Iranian Tourist Visa

Iranian tourist visa application procedure - American passport holders

At present the Iranian Foreign Ministry does not allow American passport holders to travel to Iran independently.

Americans are required to travel on escorted tours; either as part of a tour group, or a tailor made individual tour. An exact itinerary, to which you must adhere, is compulsory.

To obtain a visa and to satisfy the Iranian Foreign Ministry's (FM) requirement, we need to make your all travel arrangements including accommodation, internal flights, and/or a private car & guide/driver throughout the trip.

The maximum duration of a visa is 30 days. However, this is at the discretion of the FM. At times they may only grant 12-day visas, even if we ask for 4 weeks.

In order to proceed with the visa application, you need to complete the visa questions & return them to us.

It takes around two weeks for the visa to be issued in the form of a reference number. Once you have this reference number, you need to have your passport stamped with the visa. In the States, you have to go to the Iranian interest section at the Pakistani embassy in Washington. You will need to complete their local visa application form, which can be downloaded from the embassy's, website: www.daftar.org

Visas can be collected at any Iranian consulate around the world or in the U.S.A. Please note, you need to inform us at the time of application, which country you wish to collect your visa.

Consular visa stamp fees for Americans is around $60.

Sending passports to UK - If we are collecting your visa for you in London, we recommend you FedEx documents. You must pre-pay the return courier fee (around $40 each way). In addition, we charge £20/$30 to cover delivery of your passport to and from the Iranian consulate.

Payment is acceptable by credit card - Visa, Mastercard and American Express (there is a 2% charge on all transactions to cover the costs incurred by the credit card companies) or, by bank transfer to our account (you must pay all the bank charges so that we receive a net amount):

US $ account:
Address:
National Westminster Bank,
45 Fulham Broadway,
London SW6 1AG
Account name: Magic Carpet Travel Limited,
Account no:06099017,
Sort Code: 60-22-16

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