page_title: Visa policy of Iran
section_title: Diplomatic and service category passports
hierarchical_section_title: Visa policy of Iran / Visa-free / Diplomatic and service category passports
caption_attribution_description: English: Visa policy of Iran for diplomatic and official or service passport holders &#160;&#160; Iran&#160;&#160; Visa-free for holders of diplomatic or service category passports&#160;&#160; Visa-free for diplomatic passports only Tiếng Việt: Chính sách thị thực của Iran đối với người sở hữu hộ chiếu ngoại giao hoặc công vụ &#160;&#160; Iran &#160;&#160; Miễn thị thực với hộ chiếu ngoại giao và công vụ &#160;&#160; Miễn thị thực với hộ chiếu ngoại giao
context_page_description: Visitors to Iran must obtain a visa from one of the Iranian diplomatic missions unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries or countries eligible for a visa on arrival. All visitors must hold a passport valid for at least 6 months. Citizens of Israel are totally banned from entry to Iran.
  Iranian authorities are exploring a potential visa waiver program under which visa limitations for 60 countries will be lifted as part of Iran's program to attract more tourists.
  Dual citizens of both Iran and another country count as citizens of Iran when visiting, and must have an Iranian passport. This includes all whose mother and father and husband or children born abroad are Iranian.
  Iran no longer affixes visas to passports nor stamps them on entry as a response to the US sanctions on persons who have visited Iran after 2011. In November 2018, the head of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Organization, announced that the country will no longer stamp or put stickers to passports of foreign tourists in a bid to ease their concerns about traveling to other countries after leaving Iran.
context_section_description: Holders of passports issued by the following countries are allowed to enter Iran without a visa.
   Afghanistan ᴰ 1 month
   Armenia ᴰ 90 days
   Azerbaijan ᴰ S 1 month
   Belarus ᴰ ᴼ 30 days
   Benin ᴰ S 30 days
   Bolivia ᴰ S 60 days
   Bosnia and Herzegovina ᴰ S 1 month
   Brazil ᴰ 1 month
   Brunei ᴰ ᴼ 30 days
   Bulgaria ᴰ S 1 month
   Burkina Faso ᴰ S 1 month
   Cambodia ᴰ S 1 month
   China ᴰ S 1 month
   Colombia ᴰ S 1 month
   Croatia ᴰ S 1 month
   Cuba ᴰ S 90 days
   Congo ᴰ S 6 months
   Cyprus ᴰ S 3 months
   Ecuador ᴰ S 90 days
   Egypt ᴰ S 20 days
   Ghana ᴰ S 30 days
   Guinea ᴰ S 1 month
   Guyana ᴰ S 1 month
   Greece ᴰ 3 months
   Hungary ᴰ 1 month
   India ᴰ 1 month
   Iraq ᴰ S 45 days
   Indonesia ᴰ S 14 days
   Japan ᴰ ᴼ 3 months
   Kazakhstan ᴰ S 30 days
   Kenya ᴰ S 1 month
   Kyrgyzstan ᴰ S 1 month
   Lebanonᴰ S 30 days
   Malaysia ᴰ S 15 days
   Malawi ᴰ S 1 month
   Mali ᴰ S 1 month
   Moldova ᴰ S 1 month
   Montenegro ᴰ S 30 days
   Nicaragua ᴰ S 2 months
   North Korea ᴰ 1 month
   North Macedonia ᴰ S 1 month
   Oman ᴰ S 1 month
   Pakistan ᴰ ᴼ 3 months
   Philippines ᴰ S 30 days
   Poland ᴰ 1 month
   Portugal ᴰ Sp 90 days
   Romania ᴰ 1 month
   Russia ᴰ S 30 days
   Senegal ᴰ S 1 month
   Serbia ᴰ S 30 days
   Sierra Leone ᴰ S 1 month
   South Korea ᴰ S 3 months
    Switzerland ᴰ 1 month
   Syria ᴰ S 30 days
   Tajikistan ᴰ S 1 month
   Tunisia ᴰ S 1 month
   Turkmenistan ᴰ S 1 month
   Turkey ᴰ S 3 months
   Ukraine ᴰ S 30 days
   Venezuela ᴰ S 1 month
   Vietnam ᴰ ᴼ 30 days
   Zimbabwe ᴰ S 30 days
  D — diplomatic passports
  O — official passports
  S — service passports
  Sp — special passports
caption: Visa policy of Iran for diplomatic and official or service passport holders   Iran  Visa-free for holders of diplomatic or service category passports  Visa-free for diplomatic passports only
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