Border Crossing Kyrgyzstan

Stay Rules for Kyrgyzstan (for EU passports)

• Visa-free stay: up to 60 days per entry.
• Total annual limit: no strict 90/180 rule — you can re-enter after exiting.
• For stays over 60 days: you must apply for a visa or temporary registration.
• No registration required for stays under 60 days. Overstaying may result in fines and trouble at the border.

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)

Special rules apply for your vehicle. Check the important info on this page

Kyzyl Art pass

Before crossing the border from Tajikistan to Kyrgyzstan via the Kyzyl Art pass, it is important to announce your planned crossing at least 5 days in advance via email, info@tourism.gov.kg or  whatsapp, with the following information:

Expected day of passage  (we where 5 days early and had to wait a night outside the border in the snow)

• Which way TJ – KG
• Copy of passport 
• Copy of vehicle documents and license plate number
• Picture of your vehicle 

At crossing the border we needed to pay US$ 15 per person for an entry permit, and to save cash we did this in advance via a website customs gave us.

Entering march 2025 from Kazakhstan via Qorday it took 1 hour and we did not have to Pay anything. Leaving Kazakhstan we had to x-ray the truck and that was it

We crossed via the Kyzyl Art Pass (4.282 Alt.) which is at this time of the year, 30 may 2024,  a tough ride. We had some snow and after leaving the Tajikistan border a 3 km descent with wet clay tracks and the road disturbed by water made it quite a challenging/ dangerous ride. 

After this everything went smooth. It takes almost 20 km to arrive at the exit border where they only give you a stamp when your name is on their entry list. Because we arrived 7 days early we were not on the list yet and had to wait a night outside the gate. 

At the border post there is nothing but in the next village,  Say Tash,  it is possible to buy a simcard, exchange money and get diesel. 

So:

• visa no
• car tax at the border  No
• car insurance at the border no
• Entry fee US$ 15,- per person
• cost for the vehicle NONE
• Carnet the Passage NO

All though we travel with our own campertruck and only want to write about our own experiences it is maybe good to notice that we think it is for backpackers not easy to get transportation in nowhere’s land. The Tajik are not allowed to pass their own border here, and their is almost/no traffic between these borders. In the 20 hours we got stuck at this border we only saw 2 locals, living in nowhere land, passing the border and some custom employees. 

On the Tajikistan site:

Leaving Tajikistan via the Kyzyl Art Pass was done in minutes. 

We got registered and we had to leave the special permit we got at entering Tajikistan. We also had to give back our personal Permit. 

Entering Kyrgyzstan via Qorday – Bishkek border crossing

We entered from KZ – KG with our camper truck. (10:45). Approximately 50 cars in front of us, no trucks. We asked, but where acknowledged, our truck is okay to pass.

Directly after entering you take a right, down to the X-ray. There I parked and went back up tp get the passport stamped and to collect this little “stamp” paper. After this x-ray and car check. (Get a stamp everywhere). 12:15 ready to leave Kazakhstan.

After waiting in nowhere’s land I entered Kyrgyzstan (12:30). After a brief car check we where free to go at 12:40

Car insurance Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan SIM registration

Since 2. September 2024 you need to register your phones and probably your routers, IMEI number in Kyrgyzstan.