According to the news on the website of the Ministry of Interior, National Organization for Migration, in coordination with one of the banks in Iran, has recently launched a new financial scheme for foreign nationals. Participating in this scheme is voluntary and allows participants to invest financial deposits into the country’s plans for infrastructure and industries. Those participating in the scheme will have access to privileged services, benefits, and facilities such as different types of insurances, as well as a residence permit.  According to the announcement by the National Organization for Migration, non-participation in this scheme solely indicates lack of interest to receive the privileged facilities offered by this scheme. 

Please be vigilant of potential fraudulent messages and/or actions on depositing money to unknown entities or individuals and only rely on the instructions officially issued by the National Organization for Migration.

More information will be communicated as soon as available.

As announced by Public Relations of NOM, from 19 December 2023, tertiary students should visit SAHMA portal at www.irmigrationorg.ir to obtain Yekta code and register their info in order to benefit from services. For more information please visit: https://eitaa.com/sazmanmelimohajerat/488

According to the Kefalat Centers Association:

For the attention of those included in the family passport plan for foreign nationals and immigrants who have one of the following conditions:

1. Family passport holders with visa extension valid until 21.12.2023
2. Family passport holders who missed previous extensions (under certain conditions; please inquire from your respective Kefalat center)

The above-mentioned individuals should approach their respective Kefalat centers from 11.12.2023 for the extension of visas.

It should be noted that for visa extension, passports should be valid until 20.3.2025.

For more info, please visit: Kefalat Centers Association

“The registration [deadline] for foreign national and migrant students on NOM SAHMA portal is extended for 30 days.
In view of the request by foreign national and migrant students regarding opening SAHMA portal for registration of students who were not successful in previous [windows of] opportunities, this portal will be open from 9 December 2023 to 8 January 2023. Students with valid residence permits can visit the student page on this portal to register. Respected BAFIAs’ and schools’ directors should disseminate information to those who were not successful with their registration on SAHMA portal; therefore, they attempt to register in the provided [window of] opportunity.
Registration on SAHMA portal with the web address of www.irmigrationorg.ir is online, and there is no need to attend in person.

According to a notice published on the BAFIA website, individuals holding Headcount slips issued by Pishkhan centers (White slips) who are residing in authorized areas shall approach Kefalat centers until 23 November 2023 to register their information in Headcount systems and for recognition, according to a circular by NOM. It is worth mentioning that after the mentioned deadline slips issued by Pishkhan centers will become invalid.

The registration of foreign national students in the SAHMA web portal of the National Organization for Migration is extended for 10 days

According to the Public Relations Office of the National Organization for Migration, based on the request of foreign national students with valid residence permits to extend the deadline for those students who missed registering in SAHMA, the web portal will be open from 13 November 2023 to 21 November 2023.

Students with valid residence permits can submit their request in the student section of the web portal.

The online registration in the SAHMA web portal will be available via this link: www.irmigrationorg.ir 

The Universal Public Health Insurance (UPHI) scheme is the only public health insurance scheme available for the documented refugee population. Enrollment for UPHI takes place only at Pishkhan Centers contracted with Iran Health Insurance Organization (IHIO) countrywide.

If you are contacted by anyone besides National Organization for Migration (NOM) UNHCR and IHIO, please be informed that this possibly is an insurance fraud. If this happens, please immediately report the incident to UNHCR for further follow up with NOM and IHIO. Do not disclose any personal information or transfer any amount to unknown callers.

For more information, please call IHIO’s dedicated operator for UPHI (dialing #1666), refer to National Organization for Migration provincial offices or contact UNHCR helpline operator (dialing #021-88057201).

Here you can also find more information on other ways to contact UNHCR: https://help.unhcr.org/iran/en/contact

According to the instructions for registration of foreign students, all foreign students should register on SAHMA portal (belonging to National Organization for Migration) to obtain the education permit, and after 48 hours use the below methods to finalize their registration at schools.

For registering Yekta code of foreign nationals in grade two (2) to 12 and those who failed to pass the first grade there are two (2) ways:

1. Electronic method: Student logs in my.medu.ir with student code (username) and Birthday in Persian calendar (Password), [clicks on] entering information for foreign nationals, and registers Yekta code.
2. In-person method: Approaching the school, registering Yekta code by the director on SIDA through director’s menu, facilities, editing foreign national information (the list of foreign national students of school are shown).

For registering foreign national in the first grade:

1. Electronic method: Parents logging in my.medu.ir through the Government portal, going to examination for entering [school] icon and registering the child Yekta code (obtained from SAHMA [portal]), going to pre-registration icon and proceeding with the procedure.
2. In-person method: approaching school with the examination result paper. In the first [step]: the school director logs in Examination for entering [schools] portal (through my.medu.ir), searches the identity code of the student (for examination) and registers Yekta code in front of it.

Then: The school director logs in pre-registration portal from SIDA (initial operation menu, pre-registration operation, pre-registration) and registers the child with Yekta code.

Considering the start of the regulation plan for foreign nationals and refugees in the country and also the start of the school enrollment period, the National Migration Organization has designed and launched a smart system (SAHMA) in which all stages of the student enrollment process are carried out. Since the mentioned system is being tested and evaluated, once it is finalized, all student registration procedures will be completed online. In coordination with the Ministry of Education, the National Organization for Migration of the Ministry of Interior requests all families of foreign students to register their school-aged children by referring to the http://irmigrationorg.ir platform, starting next week.

Public relations of the National Migration Organization

The text messages sent on the topic of receiving a temporary ID card from Kefalat Centers are fake.

According to the announcement of the Director General of the Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants Affairs of the National Migration Organization, it hereby informs all foreign nationals and immigrants in Tehran province that the text messages [claiming to be] by Kefalat Centers to approach these Centers for submitting an application and receive a temporary ID card is fake.

It should be noted that any text messages that have not been issued by the National Migration Organization, the Director General of Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants Affairs of the National Migration Organization of the Ministry of Interior, provincial BAFIAs, and Kefalat Centers are fake with the purpose of abusing foreign nationals.  (like to the original announcement)