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'{{short description|Policy on permits required to enter Turkmenistan}} {{Politics of Turkmenistan}} [[File:TurkmenistanVisa.jpg|thumbnail|Turkmenistan visa with entry (right) and exit stamps inside a [[Singapore passport]] at [[Ashgabat Airport]]]] In accordance with the law, citizens of all countries require a visa to visit '''[[Turkmenistan]]'''.<ref name=Timatic>{{Timatic Visa Policy|country=TM|accessdate=1 April 2017}}</ref> To obtain a tourist visa for Turkmenistan, all foreign nationals must supply an invitation letter issued by a travel agency licensed in Turkmenistan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://migration.gov.tm/ru/information/poluchenie-vizy-spisok-neobhodimyh-dokumentov/|title=Получение визы. Список необходимых документов — ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ МИГРАЦИОННАЯ СЛУЖБА ТУРКМЕНИСТАНА|website=migration.gov.tm|accessdate=17 June 2019}}</ref> Holders of a letter of invitation issued by a company registered in Turkmenistan with a prior approval from the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Turkmenistan)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] can obtain a visa on arrival valid for 10 days, and extendable for another 10 days.<ref name=Timatic></ref> Citizens of all countries have the right to visa-free transit through the international transit area of [[Ashgabat International Airport]].<ref name=Timatic></ref> ==Special permits== A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: [[Atamurat]], [[Cheleken]], [[Dashoguz]], [[Serakhs]] and [[Serhetabat]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?FullText=1&COUNTRY=TM&SECTION=VI&SUBSECTION=AI&user=KLMB2C&subuser=KLMB2C |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-01-11 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20140314003610/https://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?FullText=1&COUNTRY=TM&SECTION=VI&SUBSECTION=AI&user=KLMB2C&subuser=KLMB2C |archive-date=2014-03-14 |dead-url=yes |df= }}</ref> ==Special visa exemptions== *{{flag|Kazakhstan}} — residents of [[Atyrau Province|Atyrau Oblys]] and [[Mangystau Province|Mangystau Oblys]] have visa free access to [[Balkan Region|Balkan Velayat]] for up to 5 days.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/Z020000283_|title=О ратификации Соглашения между Правительством Республики Казахстан и Правительством Туркменистана о взаимных поездках граждан - ИПС "Әділет"|website=adilet.zan.kz|accessdate=17 June 2019}}</ref> *{{flag|Uzbekistan}} — residents of [[Xorazm Province|Khorazm Vilayat]] and [[Bukhara Province|Bukhara Vilayat]] as well as residents of [[Amudaryo District|Amudarya]], [[Xo‘jayli District|Khujayli]], [[Shumanay District|Shumanay]], [[Qo‘ng‘irot District|Qunghirat]] districts and [[Taxiatosh|Takhiatash]] city of [[Karakalpakstan]] and residents of [[Dehkanabad District|Dehkanabad]], [[Guzar District|Guzar]], [[Nishon District|Nishan]] and [[Myrishkor District|Mirishkar]] districts of [[Qashqadaryo Province|Qashqadarya Vilayat]] and residents of [[Sherobod District|Sherabad]] and [[Muzrabot District|Muzrabat]] districts of [[Surxondaryo Province|Surkhandarya Vilayat]] have visa free access for up to 3 days within any month period. During [[Eid al-Fitr]] and [[Eid al-Adha]] the access is allowed twice a month, but no more than 7 days.