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For other nationalities, the visa can be granted in one or two days and no authorization number is required. Transit visa Issued for five to seven days. Transit visas are not available to US passport holders. For other nationalities, the visa can be granted in one or two days and no authorization number is required. Transit visa Issued for five to seven days. Transit visas are not available to US passport holders. For other nationalities, the visa can be granted in one or two days and no authorization number is required. Transit visa Issued for five to seven days. Transit visas are not available to US passport holders. For other nationalities, the visa can be granted in one or two days and no authorization number is required.

Passport-holders from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia and Turkey get a three-month tourist visa on arrival. Everyone else needs to arrange a visa in advance or seek a 30-day visa on arrival at an airport. Contrary to popular misconception, US citizens are welcome. Israeli passport holders, and anyone with an Israeli stamp in their passport (or exit stamps at the relevant Jordanian or Egyptian border crossings into Israel), will not get a visa.

US citizens can apply for a visa at the Iranian Interest Section of the Pakistani Embassy in Washing to However, US citizens must have an MFA-approved guide for the entire trip and detailed itinerary. This includes entering Iran from any border. Friendly tour guides will follow up the process, and help you to set up an itinerary for you. To get the visa, US citizens should communicate with an Iranian travel agency in advance, to set up a guided itinerary; The travel agency may apply for a visa authorization number to the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Once approved, the authorization number is issued to the interest section. Then the applicant applies for the visa. The interest section does not reply emails or phone calls

there is usually little difficulty in extending a 30-day tourist visa to 60 days It's possible, but harder, "to extend up to a maximum of 90 days. The following summary includes the extension procedure and is subjected to change.

if you want a long extension, it is better to plan your itinerary to be somewhere friendly when the extension is needed. In general, cities familiar with tourists are best: Shirāz and Isfahãn have been the cities of choice for years, with good background. Second options include Kermān, Yazd and Tabriz, but these cities don't always issue the full 30-day extension

Head for the Police Department of Aliens Affairs )Edareh Gozarnameh) is the alternative name for the Passport & Immigration Police by the time you arrive You'll need: Your passport and two or three Photos; Two copies of your passport, your current visa, entry stamp and other extensions you've had (most offices provide photocopy service) The extension fee is approximately IR 500,000 and subject to change.

In theory, you can only apply for an extension two or three days before the visa is to expired. The extension starts on the day it's issued, not the end of your original visa. Check the Persian calendar so as to know exactly when your visa expires. In case of any health problem, a doctor's note or official stationery is required, stating your inability to obtain a quasi-extension at the border, or be used for a short extension m in the nearest Aliens Bureau.

In order to make sure, start applying visa at least two months before you plan to travel. Some nationalities can get a visa on arrival in the airport.

The vast majority of people obtain a visa within two or three weeks. But it reasonable to apply sooner. US citizens should be aware that Iran has periodically limited US citizens to obtain visas, most recently after US restrictions on barring immigrants from Iran and six other Muslim countries

Types of visas: Transit, Business, Tourist and Journalist. The fee varies based on the applicant nationality. All visa applicants, except for transit visas must be 'approved' by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Tehran. If you're approved, the MFA sends an authorization number to the consulate, which studies your application document to issue the visa. Fees vary depending on your country of origin; Visit the Iranian embassy website. Transit visa is cheaper than tourist visa, since it doesn't require approval from Tehran authorities The duration. is about seven days.