Non-US Citizens: Get your Afghanistan Work Permit visa with the TDS Washington DC Office

Please send TDS your current valid and signed passport. Passport must be valid 6 months beyond intended stay and must have at least one blank visa page. Foreign Embassies cannot issue a visa on a page not labeled as a Visa page. Amendment and Endorsement pages in the back of the passport cannot be used for issuance of a visa.
A visa cannot be stamped on a page even if only one Small Stamp is on the visa page. If your passport is not valid 6 months beyond intended stay, you must renew your passport and then we will secure your visa with the new passport.

Please send 1 recent professional passport-type photograph.
Digital and non-passport photographs are not acceptable.
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A Photocopy of Permanent Resident Card (Green Card) or valid U.S. visa and I-94 is required.
Travelers who entered the USA after April 26th, 2013 should print the electronic I-94 form from the
Department of Homeland Security.

Please send a copy of your round-trip airline tickets, or itinerary or e-ticket, or letter of confirmation from a travel agent. The itinerary must show the applicant's name, date of arrival and departure from the country, and flight information. The Embassy does not recommend purchasing your ticket prior to a visa being issued.

You must submit a copy of the work permit approval issued to you by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul.
If the work permit approval states, you can be issued a 1-year multiple entry visa both your business letter and letter of invitation must also request a 1-year multiple entry visa.

Your host organization/company in Afghanistan MUST request an approval number from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul before you can apply for a visa.

It is required for all Kabul based institutions/organizations to contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul and request the referral letter for all invitees and staff who are visiting Afghanistan.

A business letter of responsibility (sample) from the sending company is required, to be typewritten on your company letterhead and addressed to:
Embassy of Afghanistan, Visa Section, Washington DC
The letter must explain all of the following:
Briefly introduce the applicant, include the position in the company and employment status of the applicant
Nature of business to be performed
Names and addresses of the company(s) to be visited
This letter should request Multiple Entries visa if required
Guarantee of return transportation and sufficient funds for the visit
Applicants passport number
The letter should be signed by an officer of the company other than the applicant.

The Business letter provided must be an original with an original signature. The Embassy of Afghanistan will not accept a copy.

A business letter of invitation from the sponsoring company in Afghanistan is required, to be typewritten on your company letterhead and addressed to:
Embassy of Afghanistan, Visa Section, Washington DC
The letter must explain all of the following:
Briefly introduce the applicant, include the position in the company and employment status of the applicant
Nature of business to be performed
Names and addresses of company(s) to be visited
This letter should request Multiple Entries visa if required
The letter should be signed by an officer of the company other than the applicant.