Iran Tourist Visa requirments
Iranian Visa Types
1- Iran Visa On Arrival -VOA
Due to to The Iranian ministry of foreign affairs Citizens of number countries can get Visa for Iran upon arrival at 6 international airports in Iran . This visa is valid for two weeks and the Visa fee is 145 euro for Australian and 75 euro for European, plus 15 euro for insurance . The countries are :
Albania – Australia – Austria – Bahrain – Belarus – Belgium – Bosnia Herzegovina – Brazil – Brunei – Bulgaria – China – Croatia – Cuba – Cyprus – Denmark – Finland – France – Germany – Greece – Hungary – India – Indonesia – Ireland – Italy – Japan – Kazakhstan –Kuwait – Kyrgyzstan – Lebanon – Luxembourg – Mexico – Mongolia – Netherlands – New Zealand – North Korea – Norway – Oman – Palestine – Peru – Philippines – Poland – Portugal – Qatar Romania – Russian Federation – Saudi Arabia – Singapore – Slovak – Slovenia – South Korea – Spain Sweden – Switzerland – Tajikistan –Thailand – Turkmenistan – Ukraine – United Arab Emirates – Uzbekistan – Vietnam – Yugoslavia
6 Iran international airports :
IKA : Tehran Imam Khomeini Airport
THR : Tehran Mehrabad Airport
ISF : Isfahan Airport
TBZ : Tabriz Airport
MHD: Mashhad Airport
SYZ : Shiraz Airport
2-Citizens of the following 9 countries can visit Iran without a visa :
Armenia – Azerbaijan – Bolivia – Georgia – Malaysia – Sri Lanka – Syria – Turkey – Venezuela
The airports are :
3- Citizens of Following countries need Visa in advance in their country of citizenship and can not apply visa on arrival :
Afghanistan – Bangladesh – Canada – Columbia – India – Iraq – Jordan – Pakistan – Somalia – United Kingdom – United States
4-Visa for Iran for citizens of United States and Canada and United Kingdom :
Passport holders of these countries Should apply for Visa before hand , prior arriving in Iran . They should apply for visa from a qualified travel agency in Iran , All the accomodation bookings and itinerary should be registered in advance and through whole the trip a licenced tour guide will accompany the traveller(s) .
5-Visa for entering Qeshm Island , Chabahr and Kish Island
All nationalities with a valid passport can enter Qeshm Island , Chabahr and Kish Island without Visa , no Visa is needed . and They can stay for 14 days there . If they would like to enter other parts of Iran then they should apply for Visa in The representative office of Iran ministry of foreign affairs in that place and follow the process . Passport holders of the united stated , Canada and the united Kingdom Should apply for Visa before hand , prior arriving in Iran . They should have an invitation letter from an Iranian citizen and all the time a tour leader who has the permit to lead this citizens should accompany them .