D Visa Appointments

D visas will be issued only to applicants who are scheduled for an appointment, on their appointment day.

Applicants without appointments assigned by HIAS-OPE will not be admitted to the Consular premises in Tehran.

ALL family members must be present and not late for their scheduled appointment.

They should arrive 20 minutes before their appointment and no sooner.

These appointments cannot be rescheduled! It is mandatory that you attend your assigned appointment.

If you do miss your appointment, you must apply for a new one, and submit the necessary documents in the original Farsi and English translation as a pdf. file supporting why you missed your appointment to arrival@hias-vienna.at

The appointments are listed below by case number, and notification will be sent to the agency that filed your application.

Additionally, the OPE will attempt to contact applicants aged 55 and older by phone to notify them of their appointments.

 Please note that the appointments below are not final and are subject to change.  As the list is continuously  updated, it is your responsibility to keep yourself updated with any changes made to your appointments.

 Required documentation

Applicants must bring all of the following with them when reporting to the Embassy:

1.     Passports (must be valid for at least one year beyond the appointment date)

 

2.     Completed Visa Application Form – one for each separate passport  (Download here)   (Sample Farsi translation here)

 

3.     IR or AU case number, otherwise you will not be permitted to complete the D Visa application

 

4.     2 passport photographs for each family member, conforming to ICAO standards (download photo standards here).  One photo must be glued onto the application form, the other attached by paperclip

 

5.     Completed Medical Questionnaire
(Download form in German) (Download form in English) 

 

6.     Proof of full medical insurance for travel purposes and accidents with a minimum coverage of EUR 30,000. Insurance policies from any legitimate company are accepted (including Iran, Asia, Alborz and Dana)
Those aged 85 and over must find alternative insurance policies issued from Europe and available for purchase on the internet.

7.   The paperwork must be in the following order (Top to Bottom):

1) Application form (with two photos as described above) completed and signed;
2) Medical questionnaire, completed and signed;  
3) Copies of insurance policy

 

8.     The family must also pay the visa application fee on the day of completing the D Visa application, after receiving the deposit slip from the Austrian Embassy.

D Visa Pick-Up

After the above application materials are submitted on the assigned Appointment Day, the visas will be ready to pick up the following Tuesday, between 8:30 and 9:00 am. Please do not report to the Embassy at any other time to attempt to collect your visas.   

Thank you for your cooperation in helping to make this process go more smoothly.

Dear Applicant:                                                                          Vienna, November 2008

Please make sure you bring all of the following ORIGINAL documents as well as full and notarized English translations of these documents with you to Vienna, where you will have to provide them to the OPE:    

-         All current and expired passports (no translation needed)

 

-         All other residency documents you have ever held (translated into English, if original is in language other than English)

 

-         Shenasnameh (Farsi & English)

 

-         Melli Card (Farsi & English)

 

-         Military Discharge Card or Military Exemption Card (Farsi & English)

 

-         Religious Membership documents (original language & English)  

 

-         Civil Marriage certificate (Farsi & English)

 

-         Religious Marriage certificate (original language & English)

 

-         Additional documents (court, work, etc.) pertaining to your refugee claims (original & English)  

 

-         Divorce certificates for all previous marriages (Farsi & English)

 

-         Death certificates for any deceased spouses (Farsi & English)

 

-         Notarized letter of Consent from spouse in Iran to take minor child to USA, if applicable (Farsi & English)

Your processing will be delayed if you cannot provide these documents upon registration at the Vienna OPE. Please try to ensure that all English translations of above documents are consistent in their transliteration of all names and birth date conversions from the Farsi originals into the English translations. If spellings of names and dates of birth are not consistent, delays will result.  We advise making sure the English translation spelling of your name and birth dates matches your current passport, which is considered your primary form of identification for the program.