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.turkmenistan.ru/ru/node/14748|title=С ВИЗАМИ И БЕЗ... - Интернет-газета Turkmenistan.Ru|website=www.turkmenistan.ru|accessdate=17 June 2019}}</ref> ==Non-ordinary passports== [[File:Visa policy of Turkmenistan for holders of diplomatic and service category passports.png|450px|thumbnail|center|{{legend|#d22630|Turkmenistan}}{{legend|#00843d|Visa-free for holders of diplomatic and service category passports}}{{legend|#2533dd|Visa-free for holders of diplomatic passports}}{{legend|#ffc72c|Visa on arrival for holders of diplomatic passports}}]] Holders of diplomatic or service category passports of [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Belarus]], [[Bulgaria]], [[China]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Hungary]], [[Iran]], [[Japan]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Moldova]], [[Mongolia]], [[Romania]], [[Russia]], [[Slovakia]], [[South Korea]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Turkey]], [[Ukraine]], [[United Arab Emirates]] and holders of diplomatic passports of [[Estonia]], [[India]], [[Pakistan]] and [[Uzbekistan]] do not require a visa to visit Turkmenistan.<ref name=Timatic></ref> Holders of diplomatic passports of [[Canada]], [[New Zealand]], [[United Kingdom]] and the [[United States]] may obtain a free visa on arrival.<ref name=Timatic></ref> A mutual visa exemption agreement for diplomatic, service and official passports was signed with {{flag|Singapore}} in August 2019; however, it has yet to be ratified.<ref>{{cite web |title=Singapore inks three pacts with Turkmenistan during state visit of its leader |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singapore-inks-three-pacts-with-turkmenistan-during-state-visit-of-its-leader |website=The Straits Times |publisher=The Straits Times |accessdate=31 August 2019 |language=en |date=27 August 2019 |quote=Two were on the avoidance of double taxation and mutual exemption of visa requirements for diplomatic, official or service passport holders, and the other was a memorandum of understanding on legal cooperation.}}</ref> ==Statistics== [[File:Ashgabat Airport (36075375061).jpg|thumb|right|360px|Ashgabat International Airport]] [[Turkmenistan]] is one of the most closed countries in the world. Very few foreigners are granted a Turkmenistani visa. Directly after independence, in the 1990s, Turkmenistan was a slightly more open country than it is now, and in 1998, for example, 300,000 foreigners visited the country. Between 2000 and 2013, however, the number of visas issued was tiny fitting a policy of [[isolationism]], the [[Neutral country|neutral status]] of Turkmenistan and the [[dictatorship]] in that country<ref>{{cite web|url=https://meduza.io/feature/2018/11/14/v-turkmenii-seychas-diktatura-a-kak-tam-zhivut-lyudi-mozhno-li-priehat-v-ahshhabad-turistom|title=В Туркмении сейчас диктатура? А как там живут люди? Можно ли приехать в Ашхабад туристом? Стыдные вопросы про одну из самых закрытых стран в мире|website=Meduza.io|access-date=30 January 2019}}</ref>. {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year || Visitors |- | <center>1992—1994</center> || <center>''No data''</center> |- | <center>1995</center> || {{increase}} 218,000<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/ST.INT.ARVL?locations=TM|title=International tourism, number of arrivals: Turkmenistan|website=data.worldbank.org|access-date=30 January 2019}}</ref> |- | <center>1996</center> || {{decrease}} 217,000<ref name="auto"/> |- | <center>1997</center> || {{increase}} 257,000<ref name="auto"/> |- | <center>1998</center> || {{increase}} 300,000<ref name="auto"/> |- | <center>1999</center> || <center>''No data''</center> |- | <center>2000</center> || {{decrease}} 3,256<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330004449/http://www.stat.gov.tm/assets/social/Yearbook_2012.pdf|title=Statistical Yearbook of Turkmenistan (Page 280)|website=stat.gov.tm|access-date=13 March 2019}}</ref> |- | <center>2001</center> || {{increase}} 5,200<ref name="auto"/> |- | <center>2002</center> || {{increase}} 10,800<ref