Iran Visa Types
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) issues different types of visa according
to you trip purposes:
Tourist visa
is issued for travelers who are interested in visiting Iran as a
tourist.
Business visa
is issued for travelers who are cooperating with local business
Job permission visa
is issued for travelers who are looking for Iran residency
Transit visa
is issued for travelers who intend to cross Iran to reach another
country.
Press visa
is issued for journalist or representative of broadcasting Medias such
as Radio, News Paper or Television.
Pilgrimage visa
is issued for travelers who intend to visit Holy Shrines in some
particular cities of Iran such as Mashhad and Qom.
Please take note that Derak Shiraz Tour & Travel Agency can apply only for tourist visa which is included in booking your
tour with us.
Iran Tourist Visa
There are different ways to apply and collect your visa according to
regulations announced by Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Few
nationalities can enter to Iran without receiving visa. A large number of
nationalities can apply their visa on arrival without any prearrangement or
through an accredited travel agency but collect at the specific airports of
Iran or at the embassy or consultant in your country. The few nationalities
must apply for their visa through accredited travel agency and receiving a
code.
Visa on Arrival
In order to visit Iran, getting visa is required. Recently most of the
nationalities are able to receive tourist visa code on arrival at the
airport. Here is the list of countries in which you are able to obtain visa
on arrival at the airport and their visa collection fee.
Country
|
Visa collection fee at airport
|
New Zealand
|
150 €
|
Australia
|
145 €
|
Sierra Leone - Chile
|
120 €
|
China – Emirate – Chad – Uganda – Vietnam
|
100 €
|
Serbia
|
85 €
|
South Africa – Ukraine – Brazil – Hong Kong
|
80 €
|
German – Austria – Spain – Italy – Ireland – Island –
Slovenia - Estonia – Slovak – Belgium – Bulgaria – Portugal
– Czech -Denmark- Romania – Sweden – Swiss – France –
Finland - Cyprus – Lithuania – Malta – Luxembourg – Poland
– Latvia – Hungary – Norway – Netherlands- Greece -
Thailand – Singapore – Oman – Ghana – Qatar – Cuba – Gabon
– Guinea
|
75 €
|
Russia – Uzbekistan - Argentina – Zambia – Mongolia –
Moldavia
|
70 €
|
Japan – Turkmenistan – Cameron – Konia – Kuwait – Guyana –
Madagascar – Malawi - El Salvador
|
60 €
|
Philippine - Panama – Fiji – Nigeria
|
55 €
|
South Korea – Bosnia Kazakhstan Croatia Macedonia Paraguay
Senegal
|
50 €
|
Indonesia – Kyrgyzstan – Zimbabwe - Mexico – Niger –
Venezuela – Palestine - Tunisia
|
45 €
|
Sri Lanka – Ecuador – Nepal – Yemen - Eritrea
|
40 €
|
Tajikistan - Licorice - Bhutan – Morocco - Libya - Egypt
(more than 20 days)
|
30 €
|
Belarus
|
25 €
|
Armenia – Bahrain
|
20 €
|
Malaysia (More than 15 days)
|
10 €
|
***The embassy issued visa fee depends on the
nationalities. The embassy fee (collection fee at the airport) is a
governmental fee.
The offices of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the following airports can
issue visa on arrival and are available 24hr during day:
-
Tehran
- IKA: Imam Khomeini International Airport
-
Shiraz
- SYZ: Dastgheib International Airport
-
Mashhad
- MHD: Shahid Hashemi Nejad International Airport
-
Tabriz
- TBZ: Shahid Madani Tabriz International Airport
-
Isfahan
- ISF: Shahid Behehsti International Airport
-
Kish
- KIH: Kish International Airport
Visa Process for Visa on Arrival at Airport
VOA
► These nationalities are able to apply visa on arrival at the airport
without any prearrangement. You just bring some documents such as passport,
insurance, picture and cash with yourself and fill a visa application form
at the airport then visa will be issued.
•
That would be a really good option for person who are far from embassy or
do not have enough time to apply in advance.
•
The negative point is that this is really time consuming due to long queues
and there is the probability of rejecting.
Visa code
► The other way is applying visa through a licensed agency to receive an
18-digit code as visa reference code (also known as invitation letter in
other countries).
Travelers who are able to collect visa at the airport can stamp their visa
on arrival as well with this code.
The nationalities which are not mentioned in the table should collect visa
at Iranian embassy in their country.
Requirements for applying visa are:
•The quality scan of infront passport page
•A personnel photo of you, just face
• Filling a visa application form which will be enclosed
***It will take less than 10 days for visa to be issued
after applying.
Before go to Iranian embassy, please check the required documents as it may
be different for each nationality. The process in embassy may usually take
2 weeks; however, it is better to ask in person.
*** You can collect your visa at the embassy (or Airport) in 2-25 days.
***Visa validity is three months. It means that entrance
and departure should be within this period.
*** In the case that you want to collect at the airport,
after your arrival at the airport, provide visa insurance in 16 Euro (if
you already have one, it is not necessary to provide another one). Next on
agenda, pay collection fee. The final step is issuing visa with your
18-digit code as visa reference code.
Other nationalities which is not mentioned in the table need to apply for
visa with an accredited travel agency before traveling to Iran. An
invitation letter is needed for starting visa process. This letter can be
prepared by an accredited travel agency.
>Visa process for American, Canadian and British citizen
Visa process is the same but lasts longer. It is better to apply two months
in advance as a sufficient length of time.
A brief and well-explained educational and professional C.V is required as
well for American, Canadian and British passport holders.
Please take note that these nationalities should be joined a guided tour
which is arranged by an accredited, unless they apply directly through
their host in Iran.
American and Canadian passport holders can collect their visa from Iranian
Interest section in Washington. British Passport holders are able to
collect from Iranian embassy in London. In the case that you are living in
other country rather than your home land, collecting visa from any Iranian
embassy is possible.