A Guide for International Students in Qom University

(Enrollment, Admissions, Consular Affairs)

We highly welcome international students in Qom province and Qom University. To provide you with the necessary information about consular affairs, we draw your attention to important necessary information according to current regulations of Students' Affairs Organization of the Ministry of Science , Research and Technology, Immigration Police Department of Iran and Consular Affairs Department of the university.

At the beginning of entering the university, every international student will be granted a student visa after the initial admissions (as a student who has scholarship or pays University for his/her studies) and then the student can get residence.

During the study period, the student's residence can be extended and if needed, he/she can leave Iran, return to Iran, or leave Iran without returning.

Enrollment & Admissions process:

• Receiving   the tracking number
• Issuing students with students visa
• Granting students with residence
• Extending residence for students
• Issuing   permission for exit without returning, for exit and return and  for  domestic and internal  exit

Receiving the Tracking number:

All international students need a tracking code for their consular affairs and student visa. They should visit the website (www.old.saorg.ir:8081) to get the tracking code.

To receive the tracking code through the website, students must upload a scan of their own photo and the first page of their passport (or residence card) and the last academic degree and then fill in their personal information. After receiving tracking   code ( Saorg code), to confirm the tracking code , the students must refer to consular affairs department of the university. Afghan students must present a valid and new passport (due to the current conditions of Afghanistan, they must act according to the rules of the Student Affairs Organization at each stage). All non-Afghan students who have temporary residence must void their residence card and get a passport.

Necessary Documents for Enrolment in all Courses:

• Picture (3*4 cm size)
• Passport
• The certificate of graduation of former academic degrees (B.S, B.A, M.S, M.A) and their transcripts.

To receive the student ID number, the student must obtain permission from the International Students Affairs Organization at the Ministry of the Science, Research and Technology of Iran.

A branch of publications office of Qom University is ready to provide you with copying and scanning your documents   at the consular affairs department.

Necessary Documents to Issue Students Visa:

• The certificate letter for being student or being graduated from the university in which you are or you were studying.
• A copy of the first page of the passport and the scan of certificate letter of being student.
• A picture of the first page of the passport (a jpg picture with the resolution of 600 to 800 dpi)
• A scan of your photo (3×4 cm size)
• Filling in the application form and scanning it.

**Attention:  the documents must be on flash memory   or CD

Necessary Documents  For Issuing Study Residence:

The certificate letter for being student or being graduated from the university in which you are or you were studying.

• A picture or copy of the last page of the passport for the student who have the tracking code
• A picture or copy of student visa (the visa must be a student visa)
• Applying for health insurance through website (www.hayateamn.ir) and taking a copy or picture of it
• Filling in the residence application form and taking a copy of it.
• Transcript of the last academic degree(s) and your photo (3×4 cm size)
• The last academic degree(s) of the student

 **The students who were born in Iran also must have the following documents:

• Birth certificate or local documentary evidence in additions to their copy or scan.
• A copy of the parent’s residence card containing the last extension of their residence

Necessary Documents For Applying Residence Extension

• Passport
• Certificate letter of studying at university and the transcript.
• A copy of the first page of passport and also a copy of the latest residence card.
• Paying the expenses of extending residence visa credit card to the account of Immigration Police Department.

Attention: The student should refer to consular affairs in the province in which they study at least 25 days before the expiration of their residence.

It is worth mentioning that according the rules of the University of Qom the ladies who decide to study in this university must regard full IslamicHijab (Chaador) while studying at the university.

Necessary Documents For final Exit from Iran(no more return)

• Filling in the application form for final exit and its copy or scan
• The receipt of final submitting   university fees
• A copy of the first page of passport
• A copy of the last page of passport
• A copy of the latest residence extension
• The health insurance card and its scan or copy

Necessary Documents for Permission to Exit from and Return to Iran

• Filling in the application form for exit and return
• Certificate letter of studying at the university in which you are studying in Iran now.
• A copy of the first page of passport
• A copy or scan of the latest residence extension

Attention: The student must highly pay attention to the expiration date of their residence card, otherwise if their residence card is expired, they will get fined by Immigration Police Department.Applying for exit and return in normal situation takes about 5 to 7 working days and other types of applications take between 18 to 25 days.

If your residence has been expired, the applicant student first should apply for extension of his/her residence and then apply for exit and return. In this case naturally the duration for applying exit and return permission will be longer than usual.

Necessary Addresses For International Students:

1-International  Students’ Affairs Office of Qom University :Next to the Central Library, Al-Qadir Blvd., Qom university, Qom, Iran, Phone No.+98 25 32103493-98

2-The office of Immigration and Passport of Qom Province : Golha Blvd., Shahid Qasem Soleimani Blvd., Farhangiyan Town (Bajak 3) , Qom , Iran

3-The Office of Foreigners and Immigrants Affairs: Opposite to Police Station No. 10, After Silu, in the beginning of Qom to Arak road.

4-Students’  Affairs Organization of the Ministry of Science ,Research and Technology: Next to Eskan Hotel, Shahid Musavi St.(South Forsat), Ferdowsi Sq. ,Tehran ,Iran.

5-Iran’s Central Office of Immigration and Passport: Patrice Lumumba St.,

 Sattar Khan Ave., Tehran, Iran.

6-Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: National Garden (Baaq-e-Melli), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Imam Khomeini   Ave. , Tehran, Iran.