Kyrgyz Rules on Registration for Foreigners

On May 2, 2008, the Kyrgyz Government issued Decree #200 requiring ALL foreigners present in Kyrgyzstan for more than sixty days to register with their district Passport Visa Services Unit of the Ministry of Interior – the office formerly known as OVIR.  This decree supersedes the Ministry of Interior regulations from 2003 which had previously exempted U.S. citizens from registering.

Registration should cost approximately 50 Kyrgyz som and will be valid for the duration of one’s Kyrgyz visa.  Students will be registered for up to one year of study pending subsequent renewals.   Failure to register will result in fines and delays in departing Kyrgyzstan.  At this date, fines and registration can only be paid at district Passport and Visa Services Offices – not at Bishkek International Airport or any land border crossings.  If you have not already registered and are required to do so, the U.S. Embassy urges you to register so as to avoid any difficulties when you next depart from Kyrgyzstan.  Please see the list below in order to locate your nearest Passport and Visa Services Offices.

Bishkek City: 
Intersection of Pravda & Toktogula Streets, GUVD building     
Tel. 48-64-28

Chui Oblast:
115 Kurmanjan-Datka St.       
Tel. 68-40-84, 68-40-85

Osh City:         
128 Alieva St. 
Tel. 2-51-95, 2-36-35

Osh Oblast:
199 Lenina Street
Tel. 5-71-66

Batken Oblast:
4 Razzakova St.
Tel. 5-00-47

Djalal-Abad Oblast:
37 Shopokova St.
Tel. 5-06-08, 7-12-35

Issyk-Kul oblast:
164a Kutmanalieva St.
 Tel. 5-13-10

Naryn oblast:
27 Lenina Street.
Tel. 5-10-62

Talas oblast:
191 Turdalieva St.
5-23-22

U.S. citizens are urged to register and update their contact information through the State Department's travel registration website, https://travelregistration.state.gov/ibrs/. The U.S. Embassy in Bishkek is located at 171 Prospect Mira, 720016 Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic. The phone number is 996-312-551-241 and may be used after hours. Fax: 996-312-551-264, and website: http://bishkek.usembassy.gov.

Updated information on travel and security in the Kyrgyz Republic may be obtained from the Department of State by calling 1-888-407-4747 within the United States and Canada, or from overseas, 1-202-501-4444. U.S. citizens should consult the Department of State's Consular Information Sheet for the Kyrgyz Republic at http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_945.html, the Worldwide Caution Public Announcement http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html, and the travel publication "A Safe Trip Abroad" at http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/safety/safety_1747.html?css=print.