{"question":{"passport":"SUR","destination":"IRN","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"e-Visa, stay set by the visa","requirement":{"kind":"evisa","message":"Before you travel: you need an e-visa."},"stay":{"kind":"SET_BY_VISA","phrasing":"How long you may stay is set by your visa."},"conditions":[{"kind":"PROCEDURE","text":"Visitors acquiring their visa at Iranian international airports must submit an electronic visa application before travel and present the printed Grant Notice (approval) at the Visa-On-Arrival counter."},{"kind":"ENTRY_REQUIREMENT","text":"All visitors to Iran must hold a passport or travel document valid for 6 months at the time of departure."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"evisa-arrival","url":"https://evisa.mfa.ir/en/visa-arrival/","passage":"It is notified to visitors to the Islamic Republic of Iran intending to acquire their visa at Iranian International Airports that in order to expedite the issuance of visa take the following measures (at least two days prior to their travel): Apply for an electronic visa application by clicking on the following link: NEW APPLICATION. You must submit a hardcopy of Grant Notice to the Visa-On-Arrival counter at the airport. The notice will be available when your application for Visa on Arrival is approved and you receive the grant email.","explanation":"The passage is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' own statement of the airport-visa procedure for foreign nationals who are not on an exemption list and not among the nine excluded countries: the electronic application is made before travel and the Grant Notice exists only once the application has been approved, so entry is on an advance authorisation (the approved eVisa application), with the visa physically issued at an Iranian international airport.","publisher":"This site is managed by Evisa Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs"},"checkedAt":"2026-09-07","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}