🇰🇳→🇮🇷Saint Kitts and Nevis→Iran

For business visits including negotiations, contract signing, machinery installation, and commercial activities. Also covers UN employees, faculty, and official business travelers.

• Covers merchants, academics, carrier personnel, and officials.
• Fee paid in EUR at airport banking terminals for on-arrival equivalent.
• Must apply via evisa.mfa.ir or at Iranian consulate.
• US, UK, Canada, Colombia nationals must apply at embassy only.

For leisure tourism and recreational travel within Iran. Issued to foreign nationals wishing to visit Iran as tourists.

• Visa on arrival (45-day stay) available at major international airports for eligible nationalities who apply electronically at least 2 days before travel.
• Fee paid in EUR at airport.
• US, UK, Canada, Colombia, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Jordan, Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, and Israel nationals excluded from VOA.
• E-visa (30-day stay) available via evisatraveller.mfa.ir for ~48 eligible nationalities.
• As of August 2025, EU/AU/NZ nationals subject to mandatory guided-tour requirement (partially relaxed October 2025).
• US/UK/CA nationals must use pre-arranged tour packages.

For travelers passing through Iran en route to a third country, including truck drivers, overland travelers, and merchants in transit.

• Issued for transit purposes only.
• Duration typically 5 days but may vary.
• Travelers must have valid onward documentation for the destination country.
• Apply at Iranian embassy or consulate prior to travel.

For Muslim tourists visiting holy and religious sites in Iran, primarily Mashhad (Imam Reza shrine) and Shiraz (Shah Cheragh).

• Restricted to Muslim travelers.
• Applicant typically requires documentation from an approved Islamic travel organization.
• Apply at Iranian consulate or embassy.

For official government representatives, diplomats, consular officers, and holders of diplomatic or service passports traveling on official duties.

• Issued through diplomatic channels.
• Holders of diplomatic passports from most countries benefit from additional visa suppression agreements.
• Duration varies by bilateral agreement.
• Typically exempt from standard fees.

For foreign nationals undertaking academic study, research, or scholarly activities at recognized Iranian universities and educational institutions.

• Requires acceptance letter from an approved Iranian university or research institute.
• Must be applied for at an Iranian embassy or consulate.
• Renewable annually.
• Students must register with the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.

For skilled foreign workers, specialists, engineers, and technicians employed temporarily in Iran by Iranian or international companies.

• Requires work permit (issued by Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs) and employment contract with an Iranian entity.
• Applied at Iranian embassy or consulate.
• Renewable.
• Foreign executives and technicians employed by overseas firms operating in Iran may also qualify.

For journalists, reporters, film crews, producers, cameramen, and other media professionals working in Iran.

• Requires prior accreditation and approval from the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) or the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.
• Apply at Iranian embassy or consulate.
• Processing time may be lengthy due to ministry approval requirements.

For foreign nationals making qualifying investments in Iran, enabling residency through the 5-year renewable investor residence permit.

• Minimum qualifying investment approximately USD 90,000 (reduced from EUR 250,000 in April 2022).
• Eligible investment forms: long-term bank deposits in Iranian banks, investment bonds and securities, housing/real estate.
• Administered by the Organization for Investment, Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran (OIETA).
• Provides 5-year renewable residency only - not a path to citizenship.
• Iran does not permit dual citizenship.

For foreign nationals married to Iranian citizens (particularly foreign men married to Iranian women) and their dependent children, for family unification.

• Requires proof of legal marriage recognized under Iranian law and documentation of family relationship.
• Must apply at an Iranian embassy or consulate.
• Iranian law governing family reunification applies asymmetrically by gender.
• Renewable.

For foreign nationals traveling to Iran to receive medical treatment at approved Iranian hospitals and healthcare facilities.

• Requires prior authorization from an approved Iranian medical center.
• Applicant must submit documentation of the required treatment, including confirmation from the Iranian hospital or medical institution.
• Apply at Iranian embassy or consulate.