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Turkmenistan visa rules for Canada passport holders

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The answer

e-Visa needed. Canada passport holders need an e-Visa before travel to visit Turkmenistan.

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ONE TIME LIVIN’E-VISA

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Official source

evisa.migration.gov.tmState Migration Service of Turkmenistan (official e-Visa portal)Checked 1 Nov 2026

Before applying for an Electronic Visa online, please carefully review the Fees and Document Requirements below.

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Before you go

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.

valid and signed passport that is valid for at least 6 months from the date of departure

Tourist entry only

These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.

The other way round

What Turkmenistan passport holders need to visit Canada.

Turkmenistan passport Canada

Visa needed

Visa-required countries or territories Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda (Some citizens of Antigua and Barbuda may be eligible for an electronic travel authorization [eTA] if they meet certain requirements .) Argentina (Some citizens of Argentina may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Brazil (Some citizens of Brazil may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon, Republic of Cabo Verde Central African Republic Chad China, People's Republic of Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Costa Rica, Republic of (Some citizens of Costa Rica may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Cuba Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras India Indonesia (Some citizens of Indonesia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Iran Iraq Israel (Travellers must have a valid Israeli "Travel Document in Lieu of National Passport".) Ivory Coast Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Macao Special Administrative Region Madagascar Malawi Malaysia (Some citizens of Malaysia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Maldives Islands Mali Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico (Some citizens of Mexico may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Micronesia, Fed. States Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco (Some citizens of Morocco may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama (Some citizens of Panama may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Paraguay Peru Philippines (Some citizens of the Philippines may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Romania (holder of a non-electronic passport, such as a temporary passport) Russia Rwanda Sao Tomé e Principe Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Senegal Serbia Seychelles (Some citizens of the Seychelles may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka St. Kitts and Nevis (Some citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) St. Lucia (Some citizens of St. Lucia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) St. Vincent and the Grenadines (St. Vincent) (Some citizens of St. Vincent and the Grenadines may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Sudan Suriname Syria Taiwan (Travellers must have a passport other than an ordinary passport issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan that includes the personal identification number.) Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand (Some citizens of Thailand may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago (Some citizens of Trinidad and Tobago may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine Uruguay (Some citizens of Uruguay may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

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Visa-free nearby

Other places Canada passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Ashgabat, nearest first.

  1. TajikistanDushanbe, about 910 km from AshgabatVisa-free · 30 days
  2. UzbekistanTashkent, about 1,000 km from AshgabatVisa-free · 30 days
  3. GeorgiaTbilisi, about 1,230 km from AshgabatVisa-free · 12 months
  4. KyrgyzstanBishkek, about 1,470 km from AshgabatVisa-free · 30 days
  5. OmanMuscat, about 1,600 km from AshgabatVisa-free · 14 days

We list only countries whose rules we have reviewed. More appear as we review them.

Weather in Ashgabat

Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Ashgabat, month by month.

  1. JanHigh 8.8°CLow -0.8°CRain 21 mm
  2. FebHigh 10.9°CLow 0.5°CRain 34 mm
  3. MarHigh 16.7°CLow 5.7°CRain 41 mm
  4. AprHigh 23.5°CLow 11.2°CRain 31 mm
  5. MayHigh 30.4°CLow 16.6°CRain 26 mm
  6. JunHigh 36.1°CLow 21.1°CRain 9 mm
  7. JulHigh 38.2°CLow 23.4°CRain 3 mm
  8. AugHigh 36.9°CLow 20.8°CRain 2 mm
  9. SepHigh 31.5°CLow 15.5°CRain 3 mm
  10. OctHigh 24.2°CLow 9.6°CRain 12 mm
  11. NovHigh 15.6°CLow 4.2°CRain 25 mm
  12. DecHigh 9.8°CLow 0.7°CRain 17 mm

Bar and large number: average high, °CSmaller number: average low, °Cmm: average rainfall

Averages of 23 to 29 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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