Passport guide · IR
Visa requirements for Iran passport holders
Citizens of Iran can visit 14 of 181 destinations visa-free and 71 more with an eTA, eVisa or visa on arrival.
Last checked . Policies change. Confirm with the embassy or official visa portal before you travel.
14
Visa-free
3
eTA
14
Visa on arrival
4
Pre-approval + VOA
50
eVisa
1
eVisa + biometrics
93
Embassy / VFS
2
Not permitted
Visa-free
No visa needed — just goeTA
Electronic travel authorization (online)Visa on arrival
Get your visa at the borderPre-approval + VOA
Approve online, collect at arrivaleVisa
Fully online — no office visit- Afghanistan
- Angola30 days
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Azerbaijan30 days
- Bahamas90 days
- Barbados
- Benin30 days
- Bhutan90 days
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso30 days
- Cameroon90 days
- Colombia
- Cuba90 days
- Djibouti30 days
- Ecuador90 days
- Equatorial Guinea30 days
- Ethiopia90 days
- Fiji30 days
- Gabon30 days
- Ghana30 days
- Guinea90 days
- Guyana30 days
- Indonesia30 days
- Kyrgyzstan60 days
- Libya
- Malawi30 days
- Mauritania360 days
- Moldova30 days
- Namibia90 days
- New Zealand90 days
- Nigeria30 days
- Pakistan90 days
- Papua New Guinea30 days
- Saint Kitts and Nevis30 days
- São Tomé and Príncipe15 days
- Serbia30 days
- Singapore30 days
- Somalia30 days
- South Africa30 days
- South Sudan30 days
- Tanzania30 days
- Thailand60 days
- Togo90 days
- Trinidad and Tobago90 days
- Uganda90 days
- Uzbekistan30 days
- Vanuatu30 days
- Vietnam90 days
- Yemen30 days
- Zambia30 days
eVisa + biometrics
Apply online, then a biometrics appointmentEmbassy / VFS
In-person at an embassy or visa center- Albania
- Algeria30 days
- Andorra90 days
- Argentina90 days
- Austria90 days
- Bahrain30 days
- Bangladesh30 days
- Belarus30 days
- Belgium90 days
- Bolivia90 days
- Bosnia and Herzegovina30 days
- Brazil90 days
- Brunei14 days
- Bulgaria90 days
- Canada180 days
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic30 days
- Chile90 days
- China30 days
- Costa Rica30 days
- Croatia90 days
- Cyprus90 days
- Czech Republic90 days
- Denmark90 days
- Dominican Republic90 days
- Egypt
- El Salvador30 days
- Eritrea30 days
- Estonia90 days
- Eswatini30 days
- Finland90 days
- France90 days
- Gambia
- Germany90 days
- Greece90 days
- Grenada90 days
- Guatemala30 days
- Honduras30 days
- Hungary90 days
- Iceland90 days
- India90 days
- Ireland90 days
- Israel
- Jamaica30 days
- Japan15 days
- Kiribati
- Laos30 days
- Latvia90 days
- Lebanon30 days
- Lesotho30 days
- Liberia30 days
- Liechtenstein90 days
- Lithuania90 days
- Luxembourg90 days
- Mali
- Malta90 days
- Marshall Islands
- Mexico180 days
- Mongolia
- Montenegro30 days
- Morocco30 days
- Myanmar28 days
- Nauru
- Nepal15 days
- Netherlands90 days
- Nicaragua
- Niger30 days
- North Korea30 days
- North Macedonia15 days
- Norway
- Panama30 days
- Philippines59 days
- Poland90 days
- Portugal90 days
- Republic of the Congo
- Romania90 days
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- San Marino90 days
- Saudi Arabia90 days
- Senegal
- Slovakia90 days
- Slovenia90 days
- Solomon Islands
- South Korea90 days
- Spain90 days
- Sudan30 days
- Sweden90 days
- Switzerland90 days
- Turkmenistan10 days
- United Kingdom183 days
- Uruguay30 days
- Vatican City90 days
Not permitted
Entry currently not allowedWhat the categories mean
- Visa-freeNo visa needed — just go
- eTAElectronic travel authorization (online)
- 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
- Not permittedEntry currently not allowed
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