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TajikistanInvestors & entrepreneursLast checked October 17, 2026

Business visa category 'K'

Tajikistan's category K visa covers business trips: negotiations, conferences, tenders and fairs, and also signing contracts, setting up joint ventures, installing or servicing equipment, internships, consulting and audit work. Missions issue it on an inviting party's request for up to 3 months, and the MFA can extend it inside the country for up to 1 year. Family members can get a linked visa but cannot work on it.

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Life in Tajikistan

Money

3

Currency

Tajikistani Somoni

TJS

Tajikistani Somoni

Cost of living

32

Price level · US = 100

World Bank price levels, 2025

Tax

Flat 12%

Income tax (national)

VAT 14%

Flat 12% for residents at their main place of employment since the 2022 Tax Code (higher rate for other individuals).

Official rates, 2026 · headline only

Living

1

Happiness

5.6

#86 of 145 countries

World Happiness Report 2025

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Who it’s for

Foreign business people and specialists invited by a Tajik company or person, and their families.

Eligibility

  • Purpose

    The visa is for business purposes, including the activities listed below.

    • Negotiations, meetings, conferences, tenders, auctions, exhibitions, fairs
    • Cultural and sporting events
    • Concluding contracts, establishing joint enterprises, studying the market
    • Installing, repairing and servicing equipment; internships; consulting and audit services
    Official wording

    Business negotiations, meetings, conferences, tenders, auctions, exhibitions, fairs, cultural and sporting events; concluding contracts, establishing joint enterprises, studying the market, installing, repairing and servicing equipment, internships, consulting and audit services.

  • Inviting party

    Issued on the basis of a request from the inviting party, for the period stated in it.

  • Health certificate for longer stays

    You need an HIV/AIDS test certificate when applying for a visa of more than three months.

    Official wording

    An HIV/AIDS test certificate is required when applying for a visa of more than three months.

A sneak peek at what's inside

  • Next requirementPassport
  • Document checklistInvitation / request from the inviting party
  • FeesVisa application consideration

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  • 5 steps
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