斑馬日記 ZebraDiary

*資料時間：2013/12/26。The information in English is at the end.

*目前全世界的阿富汗大使館的簽證逐年變得難拿，而且不同的大使館有不同的簽證需求，出發或辦理前請先連絡各大使館或上網搜尋。

*請先查詢自己的國家是否已有阿富汗大使館，若有，請向自己國家的大使館申辦簽證，其餘大使館可能會以這個原因拒發簽證。

*準備物品：

1.護照正本及複印本。

2.簽證申請表(於大使館拿取)。

3.護照用大頭照一張。

4.阿富汗後的下一個國家簽證 or 在阿富汗的住宿證明。(注：從首都喀布爾[Kabul]的國際班機主要有飛巴基斯坦的首都伊斯蘭馬巴德[Islamabad,Pakistan]、土耳其的伊斯坦堡[Istanbul,Turkey]、伊朗的首都德黑蘭[Tehran,Iran]、中國烏魯木齊[Urumqi,China]及印度的新德里[New Dehli,India]。)

5.美金101元。

*流程：

1.前往位於塔什干北方的大使館。

地址：#1, Batumskaya str., shaykhantakhur district, Tashkent, Uzbekistan (新街名為：Sobir Rahimov ko'chasi[烏茲別克語的"街"]，不過舊名較廣為人知。)，在科威特駐烏茲別克大使館隔壁。

電話：+998-71-2267380

Email：afghanemb_tashkent@yahoo.com

2.於入口處出示護照及前一晚的住宿證明(通常會寫退房的日期，這樣就可以)，待烏茲別克駐警登記完資料，就依照指示，到大使館另一頭的地下室。

3.抵達後，向辦事人員(通常是駐警通知後才會在櫃台)表明身分，並索取簽證申請表。桌面上有填寫範例。

4.填寫完後，會有大使館的官員親自和你面談。不外乎是問一些"要去哪裡？"、"目的為何？"或"有無朋友在阿富汗"等問題，不會刁難申請人。

4.將照片、資料表及其他文件一併交給辦事人員，臨櫃繳錢後，當天下午就可取得簽證。(我事先有先聲明烏茲別克簽證即將過期，所以他們才幫我速辦簽證。正常狀況需要等上兩到三天。)

*心得：

1.因為網路上沒有任何有關駐塔什干大使館的資訊，所以沒有準備第四項物品。

2.大使館真的不好找，且在可以辦簽證的時間點到現在，大使館的地址已經換了好幾遍。據說現在的位置已被阿富汗政府購買，基本上要再換位置很難。

3.駐警和辦事人員及官員都非常非常友善，其中辦事人員和官員英文能力都很好，不用擔心語言問題。

4.因為烏茲別克簽證即將過期，是在我第一次抵達大使館的三天後，我就必須離境。官員向我說明簽證可能需要兩三天的工作時間，當下就和他求情，看能不能縮短簽證申辦時間。當時的我沒有伊朗簽證，也沒有住宿證明或在阿富汗的友人證明我的目的是純旅行。在申辦的一開始，我就出示紅十字會教練證照的複印本，似乎有得到比較好的待遇。官員向我表示，他必須回函給阿富汗政府，看能不能發我簽證，並說明必須要等上一至兩天的時間。

5.第二天接到電話，阿富汗政府准許發我簽證，但我必須出示住宿證明(待幾天就是幾天住宿證明)。

6.第三天帶著住宿證明和其他資料前往大使館，早上提交資料，下午三點取得簽證。

7.阿富汗簽證為三個月效期，從申辦日的當天往後算三個月，簽證擁有者可以在這三個月內任選一天進入阿富汗。而簽證的有效期限只有一個月，所以必須自行計算簽證有效期，30天後必須離境。可以延簽！請參照文章：http://zebra3568.pixnet.net/blog/post/103084675

(English version)

*It's getting harder to apply visas in every Afghanistan embassy around the world and each of them has different requirements for application.Please check the requirement and conditions of the embassy where you want to pick up visa from phones or internet.

*If you have Afghnistan embassy in your country,embassies in other countries may turn down your application.Please get prepared before your departure.

*Things to prepare：

1.Passport and its copy.

2.Application form(From embassy).

3.One passport photo.

4.The visa of the next country or the reservation of hotels in Afghanistan.

(PS：From Kabul, Afghanistan,the international flights only fly to Islamabad,Pakistan、Istanbul,Turkey、Tehran,Iran,and New Dehli,India.Before you apply the visa,make sure of your next plan of visiting country.)

5.US$101.

*Procedure：

1.Arrive embassy.

Address：#1, Batumskaya str., shaykhantakhur district, Tashkent, Uzbekistan (New name of the street：Sobir Rahimov ko'chasi[Street in Uzbek].The old name is well-known to locals).It's right next to the embassy of Kuwait.

Phone #：+998-71-2267380

Email：afghanemb_tashkent@yahoo.com

2.At the entrance,show your passport and registration of last night(Basically the checkout date will be written) to the Uzbek security guard.Follow the instruction to the other side of embassy,there's a entrance of basement.

3.State yourself as a visa applicant.The staff will give you a application form.There's example on the desk.

4.After finishing,the officer will come to you and ask some questions like "Where are you going to visit?"、"What's the purpose"、and "Friends in Afghanistan" etc..They won't find troubles with you.

5.Hand in all the paperwork.After paying fees,you could get visa on the same day.(The visa application could take 2-3 days to complete but I told them my visa would expire 3 days later,so they make it faster for me.For detailed information,read the Experiences.)

*Experiences：

1.On the Internet,you could find that people siad the embassy no longer provided visas.It's not true and because of this,I didn't prepare the fourth paperwork.

2.The address a little bit hard to find and from the day they have the embassy in Tashkent,they've already changed the place for couples of time.It's said that the government of Afghanistan purchased the land so it'd be the solid information.

3.The guards,staff,and the officer are REALLY friendly and except for guards,they could speak English well.

4.Because my Uzbek visa is going to expire in 3 days for the first time visiting the embassy.When the officer told me that it will take 2-3 days to complete the whole process,I asked him for favor if he could shorten the application duration.

At that time,like I said before,it's my first experience without any former information to apply this visa.So I didn't have the visa for next country(Iran),reservation of hotels,or anybody in Afghanistan to proof I'm a pure tourist.

From the beginning,I showed the copy of my licence that I'm a First-aid instructor in Red Cross Association.It seemed like the whole process became easier.The officer told me that he had to get permission from the government of Afghanistan then he could process the application.It will take 1-2 days to ger permission.

5.The very second day,he got the permission with a condition that I have to have the reservation of hotels.(How many days you want to stay is how many days of the reservation.)

6.The third day,I prepared all the paperwork to the staff in the morning.I got visa in the afternoon on the same day.

7.For Afghanistan visa,it's three months expiration from the day you got visa.The visa holder could get into Afghanistan within the duration but the visa only works for one month,which means that you have to do the counting yourself from the entry date.In 30 days,you must exit.

*You could get Extension visa!!!Please read:http://zebra3568.pixnet.net/blog/post/103084675