Originally Posted by CourtFisher

Khan,
A CdP is required to enter your bike into Iran.
Assuming your bike is USA-registered, it would be difficult if not impossible
to enter Iran using your PAK passport riding with a USA-registered vehicle.

As Mehmet says above:
" For Iran, it's better you check on net which passport will give you more official advantage.(Ministry of External Affairs).But ı'm sure Pakistan passport will have more advantage for friendships."

But it's actually a "worse"/ more complicated situation. Iran Ministry will not
issue personal visa to USA-passport holder unless that person is part of an "organized" group or tour arranged through an approved Iran-based travel agent on a pre-approved itinerary. Even if you can afford time & money to make these arrangements, such visa approvals for USA-passport holders also depend a lot on current political climate; very unlikely in current climate.

That leaves your PAK passport as only likely option to enter Iran; and as Mehmet says, you need to find out exact procedure for Iran Ministry to approve visa for PK-passport holder.

That means--in your circumstances--if you are intend to enter & travel inside Iran, the only scenario that might work is:
1) you get Iran visa to enter on your PK passport;
2) you ride USA-registered bike to Turkey-Iran border or nearby city, e.g.
Van, Turkey.
3) you find & leave USA-registered bike in some secure storage in Turkey;
4) you enter Iran and travel inside Iran by alternate public transporation, e.g. bus, taxi or train; returning to wherever you left USA-registered bike.
5) I don't know all the alternate transportation mode details, but I'm quite sure you can also fly or train from Van, Turkey into Iran and return to Turkey;
see, e.g., Turkish Airlines - TK - International Home Page, and Trains Turkey <&mdash;> Iran.

Originally Posted by khan

Great help. i appreciate you guys helping me out here.

have any of you ever heard about Mr. Hossein?
Iran Overland :: Travel to Iran Tabriz

ive heard he helps you get the CDP at the Irani Boarder

ive talked to him a few times and seems like he will be very help full.

as i stated before, if i have to get a CDP for Iran, i cant do the trip as i dont have enough money. i have to either cancel the plan and do it in maybe 5-8 years. or just go right now try to get CDP at border, if i cant then try to change the route. or third option would be to ship the bike somewhere else.

any thoughts on
Iran Overland :: Travel to Iran Tabriz

Originally Posted by CourtFisher

Khan,
No personal experience with Mr. Hossein.
The last specific entry on his website that mentions being able to obtain a CDP at Iranian border/ Barzagan for a USA-registered vehicle is dated 2005.

If you continue to talk with Hossein, I suggest you be absolutely clear about your personal paperwork circumstances, i.e., a combination of USA-registered bike + (if I understand) either USA passport or PAK passport; and that he is able to facilitate/ arrange your personal Iran Visa entry + vehicle CDP entry under these circumstances--at some cost you are able to afford--in today's 2011 political context.

Not saying he can't do it; only that you should be sure he understands your personal situation before you commit to riding all the way to Iran border.

Iran is a wonderful country to ride in, and I hope it works for you.
If Hossein is able to arrange you + bike entry, please post back how it works. Good luck!

Originally Posted by istanbul bisiklet motosiklet

If you pay for it, even King Husseın may come to the border to make your paperworks.

Originally Posted by khan

Great help. i appreciate you guys helping me out here.

have any of you ever heard about Mr. Hossein?
Iran Overland :: Travel to Iran Tabriz

ive heard he helps you get the CDP at the Irani Boarder

ive talked to him a few times and seems like he will be very help full.

as i stated before, if i have to get a CDP for Iran, i cant do the trip as i dont have enough money. i have to either cancel the plan and do it in maybe 5-8 years. or just go right now try to get CDP at border, if i cant then try to change the route. or third option would be to ship the bike somewhere else.

any thoughts on
Iran Overland :: Travel to Iran Tabriz

Originally Posted by dnicoletti

i was in deal with mr. hossein along my first trip to iran (2000). i was at the bazargan border without Carnet, he helped me to solve the problem. we went to the custom chef in Bazargan, where he's explained to the "boss" the misunderstanding with the agency in tehran wich were told me i could had get the carnet at the border. but, obiviously, it wasn't true. the boss trusted mr. hossein, wich was my guarantee with the custom and had the bike data signed on the passport beside the iranian visa. after three weeks i went back to bazargan on the way back to italy and i've paid to mr. hossein 70$ for his own involvment. but entering at the turkey custom i was stuck into no man's land because tehy've requesting me the carnet as they've assumed i had it as i was coming from iran. i was able to convince the officier to check the exit register where my exit was been signed three weeks berfore. it was one of the most thrilling hour of my life...

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