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Visa-free Tourist Entry

IranShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

Citizens of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Syria, Georgia, Armenia, Egypt, China, Iraq, Oman and Kazakhstan need no visa under bilateral/internal waiver rules; ordinary-passport holders from 27 other named countries (UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tunisia, Mauritania, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Seychelles, Indonesia, Brunei, Japan, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, Brazil, Peru, Cuba, Mexico, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia and Belarus) may also enter without a visa, but only for tourism.

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  • evisa.mfa.ir, Excluded Citizenship
    Citizens of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Syria, Georgia, Armenia, Egypt, China, Iraq, Oman, and Kazakhstan are subject to visa waiver rules.
  • evisa.mfa.ir, Excluded Citizenship
    Ordinary passport holders from the following 27 countries can stay in the Islamic Republic of Iran for tourism purposes for a non-extendable period of 15 days once every six months: United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, State of Qatar, State of Kuwait, Republic of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Tunisia, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, United Republic of Tanzania, Republic of Zimbabwe, Republic of Mauritius, Republic of Seychelles, Republic of Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, Japan, Republic of Singapore, Kingdom of Cambodia, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Federative Republic of Brazil, Republic of Peru, Republic of Cuba, United Mexican States, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Serbia, Republic of Croatia, Republic of Belarus
  • evisa.mfa.ir, Excluded Citizenship
    According to internal laws, approvals, and bilateral agreements, certain foreign nationals can stay in the Islamic Republic of Iran without obtaining visas through conventional procedures.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

For the 27-country group, the waiver explicitly covers tourism purposes only. For the first 10-country group (Azerbaijan, Turkey, Syria, Georgia, Armenia, Egypt, China, Iraq, Oman, Kazakhstan), the source does not state a purpose restriction.

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Limits of the record
  • Whether the 10-country group's waiver is limited to any particular purpose is not stated by this source.
  • evisa.mfa.ir, Excluded Citizenship
    Ordinary passport holders from the following 27 countries can stay in the Islamic Republic of Iran for tourism purposes for a non-extendable period of 15 days once every six months: United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, State of Qatar, State of Kuwait, Republic of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Tunisia, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, United Republic of Tanzania, Republic of Zimbabwe, Republic of Mauritius, Republic of Seychelles, Republic of Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, Japan, Republic of Singapore, Kingdom of Cambodia, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Federative Republic of Brazil, Republic of Peru, Republic of Cuba, United Mexican States, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Serbia, Republic of Croatia, Republic of Belarus
  • evisa.mfa.ir, Excluded Citizenship
    Citizens of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Syria, Georgia, Armenia, Egypt, China, Iraq, Oman, and Kazakhstan are subject to visa waiver rules.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

For the 27-country tourism-waiver group, the permitted stay is a non-extendable 15 days, usable once every six months. The source does not state a maximum stay for the first 10-country group's waiver.

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Limits of the record
  • No maximum stay is stated for the 10-country unconditional waiver group.
  • evisa.mfa.ir, Excluded Citizenship
    Ordinary passport holders from the following 27 countries can stay in the Islamic Republic of Iran for tourism purposes for a non-extendable period of 15 days once every six months: United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, State of Qatar, State of Kuwait, Republic of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Tunisia, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, United Republic of Tanzania, Republic of Zimbabwe, Republic of Mauritius, Republic of Seychelles, Republic of Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, Japan, Republic of Singapore, Kingdom of Cambodia, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Federative Republic of Brazil, Republic of Peru, Republic of Cuba, United Mexican States, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Serbia, Republic of Croatia, Republic of Belarus

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

All visitors to Iran must hold a passport or travel document valid for 6 months at the time of departure. The official source does not state any funds, accommodation, insurance or onward-ticket requirement for visa-free visitors.

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Limits of the record
  • No official rule found on funds/accommodation/insurance for visa-free entry

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm where to apply. For the 27-country tourism-waiver group, the 15-day stay is non-extendable.

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Limits of the record
  • The only text on extension (the 27-country '15 days ... non-extendable' sentence) and the 'without obtaining visas through conventional procedures' sentence are already cited by answers marked correct (R1-R3) and cannot be reused; no other IR extraction describes how visa-free entry is obtained or extended.
  • evisa.mfa.ir, Excluded Citizenship
    Ordinary passport holders from the following 27 countries can stay in the Islamic Republic of Iran for tourism purposes for a non-extendable period of 15 days once every six months: United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, State of Qatar, State of Kuwait, Republic of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Tunisia, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, United Republic of Tanzania, Republic of Zimbabwe, Republic of Mauritius, Republic of Seychelles, Republic of Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, Japan, Republic of Singapore, Kingdom of Cambodia, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Federative Republic of Brazil, Republic of Peru, Republic of Cuba, United Mexican States, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Serbia, Republic of Croatia, Republic of Belarus

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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