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Visitor Visa

AfghanistanShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

A visitor visa is issued to foreign nationals. The official MFA page does not provide a complete nationality matrix or universal visa requirement.

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  • The captured page does not provide a complete nationality matrix or universal visa requirement.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The visitor visa covers travel to participate in sports competitions or exhibitions, or to visit relatives and friends.

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What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

The visa is valid for three months, with a stay of one month to three months. The official page does not establish entry-count or rolling-period rules.

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  • The captured page does not establish entry-count or rolling-period rules.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

For any visa application the MFA Visa Department requires a nationality certificate, the completed online form, two standard 5x4 photos on a white background taken within six months, and the payment receipt; the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad additionally requires a passport with at least six months' validity and blank pages. No funds, accommodation, insurance or onward-travel evidence is published for the visitor visa.

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  • The document list is the MFA's generic visa instruction, not a visitor-visa list; the visitor-visa page itself names no documents.
  • No invitation letter, proof of funds, accommodation, insurance or onward ticket requirement is published for visits to relatives, friends, sports events or exhibitions.
  • The passport-validity rule is stated by the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad for applicants in Pakistan; the central MFA site does not state it.
  • Primary legislation checked 2026-09-22 in the Ministry of Justice laws database (laws.moj.gov.af): every instrument on foreign nationals' travel and residence (incl. Gazette 1185 of 2015 and its 2018 amendment, Gazette 1302) is listed with status 'ملغی' (abrogated), and no in-force (نافذ) IEA-era law, decree or procedure on visas or foreigners' residence was found; the abrogated texts are therefore not cited.
  • AF2/AF__mfa_visit_visa_39001.txt#L132
    A visitor visa is issued to foreign nationals who travel to Afghanistan to participate in sports competitions, exhibitions, or to visit relatives and friends. These visas are issued by Afghanistan’s political and consular missions abroad.
  • AF2/AF__mfa_islamabad_embassy_visa.txt#L68
    The applicant’s passport must have at least six months validity and must have blank pages.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

The visa is issued by Afghanistan’s political and consular missions abroad. The official source does not establish extension or change-of-status rules.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured page does not establish extension or change-of-status rules.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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