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Visas

Visa extensions

Extending tourist visas in Tehran is much easier than it used to be, but it still takes a whole frustrating week! The Foreign Aliens office (Sepah St, off Sepah Sq; 7.45am-1.30pm Sat-Wed, 7.45am-noon Thu) is walking distance from Taleqani Metro station. The best option is to stop at the nominated Bank Melli (Sepah Sq) on the way, tell the teller ‘visa’ and hand over your IR100, 000. He’ll do the paperwork and in a couple of minutes hand you the all-important deposit slip. Continue to Sepah Sq, turn right (downhill) and enter the green-glass building on your right, about 150m along (look for the uniforms). The visa extension office is on the 1st floor. When we extended here the whole process only took a few minutes, but even after the 30-day extension was approved we had to wait seven days to collect the passport. Yes, annoying.