Visa policy of Azerbaijan

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Visitors to Azerbaijan must obtain a visa from one of the Azerbaijani diplomatic missions, or an E-Visa through one of 68 tourist agencies, unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries.

Visa policy map

Visa policy of Azerbaijan
  Republic of Azerbaijan
  Visa free for all passports
  Visa issued upon arrival by air for ordinary passports and visa free for diplomatic and service passports
  Visa on arrival under special conditions for ordinary passports and visa free for diplomatic and service passports
  Visa free for diplomatic and/or service passports
  Visa required prior to arrival or E-Visa
  Entry banned

General Visa Requirements

Azerbaijan visa

The passport must be valid for at least 6 months after the expiry date of the Azerbaijani visa applied for.[1] If there is less than 3 months for the expiry of a foreign citizen's passport, a visa will not be granted.[2] Citizens of specific countries listed, who are required to obtain a visa with an ordinary passport or with a service passport, have to obtain a visa before travelling to Azerbaijan. Visas are issued in at an embassy or consulate of the Republic of Azerbaijan or upon arrival at the border crossing points of the Republic of Azerbaijan.[3] The visa application form may be filled online and submitted to the diplomatic mission[4]

Visa exemption

Citizens of the following 9 countries can visit Azerbaijan without a visa for up to 90 days:[5][6]

Additionally holders of diplomatic or official/service passports of Albania, Argentina, Austria, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Macedonia, Morocco, Montenegro, Pakistan, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vietnam and only holders of diplomatic passports of Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Qatar, Spain and Sweden do not require a visa to visit Azerbaijan.[7]

Visa on arrival

Citizens of the following countries can obtain a visa for Azerbaijan on arrival:

1 – visa on arrival valid for 30 days obtainable at any international airport.[8][9]

Limited visa on arrival

Citizens of  Iran can obtain a 15 days visa on arrival only for the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.[10]

Citizens of  Turkey can obtain a 30 days visa on arrival only at Heydar Aliyev International Airport.[11]

Citizens of  United States can obtain a 30 days visa on arrival only if arriving on a direct flight of Azerbaijan Airlines from New York City.[12]

Visa on arrival for holders of an official invitation letter issued by the State Migration Service of Azerbaijan or other Azerbaijan government authority Visa on arrival for staff of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and their dependents, provided holding an official invitation letter issued by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Visa on arrival for a maximum stay of 30 days for holders of an official invitation letter issued by the Operating Committee of Baku Chess Olympiad or an accreditation card issued by the International Chess Federation (FIDE)

Electronic visa

In June 2016 Azerbaijan announced an electronic visa system called ASAN Viza. The system will become available to citizens of designated countries later in 2016.[13] These visas will be issued for a single-entry visit up to 30 days.[14]

Visa facilitation

Azerbaijan concluded a visa facilitation agreement with the  European Union (excluding Denmark, Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom) which reduces the number of documents sufficient for justifying the purpose of the trip, envisages issuance of multiple-entry visas, limits the length of processing and reduces the issuing fee or waives it entirely for many categories of EU citizens.[15]

Bans

Due to a state of war with the Republic of Armenia, the Government of Azerbaijan bans the entry of citizens from  Armenia, as well as citizens of any other country who are of Armenian descent, to the Republic of Azerbaijan.[16][17]

The Government of Azerbaijan strictly bans any visit of foreign citizens to the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh (the de facto Nagorno-Karabakh Republic), its surrounding territories and the Azerbaijani exclaves of Karki, Yuxarı Əskipara, Barxudarlı and Sofulu which are de jure part of Azerbaijan but under control of Armenia, without prior consent of the Government of Azerbaijan. Foreign citizens who enter these occupied territories, will be permanently banned from entering the Republic of Azerbaijan and will be included into the "list of persona non grata".[18]

Visitor statistics

Most visitors arriving to Azerbaijan were from the following countries of nationality:[19]

Country 2015 2014 2013
 Russia 685,555 843,851 903,242
 Georgia 571,648 699,532 810,390
 Turkey 167,448 146,071 143,579
 Iran 149,600 131,179 150,963
 Ukraine 55,119 58,201 51,802
 United Kingdom 34,892 33,563 32,841
 Kazakhstan 27,145 29,468 28,226
 Germany 15,210 13,838 13,920
 Uzbekistan 15,185 19,336 18,627
 United States 13,208 14,543 15,612
Total 2,006,176 2,297,804 2,508,904

See also

References

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