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11 Aug 2009
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Hi,
Just a heads up if people are reading here and not in the southern asia section, I too received my authorization number today after a week in the hands of persianvoyages.com. And I'm a Brit!
Cheers,
Ian
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12 Aug 2009
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Originally Posted by idf000
I too received my authorization number today after a week in the hands of persianvoyages.com. And I'm a Brit!
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Well, that was short lived:
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Dear Ian,
I have a bad news for you.
Just now ministry of foreign affairs told us they did a mistake.
Your visa iwas rejected. The visa number that they have given us belongs to another tourist and they sent it to us by mistake.
So your visa is rejected. If you like, you can apply again after 3 months.
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Ho hum.
Cheers,
Ian
Last edited by idf000; 12 Aug 2009 at 11:35.
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22 Aug 2009
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Still waiting
Hi Pete and Caf
Who did you apply through?? We have applied 5 weeks ago and is still waiting
Susanne
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24 Aug 2009
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Just to close this off with no bad feelings, I checked up on the dodge email and it was genuine from an associate of Nasrin of persianvoyages.com.
Checked with the embassy that they got the authorisation and now looking forward to picking up the visa from Athens
Alexandros
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I'm currently on the road to Oz now in Goreme, Cappadoccia, and requested a visa authorisation number from persian voyages over 2 weeks ago. They sent me an email saying that British citizens now may or may not need a tourist guide for their trip so I replied saying do whatever they have to, just get me a visa. I rang up the other day to be told that I now needed a guide and have the feeling that they have just sat on their asses for 2 weeks whilst I have passed through my designated pick up point in Istanbul. They are only now finding out how much a guide will cost me. I am not a happy bunny.
My backup plan is to turn up at the border and try to get a transit visa and maybe invent some story about having a grieving wife waiting for me in Pakistan. Either that or go up and over and fly from Tashkent to Delhi. I am currently travelling with a couple of other Brits who got their visas on the day of the election results. They are now wonderng whether they will get to the border and be told they need a guide.
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apply directly to Iranian embassy
Hi
Has anybody had any good result applying directly to Iranian embassy for visa?? Since we have waited 5 weeks for iranianvisa.com we are getting a bit desperate. We have Danish passports
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7 Sep 2009
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Just had an email from Persian Voyages with my authorisation no! Its been sent to Istanbul but I'm getting it transferred to Erzurum which apparently takes a couple of days. Not cracked open an Efes yet, but I'm getting closer!
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