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A - Entry Visa

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?

The A - Entry Visa is one of Iran's non-immigrant visa categories: the traveller applies, a consulate officer reviews the application and documents, and on approval the visa type is determined. The source gives no nationality matrix or exemptions.

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Limits of the record
  • The source does not state which nationalities are exempt or whether this visa can instead be obtained electronically or on arrival.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

Visits by foreign citizens invited by Iranian ministries, governmental organisations or private/public sectors, for purposes such as negotiating, signing contracts and setting up purchased machinery. Listed applicant categories: faculty members and researchers; common carriers transporting goods and people; officials, political and economic members, art and sports teams, international organisations and specialists; internationally recognised merchants and experts; UN employees and affiliates; relatives of foreign citizens residing in Iran.

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  • The purpose list ends with an ellipsis in the source; the complete set of permitted purposes is not stated.
  • https://evisatraveller.mfa.ir/en/request/visa_types/
    A - Entry Visa for Foreign citizens who have an invitation letter from ministries, governmental organizations, private & public sectors, … for the purpose of negotiating, signing contracts, setting up purchased machineries, ….
  • https://evisatraveller.mfa.ir/en/request/visa_types/
    Educational & cultural Faculty members and researchers Common Carriers, transporting goods and people Officials, political, and economic members, art and sports teams, international organizations and specialists Internationally Recognized merchants and experts The United Nations employees and affiliates Relatives of the foreign citizens residing in Iran

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

Iranian embassy in Stockholm: an entry visa is valid for 45 days (the holder must enter within 45 days); it can be single, double or multiple entry; maximum stay is 30 days for a single-entry visa and 20 days per entry for a double-entry visa.

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Limits of the record
  • Iranian embassy/consulate page (MFA domain), practice of one mission; other missions may differ

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

The documented requirements are a valid invitation and a visa application; applicants may also need to attend an interview at the consulate.

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

Applications are made online through the MFA e-visa system (required for all non-immigrant categories, including Entry visas). To extend a stay after arrival, the visitor must go to the General Directorate of Foreign Nationals Affairs of the Iranian police.

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Limits of the record
  • Conditions for granting an extension not stated
  • Extension rule from one embassy page
  • https://evisatraveller.mfa.ir/en/request/
    Visa applicants must submit a completed Online Nonimmigrant Visa Application for all nonimmigrant visa categories, including applicants applying for Entry, Tourist, Work, Treatment, Press, Student, Family, and Investment visas.
  • https://sweden.mfa.gov.ir/portal/GeneralCategoryServices/10649
    - چنانچه متقاضی پس از ورود به ایران، به هر دلیلی درخواست تمدید مدت اقامت خود را داشته باشد، می‌بایست به اداره کل امور اتباع خارجه نیروی انتظامی جمهوری اسلامی ایران مراجعه نماید.

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