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If you plan to travel to Iran as a tourist or pilgrim, please review the useful information provided below:

Iran visa is a permission of entry for a limited period of time issued by Iranian Embassies or Consulates General, for foreign nationals who wish to come to Iran to travel or visit friends. Every foreign visitor has required a visa to enter Iran except few countries.

Pilgrimage visa is issued only for the foreign Muslims who intend to visit Islamic sacred places in Iran (Qom, Mashhad, and Shiraz). The cost of this visa is cheaper than tourist Visa.

There are several steps to apply for your Iran visa through our agency:

1. Fill in our online visa application.
2. Attach the scan of your current Passport with at least 6 months’ validity beyond your travel date.
3. Attach your personnel photograph in Jpg format (in color/clear/ taken within the last 6 months/with white back ground/ in full front view of head/equals to or less than 500 Kb in 400 x 600 pixels (minimum)
4. Send us your CV (Curriculum Vitae) or Resume including your previous and current work and education history if you are British, American and Canadian passport holders.
5. Pay us the agency service fee which is 45 $ per applicant (different from the service fee you need to pay at the embassy)

Note: Our service fee for visa is free on your tour

How these steps work?

After receiving your Iran visa application form, which can be filled out below and the scan of your passport main page in JPG format (valid for 6 months beyond stay), the visa department of our travel agency starts your visa process and send the documents to MFA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs).

The typical administrative processing time to get the reference number (authorization number), is 3 to 7 working days after submitting a complete application on the Ministry website (except for British, Canadian and American passport holders).

After receiving the authorization number from MFA, we will send it to you, and then you can refer to your preferred embassy (the one you selected in your Iran visa application form) within 25 days and collect your Iran visa.

Please be informed that each embassy has its regulation about collection processing time and pick up policy, so it is necessary to contact the embassy beforehand.

After visa collection, you have almost three months to enter Iran.

The maximum validity of Iran visa is 30 days, but it can be extended in Iran at the police office of foreign aliens in big cities such as Tehran, Shiraz, Isfahan, Yazd, Kerman…

How to get Iran Visa On Arrival?

If you are out of time and from one of the eligible countries for Iran visa at the airport (except from those countries listed below) you can choose this Iran visa type.

You just fly to one of the Iranian international airports and ask for Iran visa on arrival directly. Normally you need to show your hotel booking as one of the necessary documents.

Passengers can also get the authorization number (reference number) in advance through an Iranian travel agency and collect the visa at the airport instead of the embassy. In that case, you don’t need any hotel booking voucher.

As a recommendation, due to the visa rejection possibility, it is safer to have the visa reference number in hand before your flight to Iran.

And finally, the visa on arrival validity is 15 days, and it can be extended at the Police office of foreign aliens in big cities for more 15 days.

At the airports below you can ask for Iran visa on arrival:

• Imam Khomeini airport, Mehrabad Airport, Mashhad International Airport, Shiraz International Airport, Isfahan International Airport, Tabriz International Airport, Bushehr International Airport, Qeshm International Airport, Kish International Airport, Kermanshah International Airport

Non-eligible countries for Iran visa on arrival:

American, British, Canadian, Indian, Colombian, Iraqi, Pakistani, Afghan, Bangladeshi, Jordanian, Somali

These nationalities must have Iran visa in their passports before traveling to Iran.

Attention:

There is no visa issuance possibility at any Iranian land or sea borders, so if you want to enter Iran from these borders you have to get your visa in advance at one of the Iranian embassies.

 

List of needed documents for Iran Visa on Arrival:

1. A valid passport with at least six months validity
2. A confirmed return ticket
3. A photo to be attached to the Iran visa application form
4. Visa stamp fee, which is payable to the Iran Visa & Passport Office at the airport. Iran airport visa fee depends on the applicant’s nationality.
5. An invitation letter or hotel reservation voucher. The invitation letter has to be sent from the Iranian travel agency to Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs at least 48 hours before your arrival to Iran airport.

Who can get Iran Visa on Arrival?

Citizen and Passport holders of eligible countries can get Iran Visa on Arrival; The eligible countries are Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland (Rep.), Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovak (Rep.), Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, UAE, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, and Vietnam.

Iran Visa on Arrival Tips

• Travelers who have been rejected for Iran visa previously will not receive Iran visa on arrival.
• Journalists and reporters on mission cannot get Iran visa on arrival.
• Iranian nationals holding other nationalities passport are not allowed to get Iran visa on arrival.
• Iran visa on arrival is issued for tourist purposes only (ordinary passport). Diplomatic passport, official passports, etc. cannot apply for this type of Iran visa.
• Iran Visa on Arrival is not issued for USA, UK, Canada, Colombia, Somalia, Bangladesh, Jordan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India nationalities.
• Applying through the Iranian Travel Agencies and having Iran Visa reference number before the trip still the safer way.
• Valid Travel Insurance is often asked at the Airports, be sure you have adequate travel insurance for Iran. Here is some useful information about travel insurance for Iran
• Are you holding the passport of US, UK, Canada, Iraq, Colombia, Jordan, Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan? Do not go for Iran Visa on Arrival.

Iran Tourist Visa for American, British, and Canadian passport holder