Visitors to

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

must obtain a

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from one of the

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unless they come from one of the visa-exempt countries, countries eligible for visas on arrival or countries eligible for electronic visas. Visitors must hold passports that are valid for at least 3 months beyond the intended period of stay.

Visa policy map

General visa requirements

Passport must be valid for at least 6 months after the expiry date of the Azerbaijani visa applied for. If there is less than 3 months for the expiry of a foreign citizen's passport, a visa will not be granted. 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

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of the

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or upon arrival at the border crossing points of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The visa application form may be filled online and submitted to the diplomatic mission.

Visa exemption

Citizens of the following 11(+1) countries can visit Azerbaijan without a visa for up to 90 days: Azerbaijan and have agreed to mutual visa waivers on February 1, 2022.
But according to the foreign ministries of both countries, it is still unclear whether Serbian citizens are entering Azerbaijan without a visa.

Non-ordinary passports

Visa policy of Azerbaijan for holders of diplomatic and service category passports

Additionally holders of diplomatic or service category passports of Albania, Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Libya (temporary not applied), Lithuania, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Pakistan, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam and only holders of diplomatic passports of Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, Laos, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Spain and Sweden do not require a visa to visit Azerbaijan. Visa waiver agreements have already been signed with the following countries but are not yet ratified or applied: * – in September 2018 for holders of diplomatic and service passports * – on 24 March 2019 for holders of diplomatic and service passports

Visa on arrival

Citizens of the following countries can obtain a visa for Azerbaijan on arrival valid for 30 days obtainable at any international airport.Azerbaijan Simplified Visa Policy for Citizens of Certain Countries
''Haqqin.az''. 25 January 2016.
;Limited visa on arrival Citizens of can obtain a 30 days visa on arrival only if arriving on a direct flight of

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from

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. Visa on arrival for holders of an official invitation letter issued by the State Migration Service of

or other

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). Starting from 26 July 2018 passengers with a residence permit issued by United Arab Emirates can obtain a tourist visa upon arrival in Azerbaijan. The cost for the visa on arrival is $30 US Dollars except for Japanese passport holders (Free).

Electronic visa

Azerbaijan introduced electronic visas for citizens of designated countries in January 2017. The system is called ''ASAN Visa'' and the visas are issued for a single-entry visit up to 30 days.
The e-visa should be printed and presented together with the passport (that should be valid at least 3 months more than the validity period of the electronic visa) at the border checkpoint.
The e-Visa is issued within 3 working days.
The designated 78 countries or regions are the following: As of February 2017, ASAN was looking into the possibility of making the electronic visa application available directly at the ports of entry at the border with Georgia, Russia, Turkey, and Iran. British travel magazine

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rated the Azerbaijan e-visa system (ASAN Visa) as the easiest visa to get in the world in 2017. There are plans to expand the ASAN Visa system for the issuance of visas to citizens of Azerbaijan as well. As of January 2018

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was selected and negotiations were under way with Lithuania and

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at t ...

. From 15 May 2018 citizens of

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

, China,

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, Japan,

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

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Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...

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can obtain an electronic visa on arrival in Baku International Airport.

Visa facilitation

Azerbaijan concluded a visa facilitation agreement with the (excluding

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and

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) 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.

Entry Refusal

Bans

Due to a state of war with

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, the government of Azerbaijan has banned the entry of citizens from Armenia, as well as citizens of any other country who are of Armenian descent (including Armenian Russians, etc.), to the Republic of Azerbaijan. There have been exceptions, notably for Armenia's participation at the 2015 European Games held in Baku. The government of Azerbaijan strictly bans any visit of foreign citizens to the separatist region of

Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh ( ) is a landlocked region in the South Caucasus, within the mountainous range of Karabakh, lying between Lower Karabakh and Syunik, and covering the southeastern range of the Lesser Caucasus mountains. The region is m ...

(the ''

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) and the Azerbaijani exclaves of Karki,

Yuxarı Əskipara Yukhari Askipara ( az, Yuxarı Əskipara, lit=Upper Askipara; hy, Վերին Ոսկեպար, lit=Upper Voskepar, translit=Verin Voskepar) is a destroyed Azerbaijani village in an exclave of the Qazakh District of Azerbaijan, currently under contr ...

Barxudarlı Barkhudarly (; hy, Բարխուդարլու, translit=Barkhudarlu) is an abandoned Azerbaijani village in the Qazakh District of Azerbaijan, under the ''de facto'' control of Armenia. Along with the similarly abandoned village of Sofulu, Barxudar ...

and Sofulu which are

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part of Azerbaijan but under control of Armenia, without prior consent of the Government of Azerbaijan. Foreign citizens who enter these territories without permission are subject to being refused entry to Azerbaijan and being included into the " list of persona non grata". The same policy applied to the

Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh The Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh were areas of Azerbaijan, situated outside the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO), which were occupied by the ethnic Armenian military forces of the breakaway Republi ...

until they returned to Azerbaijani control as a result of the

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Kosovo

Admission and transit is refused to citizens, even if not leaving the aircraft and proceeding by the same flight.

2020 pandemic travel restrictions

During the

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, the issuance of electronic visas and visas on arrival was suspended. According to the last circumstance, the lock-down extended till 28 December 2020.

April 2022 (update)

According to the latest news of Azerbaijan visa website you can apply for tourist visa and it doesn't suspend.

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References

External links

Republic of Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs

State Migration Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Electronic Visa System of Azerbaijan RepublicList of Azerbaijan entry Visitor Visa Types
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Foreign relations of Azerbaijan