country you are coming from:
- Application form
- Two colored photos in white background
- Foreigner’s passport
- Invitation letter from Azerbaijan in 2 copies (this could be the person who invites you, your relative or whoever)
- Receipt of state fee
It may take up to one month to get response on the status of your visa. In case of his/her urgent medical treatment or death of his/her closest relatives living in Azerbaijan foreigners and stateless persons can obtain a visa by presenting documents approving these facts. In this case their application is examined no later than 48 hours.
Payment
- For one time entrance visa (from 3 days up to 3 months) – 50 USD
- For double entrance visa (from 3 days to 3 months) – 80 USD
- For multiple entrance visa (for 1 year validity) – 350 USD
- For touristic visa – 20 USD (only for persons presenting touristic/travel voucher)
- For ordinary single-entry transit visa – 20 USD
- For double entry transit visa – 40 USD
Citizens of following countries holding ordinary passport can obtain a visa exempting state-fees:
1) In accordance with the agreement between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Turkey, citizens of Turkey holding ordinary passport can obtain a visa:
- in the diplomatic representatives and consulates of the Republic of Azerbaijan – without paying state fees;
- in the visa divisions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan operated in the international airports – costs 10 USD.
2) Citizens of Japan holding ordinary passport can obtain a visa without paying state fees.
3) Citizens of Pakistan Islam Republic holding ordinary passport can obtain a visa without paying state fees for the validity of 15 days.
Citizens of the following countries can enter Azerbaijan without applying for visa (90 days max):
• Belarus
• Georgia
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Moldova
• Russia
• Tajikistan
• Ukraine
• Uzbekistan
4) Citizens of states below can be issued visas for 30 days at international airports of the Republic of Azerbaijan:
- Qatar
- Oman
- Saudi Arabia
- Bahrain
- Kuwait
- Japan
- Indonesia
- People’s Republic of China
- South Korea
- Malaysia
- Singapore
- Republic of Turkey (60 days)
- Israel
- United Arab Emirates
5) Citizens of USA traveling with New York – Baku flight can be issued 30 (thirty) days visa at Heydar Aliyev International Airport.
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Hello, everyone there, is there anyone who can link me to Azerbaijan visa agency with good link
Hello Kola. I have included the link in the post for travel agencies, which can help with the visa: http://www.bakuexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/travel-companies.pdf
Also, you can apply for e-visa here: http://evisa.com.az/en
You can apply online and this company will connect with the ministry of foreign issues and issue an e-visa for you.
let me know if you can help with working visa or you can direct me to those that can help with working visa
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Hi everybody. Anyone know if http://www.aleantravel.com is an actual travel agency or a scam on the internet for e-visa? Thanks
Hi. Looks like a scam. There is a a travel agency called Alean, which is on the MFA list of approved travel agencies. However, they have a different website and different address than the one you entered. Check it out: http://alean-az.com/
Here is the updated list of travel agencies: http://mct.gov.az/upload/1455720805e-viza-2016-en.pdf
dont waste your time with the
no courtesy no decency
just keep you waiting with no real response…………and trust me im not the only person saying this
good luck anyway
Hi Everyone! We wonder why our comments have not been published yet… We, Alean Travel, are decent company and our list of happy customers starts from USA and ends in Australia. Sorry to say that, but if our previous reply and this comment are not published in 24 hours, we will take legal measures in this regards. Thanks! P.S. Hey B Lion, We guess you have to prove what you are saying, because I myself manage all incoming/outgoing correspondence via http://www.aleantravel.com. All the mails are duly responded, even those coming from African countries. Just take a note, please.
Hey Jim! Both websites are real and we have many positive reviews from our customers. Take a note, please.
its a scam!!! guy just keeps emailing and requesting money
Hey oc! We guess you have no ground for such comments.
Hi too! Yes it is actual travel agency. Any questions, please feel free to leave a request on that website. Thanks!
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Nigeria is not included among the countries that can apply for e-visa
Hello Everyone! We have noticed some people are trying to antiadvertise http://www.aleantravel.com in terms of arrangement of E-Visa to Azerbaijan. We suspect THEY should be scamming, actually, or they are just some ‘disguised competitors’, who are running nasty rivalry in the target market. Yes, our website name differs from the official one. However, if anyone visits http://www.alean-az.com s/he can see that http://www.aleantravel.com is linked quite properly there. If anyone knows, companies are quite eligible to develop multiple websites regarding any scope of activity in order to better optimize its function to the best result. So did we. Moreover, I am in charge of supervising all the incoming/outgoing correspondence and we have never tried just “requesting money”. We provide high-level service to any client and provide superb Customer Care. Our list of happy customers include those from USA, Canada, South America, UK and other developed European countries, Australia, etc., Hence, if anyone is doubtful about our level of services, please go ahead and try us. We are always willing to assist the best way! Appreciate your time. With Best Regards, Emil Mammadov
well mate
I thought i should let you know that the 2 sites look nothing related
while the primary site has your company name in a specific font, the other portal has it completely different.
your logo on your main site has the @ inscribed into what looks like a Roman soldiers ‘colourful’ metallic hat of yesteryear…
Theres pretty much nothing to say the 2 are related
Your ancillary site displays the address whereas its not present on your main website homepage
Note that I use the word ‘Primary website’ for http://alean-az.com/# and secondary or ancillary website for http://aleantravel.com/
The reason being the ‘primary website; is the one listed as one of the accredited agents who have the authority to issue Visas for Tourists, whereas the other isnt
Well start by asking someone at home to try and spend sometime to try and find any resemblance with both and 1’d pay you double the visa charges – no questions asked !
