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On the other side, on 26 February 2014 the Assistant of the Ambassador Valya Tashkova was called
to the Consular Department of Tajik MFA for interview in order to obtain a 1-year multiply entry
visa. She was asked few questions about her position and term-of-office. The post is not a new one,
has been existing from the establishment of the European Union Delegation to Dushanbe, so it is
quite baffling why the interview was necessary especially considering that she is a Bulgarian
citizen, not even a member of the Schengen zone - so in her case mutuality cannot be the reason to
be summoned.
Also there is a problem with obtaining the permission to GBAO. Before it was automatically given
upon the prolongation of the visa. Some of our expats did not yet obtain permission to GBAO). In
the consular department the consular employee asked over and over again to remake the Note
Verbal to produce a newer and a newer one (instead of giving a list of requirements all at once).
After this Note Verbal for the Consular Department, they asked verbally for a new Note Verbal
with full details of project activity and specifying the role of a colleague in the project which is
implemented in GBAO. At the some time other colleagues obtained Tajik visa and permission to
GBAO without any obstacles and interview.
Based on the reciprocity principle the European Union's Delegation in Tajikistan requested the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tajikistan to return to the previous practice as regards the (non-)
appearance at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs when prolonging the visas and asked for extending
the visas of the staff of the Delegation for 4 years.
We kept the discussion on the level with the Consular department of the MoFA. Judging from the
visa procedure in April – touch wood! – the problem has been fixed. Last month nobody was asked
to go for interview.
Citizens of the Russian Federation, of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Moldavia and Albania
have to pay only 35,-€ due to special visa agreements. The visa fees are to be paid in Euros (cash),
the Embassy does not accept any other currency.
3.2 Assessment of the need to harmonise the lists of supporting documents
Since in Tajikistan only one MS issuing Schengen visas is present the issue of harmonisation of
practises is not applicable.
3.3 Exchange of information
The exchange of information does exist between the EU MS and EU Delegation - based on concrete
and relevant issues. As only Germany issues Schengen visas, the present degree of information
exchange is sufficient.
3.4 Any other initiative taken in LSC
- Common information sheet
All information regarding German national and Schengen visas can be found on the internet site of
the German Embassy and as paper prints in the visa section.
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