IRIMC & the Embassy of the Republic of France in Tehran came to an agreement to facilitate the procedures of France visa appointment for Iranian health care professionals in a collaborative protocol that starts on first of October 2014- the first ever to be performed in Iranian Medical Council.

The protocol that have been set between IRIMC Department of International Affairs and the Scientific Section of the French Embassy is as follows: 1) The scientific section can facilitate the procedures of appointments for visa. The visa section for the French embassy remains responsible for the final decision of the visa. The link for the Embassy of the Republic of France in Iran which informs you about documents that should be submitted to visa section: http://www.ambafrance-ir.org/-Visas-pour-la-France,86

2) A request of appointment must be sent at least five weeks before the departure. About three weeks are needed to get an appointment and about two weeks are needed for the administrative procedure of visa (short term duration).  

3) IRIMC should send the passport copies of visa applicants as well as the documents that verify a congress or related event would be held on France.

4) The scientific section would inform IRIMC about the appointments for visa applicants. 5) Iranian health care professionals should meet all of the following criteria

a)      They should be registered by IRIMC

b)      They should aim to participate in congresses & short-term educational courses held in France

c)       The should be well aware that this procedure does not include their companions

d)      And they should thoroughly follow the process of issuing visa which is described as follows :

          All necessary documents for granting a visa should be submitted to the French Embassy.

          IRIMC would just refer the documents needed for getting appointment to scientific section.

6) An assessment of this procedure will be done after six months.

The procedure starts from first of October 2014.

IRIMC registered dentists who aim to take advantage of this protocol; can easily check the ADF (Association Dentaire Française) website to be informed about dental events that would be held on France: http://www.adf.asso.fr/fr/le-congres

 For more information please contact us:

Tel: +9821-84138305/ +9821-84138355 E-mail: IntlAffairs@irimc.org