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JediMaster 20 Feb 2013 10:00

Kazakhstan Business Visa
 
Has anyone applied for a Kazakhstan Business visa?

If so, how did you fulfill the following (taken from HERE)...

"In addition, a cover letter from the applicant’s company, briefly summarizing the purpose of the visit and including some information about the company or organization should be attached".

I can claim to be self-employed but making up an acceptable story will be difficult. The last thing I want is for my application to be refused as that would screw my plans completely!

Any help/advice and better still EXPERIENCE would be much appreciated.

Cheers

craig.iedema 20 Feb 2013 12:48

Sorry to ask dumb questions - how come you need a business visa instead of tourist one?

JediMaster 20 Feb 2013 16:39

Why....
 
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Originally Posted by craig.iedema (Post 412449)
Sorry to ask dumb questions - how come you need a business visa instead of tourist one?

Time. As far as I'm aware the longest tourist visa is Triple Entry/90 days.

My route will take me through Kazakhstan four times over a six month period this year and a fifth, possibly sixth time in March 2014. I will be leaving my bike in Kyrgyzstan over the winter and flying in/out of Almaty.

colebatch 20 Feb 2013 18:12

Never got a kazakh business visa, but in my experience, a letter on company letterhead (can be a mates company) saying that you want to travel to Kazakhstan to explore business opportunities and avenues for co-operation between [your company] and Kazakh companies, is usually enough for that sort of thing.

If you have any friend with a company, its ideal. Its completely non committal.

Oo-SEB-oO 20 Feb 2013 22:01

Depending on your time frame, look into the tourist one and then afterwards getting a new tourist one. Not ideal, but as said, depending on your itinerary and timing, it might me easier and cheaper than a business one...

I'm in the process myself for the Russian business one as I will also need to enter and exit 4 times in approx. 4-5 months window. Encountered the same issues as you described but found a company (here in Belgium) that can assist. Just waiting to get an accurate quote at the moment...

JediMaster 21 Feb 2013 20:49

Worth the effort
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by colebatch (Post 412499)
Never got a kazakh business visa, but in my experience, a letter on company letterhead (can be a mates company) saying that you want to travel to Kazakhstan to explore business opportunities and avenues for co-operation between [your company] and Kazakh companies, is usually enough for that sort of thing.

If you have any friend with a company, its ideal. Its completely non committal.

Thanks Walter. I'll have to put some thought into the 'who' part of that but I like the idea.

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Originally Posted by Oo-SEB-oO (Post 412517)
Depending on your time frame, look into the tourist one and then afterwards getting a new tourist one. Not ideal, but as said, depending on your itinerary and timing, it might me easier and cheaper than a business one...

I'm in the process myself for the Russian business one as I will also need to enter and exit 4 times in approx. 4-5 months window. Encountered the same issues as you described but found a company (here in Belgium) that can assist. Just waiting to get an accurate quote at the moment...

I'd need three visa's to cover the time periods. A little more hassle before I leave home is preferable to two more applications on the road. That's ten days processing time plus the associated costs of staying in a big city whilst waiting. Not to mention ten days I'd rather be elsewhere.
The Business visa looks expensive but all things considered I think it will work out cheaper.

I too have applied for a 12 month Russian Business visa. The difference is there's a 'template' for the Russian letter.

JediMaster 23 Apr 2013 19:23

How it panned out...
 
Not many replies but a few hundred views so here's what happened...

Having also applied for a 12 month Russian business visa I used that supporting letter 'template' and introduced a paragraph based on Colebatch's suggested wording.

With the help of Google images I 'borrowed' a logo suitable to my business and modified it in iPhoto. I then combined the two in word, chose a suitable font to finish off the letterhead and printed out my letter.

I made my application in person at the Kazakh embassy in London (opposite Victoria & Albert Museum with m/c parking right outside) and collected my visa 1 week later.

My LOI was supplied by Stantours.

colebatch 24 Apr 2013 11:19

Thanks very much for following up JM. :thumbup1::thumbup1:

Its very useful for the forum when people take advice, they follow up with how useful the advice was, how they applied the advice, did it work etc. :clap:


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