Sur le site du consulat iranien à Paris, il est indiqué qu'on peut obtenir un visa de 15 jours (prolongeable), directement à l'arrivée à l'aéroport de Téhéran.
je suis arrivé à teheran ika le 12 mai sans aucune réservation d'hotel. le visa a été fait en 15 min aprés avoir rempli une fiche succinte. Il te demande ton état civil et où tu loges. On a pioché une adresse dans le lonely et voilà.
Donc pas de souci, les informations de l'ambassade d'Iran sont justes. Visa de 15 j, prolongeable dans les villes touristiques mais là je n'ai pas essayé.
L'iran est un pays charmant, le contact est chaleureux, pas d'embrouilles particulières à part les incompréhensions habituelles.
question prix, les hotels et les restaus ont flambé (ça reste raisonnable), l'entrée des sites s'est tassé, genre de 0.25 à 1e.
Merci pour les réponses. C'est bien pour le visa, àa me permettra de me décider au dernier moment. J'étais en Iran en 2005. J'imagine que les prix n'ont plus rien à voir!
COmbien coûte par exemple une chambre dan une Guesthouse simple ?
Merci.
on a payé de 170 000 à 300 000 rials en chambre double dans des ghest- hotel bas de gamme.
Si tu vas ds les petites villes où tu n'as pas le choix des hotels, n'hésites pas à demander au mosquée, elles hébergent dans des locaux à "pélerins" moyennant 50000 rials par personne.
pr le change, l'officiel (banque et aéroport ) est à 15800 pr 1e. sinon, on trouve des exchanges ds les villes touristiques à 21000, une grosse différence.
ATTENTION , Je parle en rials alors que tout le monde parle en tomans. toman = rials/10
Salut !
Tout d'abord merci beaucoup pour tout tes posts sur le site, j'ai vu que tu as été très actifs !
Celui ci étant le dernier en date concernant une expérience récente d'obtention de visa on arrival, je voulais juste te demander quels sont les papiers que tu as présenté en arrivant à IKA. Pour le moment je n'ai rien préparé, j'ai juste un billet aller retour, aller le 4 aout 2012 (ce qui me laisse un petit mois si je dois me bouger pour un visa). On ne t'a pas demandé le fameux numéro du MFA qui fait beaucoup parler de lui ? Tu dis de plus que tu n'avais pas de résa d'hotel; pas de problème d'hotels complets en arrivant au dernier moment? Arf, aller, tant que j'y suis une petite dernière question, car je n'ai pas trouvé de posts de 2012 sur le sujet : quel budget total pour 15 jours? en bougeant un peu sans faire de folies sur le logement (je compte également sur CouchSurfing, à voir).
Merci beaucoup pour tes conseils !!
Aucun document n'est nécessaire à part ton passeport que nenni de mfa.
Effectivement, sur la petite fiche succinte à remplir, il faut indiquer la ville et l'hotel ds lequel on descend. On a ouvert le lonely et on a pioché au hasard un hotel et une adresse. Nous n'avons rien réservé comme hotel. Mis à part à Ispahan où certains hotels ne prennent pas les étrangers, aucun souci. Certains hotels ont fermé, d'autres se rénovent, tu arriveras tjrs à te loger. Il arrive que l'offre dans les petites villes soit minimal. A Shushtar ou shushe je ne sais plus, un seul hotel haut de gamme, on a donc demandé l'hébergement à une mosquée, certaines ont des locaux à pèlerins, c pas gratuit mais genre 2e. On croise aussi de nombreuses tentes plantées dans des parcs publics notamment à shiraz, à savoir.
Question budget, 200e par semaine en descendant dans les hotels bas de gamme, discutant un peu les prix, mangeant dans les restos avec parcimonie, quoique le coût d'une pizza n'est pas donné. En revanche, on a bcp bougé et pris quelques bus vip de nuit.
Par rapport au prix du lonely, les chambres et les transports ont énormément augmenté, ça reste raisonnable genre 6e en chambre double par personne. Je te l'indique pr éviter les méprises.
L'important à mes yeux, le taux de change. Eviter l'officiel des banques et de l'aéroport où nous avions changé un minimum pr 1e=15800 rials alors que tu trouves dans les officines 1e=21000rials, différence de 25% de pouvoir d'achat énorme.
Tu pourras trouver la rue des changes à Ispahan à gauche de l'entrée du bazar de la place de l'imam. Demande à plusieurs pr comparer.
Je te parle en rials, la monnaie des billets mais tt le monde parle en tomans. 1 toman = 1rials/10.
Bon voyage, vu l'accueil des iraniens, c gagné.
p.s : N'oublie pas tongs et tee shirt, je me suis même baigné en slip dans le golf persique mais chut, ça cognait pas mal déjà en mai !
La question à laquelle personne ne répond sur ce forum (après beaucoup de recherches), c'est s'il est possible de prolonger plusieurs fois un visa obtenu à l'arrivée d'un aéroport iranien... Si quelqu'un peut y répondre, ce serait super ! Merci.
Salut,
merci beaucoup pour ces réponses, ça me sera très utile pour les préparatifs! donc je vais suivre ton conseil et opter pour un visa sur place, et changer le mimimum à l'aéroport... Je donnerai des nouvelles sur le forum une fois sur place!
Merci encore pour tes détails et ta rapidité à répondre ;)
Salut !
Je récupére ce messsage car il me semble le + récent ... J'essaie de téléphoner à l'ambassade mais pas moyen donc ma question : pour un visa "on arrival" est-il besoin préalablement d'avoir déposé ses empreintes à Paris ? je crois comprendre qu' un n° d'enregistrement n'est pas nécessaire ...? Merci ! Fili
Bonjour ,
j’étais en Iran pour 15 jours en novembre , a l'arrivée a Shiraz l'obtention du visa n a été qu'une formalité qui a duré 20 mn ( a 3h du matin ) pour l'hotel j ai juste donné un nom d'hotel
beaucoup plus simple que l'arrivée aux usa 😏 n'oublie pas ton attestation d'assurance , et aussi d'apprendre quelques mots de persan , tu va te régaler , l'iran est un superbe pays .
Bon voyage
Oui j avais été surpris également , mais c'est juste un justificatif prouvant que vous etes assuré par une quelconque assurance de voyage , style europe machin , mondial truc ou autre , en clair rien d'extraordinaire , si vous avez reglé votre billet avec votre carte visa ou master , vous êtes automatiquement couvert , pour vuisa , l'adresse est la :https://www.europ-cartes.com/fr/index.php
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