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G - Transit Visa

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Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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Which travellers require a transit visa/permission and which officially documented exemptions are important?

The G - Transit Visa is for foreign citizens passing through Iran with no purpose of stay; the listed applicant categories are drivers, tourists and merchants. The source states no exemption from the transit visa.

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Limits of the record
  • The source does not say which nationalities or transit situations (e.g. airside connections) are exempt from needing the G visa.

Can the traveller remain airside, and under what circumstances must immigration control be crossed?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm whether the traveller can stay airside and when immigration control must be crossed.

What officially documented baggage collection, terminal, separate-ticket or self-transfer situations affect the immigration requirement?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the baggage, terminal-change and self-transfer rules.

What maximum transit period, overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules matter?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the maximum transit period and overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules.

If permission is required, what permission is it, where/how is it obtained, and what core onward-travel evidence is required?

The listed documents needed are "Declaring visa to destination" and a visa application. The source does not clearly explain what "declaring visa to destination" means in practice, where/how the transit visa is obtained, or what onward-travel evidence is required.

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Limits of the record
  • The meaning of "declaring visa to destination" and the onward-travel evidence required are not explained by this source.

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

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