Afghanistan Travel Experience ATE

Just an update about visas in Europe from our side.

We⁩ are Irish citizens with temporary residency in Prague Czech Republic and we got our Afghan visa today after applying maybe 2 weeks ago.

Currently the Afghan embassy in Prague is one of the few in Europe with a working relationship with the Taliban, a lot visas issued by other embassies in Europe are not accepted or being issued at present.

Also there seems to be some issue now with any official embassy email address using the Afghan .AF domain name, the embassy here is now using a generic gmail address which I can confirm is “prague.af at gmail dot com”

People super nice at the embassy, chatted with them about their Pashtun roots and history, offered tea etc

How much you paid for visa ? And visa validity?

We paid €80 euros only possible via bank transfer. They issued us a standard tourist visa with a validity of 3 months

26.08.2025

Polish citizen
- Certificate of no criminal record, certificate of residence (both do not need to be translated into English), declaration of awareness of travel risks, visa application form, two photos.
- Standard visa €81 (5-7 business days), express €131 (1-2 business days).
- You can send your passport by courier (must arrive between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.), or have it handed in or collected by a friend.
- They respond quickly to emails; you can even send them on WhatsApp.