I would say that its just bad marketing. You need to build your brand ALEAN with http://alean-az.com/# as it has special mention on Tourism Azerbaijans list of accredited list rather than trying to work on its step-brother http://aleantravel.com/ not before theres a tussle amongst the two, whereas your real competitors should be the remaining 54 listed agents.
The basic idea is that content on both sites are repetitive with Hotels,Tours and Contacts (unlike whats visible on the homepage for both sites), so it would certainly come across as a cheap rip-off of your primary brand or a Chinese version of Nike called Niike, available for USD 20 a pair against the original Nike at USD 200
I also wish to know why would you want to waste efforts on 2 websites that offer pretty much the same services (if one focussed only on Inbound and the other on outbound…that would be perfect) than constructively work on building one.
No sooner would you realise that Niike has overtaken Nike and now you need to weed one out…you would only be killing one of your own kids with your bare hands…and who would that have to be is a tough call (not to mention a waste of half your resources and time creating it and opportunity cost loss in terms of the time you could have devoted to the other)
Please consider this as constructive feedback fro a Senior Marketing Manager managing a portfolio of Brands worth above USD 32 Bln
Dont try to create the Twin towers…..make just one Burj Khalifa……….its stand tall today…
Cheers and good luck
Hi again! Thanks for detailed explanation and advice. However, any company has got his own way. Please note our 2nd website has brought more than 500 requests from early January this year, and this figure is considerably high noting the local rivalry. We are not wasting our time, but we optimize that page running proper online marketing (sorry, cannot tell you more). Anyway, we think one should not comment wrongly about anything unless s/he tries it first. That’s why, we hold our ground on any groundless ‘attacks’ against our company and its operations. Thanks & Regards!
Thanks for your response but do be well aware that this strategy will not work well in the long-run.
As a matter of fact, if you notice ..you maybe the only portal having to justify your authenticity, legality and ethics whereas the other dont need…and that you have bought it upn yourself.
I dont want to waste more time trying to explain that to you if you fail to see the long-term perspective, getting hits, queries and request is more a windfall gain and a short one indeed and building a brand is a long-term objective
Do whatever you feel and be happy…it wont be long when one name is struck off that list of 55
Thanks for your reply, too. Well, honestly, we don’t wish to go any larger extent either. Everyone has his own mind, but it doesn’t mean one might comment negatively on anything, which he has never tried before. Regretfully, we didn’t get the point of the last sentence, but we hope no threat was meant there. Take care!
all the best in your endeavour
I apply for short time for a visa through your company ALEAN before reading this comments. We will see if you are really serious or not.
Hello. I personally used Alean to get 4 e-visas for Azerbaijan (needed on my mongol rally 2016 trip, khanederlistan team, look it up on youtube), i found the company by looking at the registry entries of accredited agencies and contacting a few random names in the list.
During all the steps of obtaining the visa my only contact has been Emil, who helped us also get information on the ferry that we were going to take for Kazakhstan. I don’t know if it’s the absolute cheapest around, but the handling was very professional and straightforward. I hope this clears doubts on the legitimacy of the company.
hello me and my friends working in a Dubai and holding Indian passport and we all are planning to a trip to Georgia from Dubai , but we have a transit time 19hrs in Azerbaijan soo can we get out of airport for couple of hours to take a city tour???
PLEASE ADVICE US
Hello there. Unfortunately, you need visa to be out in Baku if you are an Indian passport holder. As I know, visa fee for Indian passport holders costs $46.
visa for Indian passport holders is USD 20 if you book it with hotel, but min 3 nights stay required.
It maybe difficult to get a visa for a few hours….
contact one of the 55 agents..but dont waste your time with Turizm.Az
I recommend you guys try Silkway Travels, A La Carte Travels or Pasha
We have received compiled data (genuine client feedback-responses )of the authenticity and ease of application processing)
The responses of these 3 feature on the top.
Please also remember that price and hotel availability-contracting rates, availability, upgradation assistances at hotels, quality of Airport transfers (from Airport and Railway station), as well as guide services have also been accounted for.
Do remember that you are bound to take some services from several Travel agents, besides just the Visa application (while this maybe limited to not include all nationalities),so please keep in mind that EVisa services does not include only your eVisa processing but these other services as well………………..dont be too excited by receiving only Visa in your hand…There have been over a dozen cases of guests being let down by some of these travel companies services–
either misinfomation about hotels booked (Breakfast not included for hotel stay though mentioned in voucher), or 1 odd case of guest being asked to downgrade his room, and a couple of cases where drivers for pick-ups are unaware of roads or unfriendly or forcing for tips) These are over a dozen in total…but have been apportioned a fair score on the service chart of the entire experience
Keep these in mind and chose wisely
some more feedback received displaying the top 3 preferred agents as A La Carte, Pasha and Silkway.
