Hahaha, I really should have seen this coming, but oh, well.

Late December, I was invited to my good friend's wedding in Kazakhstan. At the time, I explicitly asked him if the wedding plans were set & were going to be entirely in his home country. He answered in the affirmative.

Fast forward to today. I just woke up & checked my Facebook messages & now I have to extend my trip dates, get a double-entry visa for KZ & get a single-entry visa to Kyrgyzstan.

Ohhhhh, the ridiculousness. This guy's a great guy, but he gives me serious headaches sometimes. Anyways, I'm not going to start doing anything until I get back from the Bahamas in March since A. I don't want to risk losing my passport before I go to the Bahamas & B. Give him a chance to change plans again. Ridiculousness.

Anyways, my question to you is, if the Embassy of Kazakhstan sees an application for a double-entry visa with conflicting dates with a single-entry visa that has already been given, what do they do? Obviously, I hope they put two-and-two together and approve the double-entry visa, but for what reasons might they not?

And if they approve it, they void the original single-entry visa, correct? How? Is there a stamp or a sticker or something placed on it? I'd prefer they put the double-entry visa over it, but isn't that illegal or something to put visas over other visas, just in case immigration officials notice it & don't know the whole story?

Just wondering if anyone's had any experience with this sort of (extremely annoying) situation. Thanks in advance.

Do you hold a Russian passport as well / instead of a US one (I'm guessing from the name). I don't think Russian passport holders need a visa for those two countries (but please don't just take my word for it).

Owing to a complicated situation that may or may not be fixed within in the next 12 months, I do not have a Russian passport.

However, I have to change my question now. The Embassy of Kazakhstan has always been very accomodating & I think they will gladly issue the double-entry visa if I give them the $60 money order. However, my question is....would they be able to put the new visa over the old visa? Or will they stamp a "cancelled" stamp on the old visa & put the new visa on another page?

I really don't want to waste any pages. I feel like crap for not seeing this coming, haha. Do you think that if I request for them to paste it over the old visa in my cover letter, they would do it?

Or is that not allowed?

Why? Your friend broke his word.

Dare I say - if you're flying from Texas to Kazakhstan for a wedding, you're bloody generous to begin with. If your friend keeps d1cking you around like this, you're one hell of a friend. Not sure I would bother after such a hassle.