Iran Announces Visa-Free Travel for UAE, Saudi, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, India and 22 More Countries to Start Sunday
Iran will begin offering visa-free travel to citizens of UAE, Saudi, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, India and 22 more countries from Sunday, February 4.
Foreign Ministry’s Deputy for Consular, Parliamentary, and Iranian Expatriates’ Affairs Ali Reza Bigdeli said that citizens of 28 countries who travel to the country as tourists do not need a visa as of February 4.
Bigdeli said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs notified the relevant institutions of the executive order of the Cabinet regarding the one-way cancellation of visas with 28 countries.
Visa-free travel to Iran for 28 countries
Accordingly, the nationals of these 28 countries who travel to Iran as tourists will not need a visa to travel.
Indian nationals can enter by plane without the need for a visa, but if they want to enter through land borders they should receive a visa, he noted.
According to the official, citizens of these country will not require a visa:
- UAE
- Saudi Arabia
- Qatar
- Bahrain
- Kuwait
- Uzbekistan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Tunisia
- Tanzania
- Mauritania
- Zimbabwe
- Mauritius
- Seychelles
- Japan
- Indonesia
- Singapore
- Cuba
- Vietnam
- Cambodia
- Brunei
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Peru
- Croatia
- Serbia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Belarus
- India
It said that the number of foreign arrivals in the country reached 4.4m during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (started on March 21), an increase of 48.5 per cent compared to the same period last year.
