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Bosnia and Herzegovina → Iraq: Short-stay tourist

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Required documents

16 items

Identity

  • Digital photo with a white background

    Required

    You need a digital photo of yourself with a white background to apply.

    Source: Ministry of Interior, Republic of Iraq (Iraqi Electronic Visa portal)

  • Iraqi e-visa (apply online before you travel)

    Required

    Iraqi embassy pages say that anyone wishing to enter Iraq must apply in advance for the electronic visa (from 1 March 2025), with no embassy visit needed. It is a visa: we found no official list of ordinary-passport holders who can enter without one. You apply through the Ministry of Interior's e-visa system (evisa.iq, with the application system at eservice.evisa.iq). The e-visa can be single-entry or multiple-entry.

    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Iraq (Embassy in Ottawa)

  • Valid passport

    Required

    The e-visa pages ask for a valid passport. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' older general visa guidance says it must be valid for at least six months. The e-visa pages don't repeat that, so plan on six months.

    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Iraq

Financial

  • E-visa fee (paid online)

    Required

    You pay the fee online by a secure payment method as part of the application. The official pages we read don't state the amount or a processing time, and fee figures on older embassy pages differ, so check the amount in the portal before you pay.

    Source: Ministry of Interior, Republic of Iraq (Iraqi Electronic Visa portal)

  • Money to cover your stay

    Required

    The ministry's older general guidance says ordinary-passport applicants must be able to cover their living costs during their stay. The e-visa pages don't say what proof, if any, is checked.

    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Iraq

Purpose of travel

  • A genuine reason for the visit

    Required

    The ministry's older general guidance says you must give a convincing reason for your visit that fits the visa type. Its tourist visa is for visiting tourist and relic sites; religious visits have a separate visit visa.

    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Iraq

Accommodation

  • Proof of accommodation

    Required

    Iraqi consulate pages list proof of accommodation (called 'proof of residence' on some embassy pages) among what you need for the e-visa. The main portal page doesn't mention it, and none of the pages says what counts as proof. The ministry's older guidance also asks for the full address where you will stay in Iraq.

    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Iraq (Consulate General in Detroit)

Travel

  • Check your e-visa's validity

    The e-visa portal and the Detroit consulate say the e-visa is valid for 30 days; the Ottawa embassy page says 60 days. Go by the validity shown on your approved e-visa.

    Source: Ministry of Interior, Republic of Iraq (Iraqi Electronic Visa portal)

  • Get the e-visa before you fly (don't count on a visa on arrival)

    Required

    An Iraqi consulate notice dated 3 March 2025 says the Ministry of Interior and Baghdad airport's passports section suspended direct entry visas on arrival for citizens of the permanent members of the UN Security Council ('5+1'), EU countries, Australia, Canada, South Korea, Japan, Switzerland and New Zealand. Those travellers must get the e-visa before they travel.

    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Iraq (Consulate General in Houston)

  • Only going to the Kurdistan Region? It runs its own e-visa

    This checklist covers the federal Iraqi e-visa. The Kurdistan Regional Government, the regional authority in northern Iraq, runs a separate e-visa portal for the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It says people on its "Country List A" can get an e-visa through the portal or on arrival at any entry point of the Region, that every visa type allows a stay of 30 days and is valid for 90 days from the day it is issued, and that your passport needs at least six months of validity beyond your travel date. Its eligibility checker tells you whether your nationality needs a visa. We haven't read that checker, so check it yourself if you're only going to the Kurdistan Region.

    Source: Kurdistan Regional Government (Department of Information Technology), e-Visa portal

  • Printed e-visa

    Required

    Your e-visa arrives by email. Print it and show it at border control.

    Source: Ministry of Interior, Republic of Iraq (Iraqi Electronic Visa portal)

Other

  • Check which e-visa route applies to your nationality

    When we checked on 26 September 2026, the e-visa system's 'Direct e-Visa' page offered a nationality picker with 44 nationalities: the 27 EU countries, the UK, US, China, Russia, Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and the six Gulf Cooperation Council states (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE). No current official page we could read says how other nationalities apply (the next item has older leads), so confirm your route in the portal or with an Iraqi embassy before you book.

    Source: Ministry of Interior, Republic of Iraq (Electronic Visa System)

  • Email address to receive the e-visa

    Required

    Have an email address ready: the approved e-visa is sent to you by email. (This item is from an embassy post dated April 2024.)

    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Iraq (Embassy in Manila)

  • Health screening registration (stays over 15 days)

    Consulate pages say Arab and foreign arrivals who will stay in Iraq more than 15 days must register on the Ministry of Health's electronic screening platform to get a screening date and place. You can register before you enter.

    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Iraq (Consulate General in Detroit)

  • Other nationalities: a sponsor or tourism company may be needed

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' general guidance says tourist groups apply through a licensed tourism company in Iraq. One Iraqi embassy's instructions (Yerevan, about 2023) say Armenian-passport holders, and foreign-passport holders living in Armenia, apply through a specialised tourism company or a sponsor in Iraq, who gets approval from the Ministry of Interior's Residency Directorate. Both texts are older than the e-visa system, so treat them as leads, not the current process.

    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Iraq (Embassy in Yerevan)

  • Polio vaccination proof for children under 15

    The ministry's older general guidance says a visa for a child under 15 needs a health certificate showing full polio vaccination (at least five doses of oral polio vaccine). The e-visa pages don't mention this, so check before you travel with children.

    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Iraq

Why applications on this route get refused

  • An objection to your entry, or a deportation or extradition record

    The ministry's general guidance says a visa needs no objection to your entering on public-health, security, morals or national-economy grounds, no order deporting you from Iraq, and no charge or conviction abroad that could lead to extradition.

    How to avoid it: If any of these might apply to you, ask an Iraqi embassy before you apply, and answer every application question fully and accurately.

  • Turning up expecting a visa on arrival

    Since March 2025, citizens of the UN Security Council permanent members, EU countries, Australia, Canada, South Korea, Japan, Switzerland and New Zealand can no longer get a direct entry visa at the border. They need the e-visa before they travel.

    How to avoid it: Apply for the e-visa before you fly and carry the printout.

  • Incomplete application, especially the address in Iraq

    The ministry's guidance notes that many visa application forms arrive with fields left blank, especially the applicant's address in Iraq.

    How to avoid it: Fill in every field, and give the full address where you will stay in Iraq.

Sources

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