Iran Afghanistan border | Customs and Immigration

Iran>Iraq

Iran customs exit is a bit time consuming. You go back and forth to different people until they find the right sequence to eventually stamp your CDP.
Because there is no set sequence to process the vehicle a member of the customs team is assigned to you and he will guide you through the steps.
Immigration is last and fast.
Total time 1 hr.

Afghanistan entry fast. They were happy with pre applications of visa/road pass/provincial permits.
No CDP required. No insurance required.
I asked about stamping CDP - they said I had a road pass so CDP not necessary.
(So I guess the road pass is some type of TIP.)

After exiting main gate money changers on right hand side. They give reasonable exchange and it’s safe there.

No copies of docs needed.

* I wasn’t able to secure a local SIM/data - a bit difficult to obtain one. I used MobiMatter for eSIM 7 days/1gb/$10USD to get me by. All hotels I stayed at in Afghanistan had free wifi.

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I stayed in the eco lodge in Taybad and a couple of guys that were friends with the owner helped me with the border crossing, one of them worked for a transport company at the border, so it made things very easy for me.
First checkpoint will ask for passport and CDP, at next stop is where they’ll do your CDP, building on your left Need photocopies of everything, CDP, visa etc. make two copies of each so you have for Afghan side. Same building get gate pass document, drive to next point with gate pass straight ahead and around to the right. Building there go inside and they’re very nice, gave me tea and orange, they check the CDP, had to go back to first office for with cdp some reason, not sure why, my friend went for me. After that passport control in next building’s window. Then military check passport a bit further towards border, then a final one before Afghanistan, this all took maybe 2hrs. Afghan side, ride to the left side of the first building, park at hole in the fence, walk through and there’s a win down to the right, give them passport, one guy spoke English very well, I got my e-visa in Abu Dhabi. He said that I should have got permission for my motorcycle from the embassy as well, but after 10 minutes they let me go, no documents for motorcycle, no insurance. Gave me card for next checkpoint, nice guys, let me straight through with no search. Hundreds of money exchange guys on the other side. Crowded and chaotic, but nice friendly people. Couldn’t buy SIM card at border, even in Herat they won’t sell to foreigner, but a local person might be able to buy and register for you, a guy from my hotel gave me his own.
All in all, very good experience, I was expecting the worst, one of the best crossings I’ve had in the Middle East.

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