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Visas
The 2010 trip only required three visas up front (Iran, Pakistan and India) and visas for other places could be gotten en route (Turkey, Bhutan, Bangladesh).
This time there's more visas required complicated by many visas only being valid for a month. Remember that the validity of a visa tells you by when you have to turn up at the border, the duration of a visa is how long you can then spend in the country, a period which can extend beyond the end of the visa's validity, ie. you can turn up at the border on the last day of a visa's validity then spend the next 30 days mooching about the country.
I think I referenced this for my RTW trip but rediscovered it again, the World Travel Guide site is a wealth of (as up to date as you can hope) information for travelers.
The visas listed here are single-entry unless noted otherwise (last updated 15/3/2011).
| visa reqd? | cost £ | duration | validity | post/ consulate | processing time | notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | Yes | 30 + 9.24 (VFS) | 180 days | 180 days | VFS (London) | 3 days | India Consulate VFS (In) |
| Nepal | Yes | 20 (multiple entry) | 15 | 6 months | post/border? | 2 days | Nepal Consulate |
| Pakistan | Yes | 102 | per request | 6 months | London (twice) | 5 days | Pakistan Consulate |
| China | Yes | 30 + 36 | per request | 3 months | post | 4 days | China Consulate China Visa Application |
| Kyrgyzstan | Yes | 60 | 1 month | 3 months | post | 3 days | Kyrgyzstan Consulate |
| Tajikstan [1] | Yes | 60/80 + 50 GBOA (Pamir Highway) | 14/30 days | 30 days | London | n/k | Tajikistan Consulate |
| Uzbekistan | Yes | 43 | 7 days | n/k | post | n/k | Uzbekistan Consulate |
| Kazakhstan | Yes | 35 | single entry | n/k | London | 3 days | Kazakhstan Consulate |
| Russia [1] | Yes | 45 + 26.40 (VFS) | single entry | 30 days | VFS (London) | 7 days | Russia Consulate VFS (Ru) |
| Estonia | No | ||||||
| Latvia | No | ||||||
| Lithunia | No | ||||||
| Belarus | Yes | 50 (transit) | border? | ||||
| Ukraine | No | ||||||
| Moldova | No | ||||||
| Poland | No |
| [1] | (1, 2) I have been advised by the consulate to get the visa en route as the validity is too short to be useful if applied for in the UK. |
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