Noordoz - Iran-Armenia border | Customs and Immigration

TRUCK 12 TONES - FRENCH
WAY IRAN => ARMENIA

IRAN SIDE :
First when you cross the gate you will show all your documents and after that you take the way to the exit (all the office are at the exit gate). Park and go to the first office in the middle of lots of truck. He will check you cpd and passport. Behind this office there is an other office where they manage the stamp on your CPD. They ask copy of visa - passeport - CPD iran page - car document. You can do this copy in an other office 300m before they will show you where and it's free. After that go back to the cpd office and finish this. Next to this office you have to go to the passenger hall for your exit stamp. After that you are ready to go to the final check and cross the bridge. BUT they ask us at that final step the Petrol document ... just to bother us because everybody know that you don't have to pay diesel taxe ( maybe for commercial truck but not tourist..) . We ran everywhere but nobody want to give us this paper without a bank paiement ( from an iranian account of course .. ). So we were a bit upset about this situation so we go back to the CPD office and say to the manager that we have a problem with the police man on the exit gate .. finaly he come with us and say to this man that everything's is okay, we have cpd and we are tourist so no taxe for us and he let us go....

ARMENIAN SIDE :

First they check you passeport at the entrance. They check a bit inside but really fast. After that you have to go strait to the main building. Go counter 3/4 for the temporary import. They put all your information in the computer. When finish she give u a paper to pay at the bank the "ecologic taxe". The counter of the bank is just next and you have an ATM just behind. Total taxe : 9850 dram. Go back after pay to the counter 3/4. Then when finish paper go to Xray. BEWARE : WE SAW MANYYYY JERRICAN/TANK IN THE SIDE OF THE XRAY. WE THINK THAT YOU ARE NOT ALOWED TO TAKE DIESEL FROM IRAN TO ARMENIA...
We pass through the xray with some jerrican in our truck but they don't see it maybe we were lucky..
At the end of this point, drive to  the exit, last check and go out :)

Sim card : 5000 dram - 7 gb
Assurance on line : aswa.am : 3000 dram - 10 days

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Boarder crossing from Armenia to Iran.
Everything went super smooth on both sides. Armenian side 40 min. We would be faster, if we not had to pay a traffic fine. I needed to walk all way back and make a payment of 2500 dram for to fast driving in Yeveran.
Iran Side, everybody super friendly and helpful. We didn't needed to wait on no points. Also for the copy's which you need to make, we doesn't need to pay.
No X-RAY and no searching of the van!
After two hours we was done and free to go!

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Very easy, from Armenia into Iran only took one hour, customs, carnet, and all. Had to park the bike before the gate into Iran, walk to the 'passenger hall' to get entry stamp. Then proceed to customs, a small builting on the right. Then weave through the maze of trucks and find the exit gate for a final carnet check. No petrol station for about 30 kilometers on the Iranian side, and the first one was out of petrol. Only in Jolfa I could fill up.

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Iran -> Armenia (with a camper truck)

Iran:
- no Diesel tax
- no problem, that we hadn't change number plats (nobody asked about)
- no searching in the car
- no fee for anything
- all are very friendly
- some discussion about our car extension (staytime), because the customs in Yazd addresses Razi border in the letter of confirmation (Razi was our entry border). So they first say, that we have to go to Razi border.

Armenia:
- officers were friendly
- searched 3 times (at different places) our car. Looked in every wardrobe and every storage box outside. But we didn't have to take anything out.
- Each car gots XRayed.

Important: You have to go in the passenger hall and have to do the paperwork before drive in the XRay, although you reach the XRay first...
- start with counter 3 or 4. You don't have to fill a form today, they do it in the system and print it.
- pay the taxes at the bank counter (at the backside of the bank counter is an ATM. Rate was okay and no fee with German DKB-Visa). We had to pay 9850 AMD.
- with the paper from bank counter go back to counter 3 or 4. They finished the process.
- Drive through XRay.
- Drive to the next place for manual search.
- Drive to the gate for going out (3rd search)

After border gate, you can by car insurance on the left side. even sim-card (U3). but we bought simcard in the village (MTS)

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The crossing was fairly smooth. Infact the quickest and fastest. I was in and out within an hour. At the Armenia border, i had to park the car and take a couple of my bags to have them checked and once that was done i went over to immigration, where they exit stamped my passport and then i was on the way to the iran side. All the officers at the iran side were extremely friendly and told me what to do exactly. First i had to go to immigration and have my visa letter stamped for entry to iran, later i went back to my vehicle and then went to the officier in the white cabin and gave him my carnet and car log book and thats all. The rest was all done for me and they told me that i can exit.

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I crossed from Armenia to Iran on an Iranian public holiday. Exit Armenia super smooth: Show passport at gate, they will open it and say to park your car immediately behind it. Then send you to second window of this little building. Afterwards you go with your car to the next building. Enter on the ground floor and on the right there is desk for exiting passengers with cars. The check documents and car but not extensively. Then drive again trough a fence and you pass the X-ray for the arriving trucks from Iran. After that there is a stop where you have to show your passport for exit stamps. They checked the car again but even less intense then the first time. Took more time talking about German football clubs then searching the car.
Cross the bridge. At the end of the bridge the guard just let me trough without getting out of his small building. After the bridge at the gate is a building we’re you stop in front. They tell you to go by foot to passenger hall (50m) and get your visa stamped. Afterwards go back to them. They write your name and carnumber in a big book. Then pass the fence and go to the building on the right. Show your carnet and they will guide you thought. I was brought to a container to get my informations in the system, then brought to the copyshop, then to the carnet stamping and afterwards to the customs building again to get a paper which you need for exiting the border. