Visa Upon Arrival

If you hold a passport from following countries, you do NOT need to apply for visa before traveling to Iran and you can simply obtain visa upon arrival at borders or airports:

• Albania
• Armenia
• Australia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Bahrain
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Bosnia Herzegovina
• Brazil
• Brunei
• Bulgaria
• China (People’s Republic)
• Croatia
• Cuba
• Cyprus
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Georgia
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Indonesia
• Ireland
• Italy
• Japan
• Kazakhstan
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Lebanon
• Luxembourg
• Malaysia
• Mexico
• Mongolia
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• North Korea
• Norway
• Oman
• Palestine
• Peru
• Philippines
• Poland
• Portugal
• Qatar
• Romania
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia
• Serbia
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• South Korea
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Syria
• Tajikistan
• Thailand
• Turkmenistan
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• Uzbekistan
• Venezuela
• Vietnam

 

Visa Application Required Before Travel

If you are from the following countries, you need to obtain visa before traveling to Iran:

• Iraq
• Colombia
• Jordan
• Somalia
• Pakistan
• India
• Bangladesh
• Sri Lanka
• Afghanistan

 

The citizens of the following countries NEED to book a tour with a travel agency to enter Iran:

• Americans
• British
• Canadians