Iran - Renounce Your ian Nationality

ProcedureEdit

Gather all documents that you will need to present in order to renounce your Iranian nationality.
Fill out all the appropriate forms.
Submit the completed and signed forms, along with all other required documents.
Pay all necessary fees.

Required DocumentsEdit

Three (3) copies of the application form to renounce Iranian nationality, filled out and undersigned by the applicant.
If applicable, 3 copies of the application form to renounce Iranian nationality, filled out and undersigned by the applicant's spouse.
Completed and signed tax, customs, and banking letter of recognizance.
If applicable, completed tax, customs, and banking letter of recognizance signed by the applicant's spouse.
A filled-out and undersigned copy of the questionnaire for Nationality Renunciation. The applicant's spouse will also need to fill out the same form.
Fifteen (15) 6x4cm ID photos of the applicant (along with negatives) not older than six months. (Full face, front view, white background, open eyes, without a hat, glasses or neck scarves, with the exception of headscarves / hijab for women). The applicant must remember to include their personal details on the backside of each photos.
Eight (8) 6x4cm profile ID photos of the applicant,with the negatives and with identical conditions as stated above.
Fifteen (15) 6x9cm group photos of applicant with his spouse and children who intend to renounce their nationality. (Including the negatives)
Original Iranian Birth Certificate (Shenasname) of applicant, and spouse and/or children (under 25), and a set of 7 photocopies all the filled out pages within the document.
Original copy and 2 photocopies of the certificate of Termination or Exemption of Conscription to Military Service.
The applicant and his/her spouses Iranian passport along with 2 photocopies of each filled out page of the travel document.
Two (2) copies the finger prints of applicant and his/her spouse and that of their children(above 15 years of age).
A State Letter of acceptance and approval from the host country whose nationality the applicant wishes to acquire, and a photocopy of this document.
Bank receipt indicating the transfer of the required fees for the validation and approval of 3 copies of the individuals application forms, and 3 copies of those of his/her spouse.(In local currency)
A second bank receipt for the transfer of validation fees for the applicant and his/her spouses recognizance letters.

Office Locations & ContactsEdit

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Address: Imam Khomeini Street ,Tehran, Iran
Phone: 009821 61151
Fax: 009821 66743149
Email: [email protected]
Website
Iranian Missions Abroad

EligibilityEdit

Article 988 of the Civil Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran states, Iranian nationals cannot abandon their nationality except in the following conditions:

The applicant have reached the full age of 25.
The Council of Ministers has allowed the renunciation of the applicant's Iranian nationality.
The applicant have previously undertaken to transfer within one year from the date of the renunciation of Iranian nationality, by some means, the rights that they possess or may acquire by inheritance, on landed properties in Iran, to Iranian Nationals (Even if Iranian laws may have allowed the possession of the same properties by foreign nationals). The wife and children of the person who renounces his/her nationality, according to the Article do not lose their Iranian nationality, whether the children are minors or adults, unless the permission of the Council of Ministers allows them to renounce their nationality.
The applicant have completed their national military service.

Notes:

Those who would like to renounce their Iranian nationality according to Article 988 in favour of a foreign nationality must, besides carrying out the stipulations of Clause 3 of the Article, leave Iran within three months. If they fail to do so ,the proper authorities will issue Deportation Orders for their expulsion and the sale of their properties. The above-mentioned prescribed period of grace may be extended subject to the approval of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs up to a maximum period of one year.
The Council of Minister may, in the course of approving the renunciation of nationality by an unmarried Iranian woman, also approve of the renunciation of the nationality of her children, provided that they are without their father or paternal grandfather and under the age of 18, or otherwise lack legal capacity. Also her children under the age of 25, can renounce their nationality in conformity with their mothers who is requesting to renounce her Iranian nationality.

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ValidityEdit

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Required InformationEdit

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1. Date of Birth.
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Need for the DocumentEdit

Nationality represents the link between a person and a state or an association of states. Possession of nationality/citizenship is normally associated with the right to work and live in a country and to participate in political life. Naturalization is a way to acquire a nationality different from the nationality of origin.

Following are procedures on how you can renounce your Iranian nationality.

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External LinksEdit

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran:

http://www.mfa.gov.ir/index.aspx?siteid=3&pageid=24718

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