Great News Confirmed!!! Iran Issues 15-Day On-arrival-Airport Visa!

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amiriniran
amiriniran

Hi Everyone,

I just called Imam-Khomeini Airport and was able to confirm that Iran had just begun issuing so-called '15-day-on-arrival-airport visa' for almost all nationalities with the exception of 10 countries! The countries excluded are Somalia, Jordan, Bangladesh, UK, US, Canada, Ireland and three more, which the rude and impatient clerk at IK Immigration Check went over very fast and hence I could not write down the name of all countries on the list! However, it seems like Australians are no longer 'blacklisted' and if you also happen to be a dual citizen who happen to be from US, Canada or UK you should be alright too, because you can always use your other passport. Needless to say I would have to call back to double check the info. and also to find out what countries on the list I missed. Good Luck. Bye.

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amiriniran
amiriniran

Hi,

PS: I know for sure that either Australia or Ireland are on the 'blacklist' above but NOT BOTH!!! The rude airport clerk simply refused to go over the list again after i told him he had read it too quickly for me to write down all the countries' name!

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boundless08
boundless08

HI - yes I can confirm this visa is open to Australians following my conversations with the Irainan Embassy here in Canberra.

This is a HUGE relief !!!!!!!!!!!

See:

http://www.iranvisa.co.uk/

  1. Can I get a visa at the airport on arrival in Iran?

Some visitors can obtain a tourist visa, valid for 15 days, on arrival at certain Iranian airports.

Please note that neither UK nor US citizens can get a visa at the airport.

Citizens of the following countries can, under certain circumstances, get a visa on arrival at the airport:

Albania, Armenia Australia Austria Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, China, Columbia, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Luxemburg, Malaysia, Mongolia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arabic Emirates, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yugoslavia.

Please note that this is a relatively new service offered by the airports in Iran. We would always recommend that visitors obtain a visa BEFORE they travel to Iran.

If you little time left before you intend to travel, we do not recommend that you rely on getting your visa at the airport. Instead, you should consider using an Iranian Visa Service who can arrange normally arrange visas at short notice.

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boundless08
boundless08

Hi - to follow up on my previous post I found evidence of the arrival visa on the IKA website:

http://www.ikia.ir/pages/templates/Template1/?mi=563&ki=2&|sub1

HOWEVER, notew this is mentions 1 week rather than 15 days.

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boundless08
boundless08

the link didnt show. Try searching the "Imam Khomeini International Airport" and see the english section.

Here is the content:

VISA ISSUANCE;

Visa issuance for one week, is possible in Imam Khomeini International Airport, Mehrabad Airport,
Mashhad Airport, shiraz Airport, Tabriz airport, Isfahan Airport for people who are citizen of the
countries mentioned bellow and have related passport.

Azerbaijan-Albania – Germany – Austria- Armenia-Uzbek- Spain –Australia- Slovenia-
Slovak-Algeria-Emirates-Indonesia-Ukraine-Italy- Bahrain-Ireland- Brazil- Brunei-
Belarus - Belgium- Bulgaria- Bosnia – Portugal- Peru –Tajikistan- Thailand-
Torkamanestan-Tunisia-China-Denmark-Russia-Romania-Japan-Serilanka-korovasi
Singapore-Sweden-Swiss-Syria- Saudi Arabia-Oman- France-Palestine-Finland -
Philippine-Cyprus-Qatar-South Korea-north Korea- Colombia- Cuba- Kuwait-
Lobnan-Logzanborge- Poland-Malesia-Hungray- Mongolia- Mexico- Norway-
Newsland-Venezoela-Vietnam-Netherlands-India-Yemen-Yugoslavia-Greece-Georgia - Kazakhstan-

Departure (RT) ticket and passport with six month validity, is obligatory for issuing visa.
The payments for issuing visa for those who have passport, is 50 Dollars and for each
accompanied, is 10 Dollars. Airport issues visa for people who travel to Iran for
tourist destination . The correspondent and reporters couldn’t use this visa for news
activities. Those who the application for issuing visa is not confirmed and Iranian who is citizen of Iran and receive the foreign certificate, couldn't use this visa.

Weekly Time Table and Resources for ARR FLTS Day; Thursday

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cda023
cda023

hello amir agha!

very grateful to you.
rgds
calin

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