Do non-CIS nationals have issues with visa checks on the Moscow-Dushanbe train?

1/30/2017 11:35:39 PM

UPDATE:

I forgot to bring the confirmation. The Tajik staff didn’t care at all, whereas the Russian conductor (who entered my compartment about 4 hours into the trip) did ask for a Kazakh visa, I simply kept saying, in the little Russian I know “Swedish passport, 15 days maximum, no Kazakh visa”, whereby he eventually got tired of me and left me in peace.

The Russian border guards didn’t care either – they were more focused on grilling me US-style (using a Kazakh girl as an Interpreter) in regards to where I was going, why I was making this trip, if I was going to ISIS land (basically), how I could afford this trip, etc.

10/12/2016 2:38:11 PM

Here I am. Probably too late now for you, but perhaps useful for others. Print out the official confirmation that you do not need a visa, and you can explain it to them.

For the record, I had someone going Dushanbe-Moscow and nobody could figure out if he needed the Turkmen transit visa. He gambled and went without, nobody stopped him getting in, but at the Turkmen border, he got kicked off the train.

Credit:stackoverflow.com‘

About me

Hello,My name is Aparna Patel,I’m a Travel Blogger and Photographer who travel the world full-time with my hubby.I like to share my travel experience.

Search Posts

Latest posts

Popular posts