A valid passport and visa are required to enter Afghanistan. New Zealanders arriving without valid passports and the appropriate visa may not be permitted to enter and will be subject to a fine and immediate deportation at the traveler's expense.

Please follow the instructions below. After you read all the instructions, if you have any questions, call us at 0800 54 52 47 before you start the process.

Items required to secure a visa to enter Afghanistan.

Send us your current valid and signed passport. It must not expire within 6 months and must have at least one blank visa page. If you do not have any blank visa pages in your passport, you must first amend your passport to have pages added. If your passport expires within six months, you must renew your passport and then we will secure your visa with the new passport.

Send 1 visa application form completed and signed with your signature in blue ink.

Click here for visa application

You must submit 2 passport photograph taken by a passport photographer. Digital and non-passport photographs are not acceptable.

Passport Photo Requirements

Submit a computer-generated flight itinerary from your travel agent, airline, or online booking agency or a copy of your ticket. The itinerary must show the applicant's name, date of arrival and departure from the country, and flight information.

The itinerary is required because the Embassy wants to know the dates you plan to arrive and depart from the country.

NOTE: Processing times are business days. The first day begins the day after your package is received by Kil Trav except in the case of pre-arranged same day service when available. Prices are per applicant.

Our fees are:

NZ$150 per person for regular service for which we secure your visa from the Embassy in its normal time of issuance; or

NZD$300 per person for rush service for which we secure your visa as quickly as the Embassy will issue it.

If 6 or more persons are travelling together and on the same itinerary, our fees is reduced to NZ$100 per person for regular service. and $250 for urgent service.

If Paying by Credit Card
You may pay your consular fees via credit card by informing your credit card details over phone or faxing us.

If Paying by Cheque

Send a bank cheque for the consular fees payable to the Embassy of Afghanistan. The payment to the Embassy must be a Bank cheque. Personal cheques are not accepted. If you want us to get Bank cheque done for you, add NZ$20 as Bank draft handling fee.

Business visa applicants must submit a business cover letter from a  company in Afganistan indicating purpose of travel, duration, moral and financial responsibilities. 

For Work Visa a letter/contract from company in Afghanistan is required.

For tourism: letter of invitation if V.F.R.

Processing times are business days and do not include shipping time. Keep this in mind when placing your order. We count "days" the same way the passport office and embassies count days: if we receive and submit the document on Monday, then Tuesday is the first day, Wednesday is two days, etc. (we do submit documents every business day).
Please review the consular fees section above for embassy processing times.

A traveler that selects 4-day service may experience fulfillment times of up to 7 days including shipping.

Former citizens of Afghanistan may enter the country for a short stay without obtaining a visa. The period of stay is decided by the Immigration Authorities upon arrival.