Educational Residency

Educational Residency 

Students who have entered Iran with a study visa must apply for a residency permit after finalizing their registration at Urmia University. For this purpose, international students are required to submit the following documents to the Consular Office of International Relations Office of Urmia University and refrain from leaving the country during the process of issuing a residency permit. It is noteworthy that the residence is issued for one year.

Required Documents and Workflow of a One-year Educational Residency Permit:

• International students should visit the Consular Office of Urmia University in person with their student visa and passport.    
• After checking the student's documents, the consular office processes the student's residence request.
• After 48 hours, the code for the study residence request will be issued by the immigration and passport police of Iran.
• A dormitory is requested for the international student ­and the student's place of residence is determined.
• The passport of the international student is sent to the immigration and passport police of Iran, to register the residence permit.
• The passport will be stamped and submitted to the international student after entering the necessary information and issuance of the residence permit.
• Issuance of academic residence is usually for one year ­, and the student must extend the residence one month before the expiration of the period specified in the residence permit. It takes 10 days to review the documents

Note 1: The residency permit should be collected in person from the Consular Office of the university after approximately one month.

Note 2: The residency permit applicant is not allowed to leave the country after visiting the university and completing the application for a residency permit until receiving the one-year permit.