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Federal Visit or Tourism Visa

IraqShort 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 checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm whether a visa, electronic authorisation or visa on arrival is normally required.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • MOFA Abu Dhabi page defines the tourist and visit visas but does not state which travellers normally need one or give a nationality matrix. The MOFA Houston Arabic visa-at-airport provision for US/UNSC/EU/Canada/Japan passports is a different mechanism, not this route.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The visit visa covers religious events or visits to the holy sites. Under the same visa heading, visas are also granted for 30 days to public and political figures, businessmen and investors, and people whose visit the ambassador or chargé d'affaires judges to be of interest.

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Limits of the record
  • The tourist-visa purpose (visiting tourist and relic sites) is stated in the sentence that supports the certified r3 answer and is not re-cited here.
  • https://mofa.gov.iq/abudhabi/?lang=en&page_id=554
    whether for the purposes of religious events or visit the holy sites (Letter of the Consular Department No. 1/3 / 6/4664 on 16 Feb. 2011).
  • https://mofa.gov.iq/abudhabi/?lang=en&page_id=554
    Also Visa grant to the public and political figures, businessmen and investors and the people who the Ambassadors and charge d’affaires find interest in their visit to Iraq, according to their judgment for a period of 30 days (Letter of the Consular Department No. 6 / 3/12162 on 26 March 2013).

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

Under the Foreign Residence Law No. 76 of 2017, a visit visa allows one entry into Iraq within 90 days of the date it is granted and a stay of 30 days; the holder may not work anywhere in Iraq, paid or unpaid. A tourist visa is granted for visiting tourist and religious areas and allows one entry within 60 days of the date it is granted and a stay of 30 days; it is sponsored by institutions, bodies and companies working in tourism, but no sponsorship is required for individual or family tourism, and the holder may not work, paid or unpaid. The Director General of Residence may extend either visa once, for a double fee, and may change a visit or tourist visa into an ordinary visa. The official source does not state a rolling-period rule.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • The official source does not state a rolling-period rule.
  • https://www.moj.gov.iq/upload/pdf/4466.pdf
    د .سمة الزيارة :تخول حاملها دخول أراضي جمهورية العراق مرة واحدة خلال ) (٩٠تسعين يوما من تاريخ منحها والإقامة فيها مدة )(٣٠ ثلاثين يوما ولا يحق لصاحبها العمل في أي مكان في جمهورية العراق سواء بأجر أو بدون أجر .
  • https://www.moj.gov.iq/upload/pdf/4466.pdf
    هـ .سمة سياحية :تمنح لزيارة المناطق السياحية والدينية وتخول حاملها دخول أراضي جمهورية العراق مرة واحدة خلال ) (٦٠ستين يوما من تاريخ منحها والإقامة فيها مدة ) (٣٠ثلاثين يوماً وتكون بكفالة المؤسسات والهيئات والشرآات العاملة في مجال السياحة ولا يحق لحاملها العمل في أي مكان سواء آان بأجر أو بدون أجر ولا تشترط الكفالة إذا آانت السياحة بصورة فردية أو عائلية .
  • https://www.moj.gov.iq/upload/pdf/4466.pdf
    المادة -١٧-أولاً :للمدير العام أو من يخوله صلاحية تمديد فترة سمة الدخول المشار إليها في المادة ) (٧البند أولاً الفقرات )أ( و )ب( و )ج( و )د( و )هـ( ،والبند ثانياً من المادة ) (٧من هذا القانون ولمرة واحدة مقابل رسم مضاعف .
  • https://www.moj.gov.iq/upload/pdf/4466.pdf
    ثانياً :للمدير العام أو من يخوله صلاحية تعديل سمة الزيارة أو السياحة إلى سمة اعتيادية .
  • https://www.moj.gov.iq/upload/pdf/4466.pdf
    المادة -٥٢-أولاً :يلغى قانون إقامة الأجانب رقم ) (١١٨لسنة ١٩٧٨

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

The general visa-request conditions include a passport valid at least six months, an application form with two photographs, ability to cover living costs for ordinary-passport holders, and a full Iraqi address.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • Other listed admissibility conditions also apply.
  • Requirements of the Visa request, items 1-8
    The passport has validity for a period of minimum six months. 2 – Filling in a Visa application form with two photographs. 3 – Ability to cover the cost of living during the period of his stay in Iraq for holders of ordinary passports. 4 – There is no objection prevent him from entering the territory of the Republic of Iraq regarding the public health, security, morals, or the national economy. 5 – Provide a convincing reason for visit depending on the Visa type. 6 – The requester not accused or convicted of a crime outside Iraq may be extradited for. 7 – There is no order of deporting him from the Republic of Iraq and to achieve this must check the records for the barred from entering Iraq in accordance with the attached form (1). 8 – Full address in the place, which he will stay in the Republic of Iraq.

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

Applications are made through the relevant Iraqi mission/consular process; tourist groups apply through tourism companies in the mission's work area in coordination with an officially licensed Iraqi tourism company. The official source does not state extension rules for the visit or tourism visa.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • The captured page does not state extension rules for the visit/tourism visa.
  • Visa types, item 1
    In the case of tourist groups offer applications precede through tourism companies in the work area of the Mission in coordination with one of the officially licensed tourism companies in Iraq.

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

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