Visa guide · IR
Iran visa requirements by passport
Visa rules for Iran for 195 passports: 44 can visit visa-free, 143 can get an eTA, eVisa or visa on arrival and 8 must apply in person or give biometrics.
Last checked . Policies change. Confirm with the embassy or official visa portal before you travel.
44
Visa-free
62
Visa on arrival
3
Pre-approval + VOA
78
eVisa
1
eVisa + biometrics
7
Embassy / VFS
Visa-free
No visa needed — just go- Armenia90 days
- Azerbaijan15 days
- Bahrain15 days
- Belarus15 days
- Bosnia and Herzegovina15 days
- Brazil15 days
- Brunei15 days
- Cambodia15 days
- China21 days
- Croatia15 days
- Cuba15 days
- Egypt
- Georgia
- Hong Kong14 days
- Indonesia15 days
- Iraq
- Japan15 days
- Kazakhstan14 days
- Kuwait15 days
- Kyrgyzstan15 days
- Lebanon15 days
- Macau21 days
- Malaysia14 days
- Mauritania15 days
- Mauritius15 days
- Mexico15 days
- Oman
- Peru15 days
- Qatar15 days
- Russia15 days
- Saudi Arabia15 days
- Serbia15 days
- Seychelles15 days
- Singapore15 days
- Syria
- Tajikistan30 days
- Tanzania15 days
- Tunisia15 days
- Türkiye90 days
- United Arab Emirates15 days
- Uzbekistan15 days
- Venezuela30 days
- Vietnam15 days
- Zimbabwe15 days
Visa on arrival
Get your visa at the border- Algeria30 days
- Andorra30 days
- Angola30 days
- Antigua and Barbuda30 days
- Bahamas30 days
- Barbados30 days
- Benin30 days
- Bhutan30 days
- Botswana30 days
- Burkina Faso30 days
- Burundi30 days
- Cameroon30 days
- Cape Verde30 days
- Chad30 days
- Comoros30 days
- Costa Rica30 days
- Côte d'Ivoire30 days
- Djibouti30 days
- Dominica30 days
- Dominican Republic30 days
- Equatorial Guinea30 days
- Eritrea30 days
- Eswatini30 days
- Fiji30 days
- Gambia30 days
- Ghana30 days
- Grenada30 days
- Guatemala30 days
- Guinea30 days
- Guinea-Bissau30 days
- Guyana30 days
- Haiti30 days
- Jamaica30 days
- Kenya30 days
- Kiribati30 days
- Lesotho30 days
- Liberia30 days
- Malawi30 days
- Mali30 days
- Marshall Islands30 days
- Monaco30 days
- Nauru
- Nicaragua30 days
- Nigeria30 days
- Palestine30 days
- Paraguay30 days
- Republic of the Congo30 days
- Rwanda15 days
- Saint Kitts and Nevis30 days
- São Tomé and Príncipe30 days
- Senegal30 days
- Sierra Leone30 days
- Solomon Islands30 days
- Sudan3 days
- Timor-Leste30 days
- Togo30 days
- Tonga30 days
- Turkmenistan30 days
- Tuvalu30 days
- Uganda30 days
- Vanuatu30 days
- Vatican City30 days
Pre-approval + VOA
Approve online, collect at arrivaleVisa
Fully online — no office visit- Albania30 days
- Argentina30 days
- Australia30 days
- Austria30 days
- Bangladesh30 days
- Belgium30 days
- Belize30 days
- Bolivia30 days
- Bulgaria30 days
- Chile30 days
- Colombia30 days
- Cyprus30 days
- Czech Republic30 days
- DR Congo30 days
- Ecuador30 days
- El Salvador30 days
- Estonia30 days
- Ethiopia30 days
- Finland30 days
- France30 days
- Gabon30 days
- Germany30 days
- Greece30 days
- Honduras30 days
- Hungary30 days
- India30 days
- Ireland30 days
- Italy30 days
- Kosovo30 days
- Laos30 days
- Latvia30 days
- Libya30 days
- Liechtenstein30 days
- Lithuania30 days
- Luxembourg30 days
- Madagascar30 days
- Maldives30 days
- Malta30 days
- Micronesia30 days
- Moldova30 days
- Mongolia30 days
- Montenegro30 days
- Morocco30 days
- Mozambique15 days
- Namibia30 days
- Nepal30 days
- Netherlands30 days
- New Zealand30 days
- North Korea30 days
- North Macedonia30 days
- Norway30 days
- Pakistan30 days
- Palau30 days
- Panama30 days
- Papua New Guinea30 days
- Philippines30 days
- Poland30 days
- Portugal30 days
- Romania30 days
- Saint Lucia30 days
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines30 days
- Slovakia30 days
- Slovenia30 days
- South Africa30 days
- South Korea30 days
- South Sudan30 days
- Spain30 days
- Sri Lanka30 days
- Suriname30 days
- Sweden30 days
- Switzerland30 days
- Taiwan30 days
- Thailand30 days
- Trinidad and Tobago30 days
- Ukraine30 days
- Uruguay30 days
- Yemen30 days
- Zambia30 days
eVisa + biometrics
Apply online, then a biometrics appointmentEmbassy / VFS
In-person at an embassy or visa centerWhat the categories mean
- Visa-freeNo visa needed — just go
- Visa on arrivalGet your visa at the border
- Pre-approval + VOAApprove online, collect at arrival
- eVisaFully online — no office visit
- eVisa + biometricsApply online, then a biometrics appointment
- Embassy / VFSIn-person at an embassy or visa center
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