name="auto"/> |- | <center>2003</center> || {{decrease}} 8,200<ref name="auto"/> |- | <center>2004</center> || {{increase}} 14,800<ref name="auto"/> |- | <center>2005</center> || {{decrease}} 11,600<ref name="auto"/> |- | <center>2006</center> || {{decrease}} 5,600<ref name="auto"/> |- | <center>2007</center> || {{increase}} 8,177<ref name="auto1"/> |- | <center>2008</center> || {{increase}} 9,777<ref name="auto1"/> |- | <center>2009</center> || {{decrease}} 7,628<ref name="auto1"/> |- | <center>2010</center> || {{increase}} 9,631<ref name="auto1"/> |- | <center>2011</center> || {{decrease}} 8,687<ref name="auto1"/> |- | <center>2012—2013</center> || <center>''No data''</center> |- | <center>2014</center> || {{increase}} More 110,000<ref name="auto2">Approximate numbers</ref> |- | <center>2015</center> || {{increase}} More 110,000<ref name="auto2"/> |- | <center>2016</center> || {{increase}} More 130,000<ref name="auto2"/> |- | <center>2017</center> || {{increase}} More 130,000<ref name="auto2"/> |- | <center>2018</center> || {{increase}} More 130,000<ref name="auto2"/> |- | Total (1995-1998, 2000-2011 and 2014-2018) || More 1,700,000<ref name="auto2"/> |} {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Country || 2018 || 2017 || 2016 || 2015 || 2014 || 2011<ref name="auto1"/> || 2010<ref name="auto1"/> || 2009<ref name="auto1"/> || 2008<ref name="auto1"/> || 2007<ref name="auto1"/> || 2000<ref name="auto1"/> |- | {{flag|Uzbekistan}} || {{increase}} 108,288<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stat.uz/ru/266-ofytsyalnaia-statystyka-ru/sotsyalnaia-sfera-ru/turyzm-ru/5384-raspredelenie-po-stranam-chisla-grazhdan-respubliki-uzbekistan-vyekhavshikh-iz-respubliki-uzbekistan-v-2018-godu|title=Распределение по странам числа граждан Республики Узбекистан, выехавших из Республики Узбекистан в 2018 году|website=stat.uz|access-date=13 March 2019}}</ref> || {{increase}} 105,269<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stat.uz/ru/266-ofytsyalnaia-statystyka-ru/sotsyalnaia-sfera-ru/turyzm-ru/5386-raspredelenie-po-stranam-chisla-grazhdan-respubliki-uzbekistan-vyekhavshikh-iz-respubliki-uzbekistan-v-2017-godu|title=Распределение по странам числа граждан Республики Узбекистан, выехавших из Республики Узбекистан в 2017 году|website=stat.uz|access-date=13 March 2019}}</ref> || {{increase}} 98,176<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stat.uz/ru/266-ofytsyalnaia-statystyka-ru/sotsyalnaia-sfera-ru/turyzm-ru/5388-raspredelenie-po-stranam-chisla-grazhdan-respubliki-uzbekistan-vyekhavshikh-iz-respubliki-uzbekistan-v-2016-godu|title=Распределение по странам числа граждан Республики Узбекистан, выехавших из Республики Узбекистан в 2016 году|website=stat.uz|access-date=13 March 2019}}</ref> || {{increase}} 96,604<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stat.uz/ru/266-ofytsyalnaia-statystyka-ru/sotsyalnaia-sfera-ru/turyzm-ru/5390-raspredelenie-po-stranam-chisla-grazhdan-respubliki-uzbekistan-vyekhavshikh-iz-respubliki-uzbekistan-v-2015-godu|title=Распределение по странам числа граждан Республики Узбекистан, выехавших из Республики Узбекистан в 2015 году|website=stat.uz|access-date=13 March 2019}}</ref> || <center>77,387<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stat.uz/ru/266-ofytsyalnaia-statystyka-ru/sotsyalnaia-sfera-ru/turyzm-ru/5392-raspredelenie-po-stranam-chisla-grazhdan-respubliki-uzbekistan-vyekhavshikh-iz-respubliki-uzbekistan-v-2014-godu|title=Распределение по странам числа граждан Республики Узбекистан, выехавших из Республики Узбекистан в 2014 году|website=stat.uz|access-date=13 March 2019}}</ref></center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> |- | {{flag|Russia}} || {{increase}} 28,127<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atorus.ru/public/ator/data/file/News/1/Полная%20статистика%20выезда%20российских%20граждан%20за%20рубеж%2C%202018%20год.pdf|title=Выезд граждан РФ, 2018-17 гг.