A La Carte scores high with Online chat option where you have someone patiently assisting you with all requirements and places them in high regards and top recall for Visa facilitation for Azerbaijan.
There are others who have scored poorly. One in particular who has been active on this forum. What surprised me what the fact that they found a forum to address grievances to justify their authenticity, but did not bother to look at other forums on this site where some guests (including myself) have posted questions which still remain unanswered.
A positive approach would have been to address these queries and build goodwill with these queries that still remain open and unanswered. A Travel agent/Tour operators job also involves assisting potential tourists with valuable information and tips and advise, which however i have failed to see. I have only noticed posts which justify what i forsee as a biggest folly to come in the Caucasian region travel space and disinterested responses which fail to significantly justify multiple websites and names to vampirize the home based products. Indeed a thumbs down from me as well.
I posted here a few days ago, but seems my post was deleted?!? I’ll try again. I’m a UK citizen and I, like many, trying to sort my e-visa to Azerbaijan was wondering which company to use. I ended up using Alean Travel – and I got my tourist visa in 10 working days and I visited Baku last month (August 2016). I’m posting here (again!) because when I was trying to find which company to use, I read some bad publicity about Alean Travel. However, I still applied for the e-visa through them because (1) they were the cheapest price at $55 and (2) I read a review on tripadvisor of a person who used them and they received their visa fine.
Please – whoever moderates this comments section – do not delete this post, as I feel it is important for people like me in the public, when trying to wade through all the information on the internet, to read feedback from those people who have used companies for their e-visa and the service they receive, otherwise it makes it difficult to know which companies to trust and which are not genuine
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My travel agency had applied for evisa . V r a group of 20 people travelling to Baku !!! But unfortunately 3 of our visa has been suspended due to technical reason … All our bookings are done … Our travelling date is on 27.3.17 !!! The consulate is closed for nawroz !!! Pls help me as to how to get my e visa again
Hello Ghayathri. Please apply on https://evisa.gov.az/en/ and let us know if that works for you. It’s the fastest way currently for you to get evisa.
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Salam, I was told that a child holding a foreign passport can get E-visa (that is valid for 30 days) and stay for more than 30 days. There is just a document that is required from the immigration service and it shoudl be sufficient for leaving Azerbaijan. Does anyone know if it is correct information or not? Thanks
Individuals can apply for an evisa
If I apply for an e-visa, do I get a visa sticker or a stamp in my passport? As I’m collecting as many stamps as I can get in my passport I would be dissapointed if the e-visa replaces all stamps / visa stickers ….
unfortunately if you get e-visa, it will not be stamped to your passport.
Hi,I am an indian with uae residence visa.May i get on arrival visa to Baku..Please Reply..
As a citizen of India, you have to apply for visa beforehand.
Can som1 help me on how to Confirm my Azabaljan visa. If it’s original
Go ahead.
Hi I’m Filipino with UAE residence visa, how will apply my visa if I’m going there just myself for tour
You need to apply for visa, as you have Philippine citizenship.
Hi I’m Azerbaijani and have British passport do I stil need tourism voucher?
Hello, where can I download visa application form. thank you
Hello again, would you can assist me to avail this letter of invitation as one of the requirements to apply visa in the embassy here UAE . Thank you
Hi I am an Pakistani with UAE residence visa. Someone can help me I want to visit Azerbaijan. I want visit from Pakistan so please can tell me which documents must be need.
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I am an Palestinian with UAE residence, I cant see my country in the list , please help me
CAN I TAKE NEW VISA INSTEAD OF AVAILABLE OLD VISA?
Hello Adnan. Please contact the official visa issuers regarding your case. https://evisa.gov.az/en/contact
Hello, I am looking for visa assistance,
My trip to Baku, Azerbaijan as per plan is going to be for 4 days. How do I get the 15 day free Visa , I am from Pakistan.
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Hi, I’m a UK citizen residing in the UAE. I purchased the Azeri E-visa in January for a trip commencing in Feb but I’ve had to delay my trip until March. Will my E-visa still be good for then or do I have to submit a new application? As it’s a 90 day visa, do those 90 days take effect from when you purchase the visa or when you land? Thanks
how can a Kuwaiti individual apply for 90 days or one year multiple entrance visa , thank you.
u have to take invitation letter from mofa azerbijan its can allow u to entre to azerbaijan for 90 days to 180 days.
While applying for a visa to Azerbaijan from the UAE, as a UAE resident, is it necessary for your UAE visa to be valid for at least 6 months?
That’s a great question for which I don’t know the answer. Mostly, that’s the requirement to have it valid for at least 6 months. I’d recommend to check with Azerbaijani embassy in UAE.