Iran, Russia make visa issuance easier

Moscow, Dec 7, IRNA – Iranian Embassy in Russia announced here Saturday the two countries’ foreign ministries will soon sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on making visa issuance procedure easier on both sides. The MOU will be signed following the meeting between the two counties foreign ministers earlier this year that led to the easier issuance of visas for the two countries’ merchants and industrialists. The applicants in that respect need to have introduction letters issued by their country’s chamber of commerce. The staffs of two countries’ scientific, research, academic and cultural centers, including university students and professors, and some other fields, such as agriculture activists can get long term, fast visas. The two countries’ tourists, too, are included in the easy visa issuance groups in the MOU.