|website=atorus.ru|access-date=13 March 2019}}</ref> || {{decrease}} 27,490<ref name="auto3">{{cite web|url=http://www.atorus.ru/public/ator/data/file/Analitica/vyezd_rossiyan_2016_2017.pdf|title=Выезд граждан РФ, 2016-17 гг.|website=atorus.ru|access-date=13 March 2019}}</ref> || <center>29,047<ref name="auto3"/></center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>{{decrease}} 82</center> || <center>{{increase}} 250</center> || <center>{{increase}} 140</center> || <center>{{increase}} 96</center> || <center>80</center> || <center>68</center> |- | {{flag|Iran}} || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>{{increase}} 3,874</center> || <center>{{increase}} 3,397</center> || <center>{{increase}} 2,391</center> || <center>{{increase}} 2,355</center> || <center>2,133</center> || <center>122</center> |- | {{flag|Germany}} || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>{{decrease}} 1,143</center> || <center>{{decrease}} 1,277</center> || <center>{{decrease}} 1,392</center> || <center>{{increase}} 1,576</center> || <center>1,338</center> || <center>270</center> |- | {{flag|USA}} || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>{{decrease}} 531</center> || <center>{{increase}} 660</center> || <center>{{decrease}} 535</center> || <center>{{increase}} 663</center> || <center>566</center> || <center>430</center> |- | {{flag|Italy}} || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>{{decrease}} 277</center> || <center>{{decrease}} 392</center> || <center>{{decrease}} 412</center> || <center>{{decrease}} 595</center> || <center>600</center> || <center>340</center> |- | {{flag|Japan}} || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>{{decrease}} 253</center> || <center>{{increase}} 388</center> || <center>{{decrease}} 344</center> || <center>{{decrease}} 508</center> || <center>537</center> || <center>282</center> |- | {{flag|Netherlands}} || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>{{increase}} 245</center> || <center>{{decrease}} 238</center> || <center>{{decrease}} 296</center> || <center>{{increase}} 439</center> || <center>160</center> || <center>95</center> |- | {{flag|France}} || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>{{decrease}} 212</center> || <center>{{decrease}} 230</center> || <center>{{increase}} 315</center> || <center>{{decrease}} 232</center> || <center>682</center> || <center>650</center> |- | [[File:Flag of the United Nations.svg|23px]] [[List of sovereign states|Other]] || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>{{decrease}} 2,080</center> || <center>{{increase}} 2,799</center> || <center>{{decrease}} 1,803</center> || <center>{{increase}} 3,313</center> || <center>2,081</center> || <center>999</center> |- | <center>'''Total'''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>''No data''</center> || <center>{{decrease}} 8,697</center> || <center>{{increase}} 9,631</center> || <center>{{decrease}} 7,628</center> || <center>{{increase}} 9,777</center> || <center>8,177</center> || <center>3,256</center> |} ==See also== {{Wikivoyage|Turkmenistan}} *[[Visa requirements for Turkmen citizens]] *[[Turkmenistan passport]] *[[Ashgabat International Airport]] *[[Turkmenistan Airlines]] ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} == Links == *[http://migration.gov.tm/ State Migration Service of Turkmenistan] *[http://trawelco.com/visa-turkmenistan/ Leading travel agency in Turkmenistan] {{Visa policy by country}} {{Visa Requirements}} [[Category:Visa policy by country|Turkmenistan]] [[Category:Foreign relations of Turkmenistan]]'