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M - Marital Visa

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

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Who may sponsor or bring the family member, and what immigration/citizenship status must that person hold?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm who may sponsor the family member and the status the sponsor must hold.

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Limits of the record
  • The visa-types directory describes the applicant (foreign man married to an Iranian woman) but names no sponsor and no status requirement for the Iranian spouse; no other IR extraction covers the M visa.

What is important for proving marriage, partnership, parentage, custody, dependency or another qualifying relationship?

If the marriage has not yet been registered within the Iranian legal system, the Entry Visa (Relatives) may be applied for. For children, the father's official permission regarding the children's trip to Iran is a listed document. The official source does not state which document proves the marriage.

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Limits of the record
  • The source does not state which document proves the marriage or its registration in the Iranian legal system.

What important financial, accommodation, insurance or maintenance responsibilities apply?

The only support requirement stated is travel insurance, which is issued together with the visa (the applicant pays the insurance fee with the visa fee). No financial, accommodation or maintenance requirement is stated.

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Limits of the record
  • No financial or accommodation rule stated
  • Iranian embassy/consulate page (MFA domain), practice of one mission; other missions may differ
  • https://sweden.mfa.gov.ir/portal/GeneralCategoryServices/12834
    بیمه مسافرتی همزمان با صدور ویزا صادر می‌شود . متقاضی باید صرفا هزینه صدور بیمه را طبق جدول بالا پرداخت نماید و اقدام دیگری در خصوص بیمه لازم نیست.

How does the application work at a high level, what rights does the family member receive, how long does the status last, and how can it become independent or longer-term where officially stated?

Application is online through the e-visa system, then documents go to the embassy. The visa is issued as single or multiple entry so the foreign husband and children of an Iranian woman can visit her relatives. According to the Canberra embassy, holders may stay up to 90 days; according to the Stockholm embassy, the stay is 90 days per single entry and 30 days per entry on a double-entry visa, with extensions handled by the police Foreign Nationals Affairs directorate. No work rights or independent or long-term status are stated.

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Limits of the record
  • Iranian embassy/consulate page (MFA domain), practice of one mission; other missions may differ
  • Rights (work etc.) and long-term/independent status not stated

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

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