Hello!
was the visa for Iran douda douda was the visa for Iran douda douda hey dey!
says it all! :) We're really happy. After a year and a half and 3 trials, we will visit Iran from 23 October to 30 days.
Our first request was made in May 2009 with the Iranian Embassy in Ottawa, at the time of presidential elections in Iran. Our second request was made in April 2010 with the Iranian consulate in Istanbul. For our third application, we are passing through an agency STANtours, which allows us to obtain a reference number only after permission has been sought from the Foreign Ministry in Tehran. We have received this number on Monday after-noon. Tuesday morning, we presented at the Iranian embassy in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) to ask for our approval. We are told that despite this issue, I'm the only one of 3 to be refused! Blow to the heart! We are told that this must be a mistake. The embassy in Tehran phone. Indeed, this seems to be a mistake. Subsequently, STANtours answered me yes I had been refused and that their agent has made Tehran appeal with the ministry of foreign affairs and I've finally been accepted! Wednesday morning, we return to the embassy and get our visas directly! Why rejected? No idea! Apparently, this is not national. When I said I had a Canadian passport, but also that I was French ("Look, I'm born in France"), I was told that my citizenship was not a problem. Embassies never know why the Foreign Ministry refused some people. For my first 2 requests, I mentioned that I worked for the Government of Canada, this time, I declared a housewife! And yes, Uzbekistan is already what our agency advises me to say. Working for the government is never very great ... Iran Has he keeps it in memory for my third request? No idea!
We left our bicycles at Samarkand to make a round-trip bus Tashkent. We also got our transit visa for Turkmenistan. We have 5 days to cross the country. Our Uzbek visa ends on 19, quick, quick, AC approach. We take the train tomorrow to Buxoro with our bikes. We visit the town on Saturday and Sunday and then we 2 days to cross the border. We will from October 19 to 23 in Turkmenistan. Straight line through the desert has Turkmenabad Sarakhs through Mary, then to go to Mashad in Iran. That drive for details! The Kirghyzistan and Uzbekistan are countries which unfortunately we could not pass entirely by bike for a visa stories ... It is now finished! More visa, plus Embassy! Turkmenistan, Iran, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey open their doors!
you soon. I think of you all. One after the other you through my head.
Dorothee
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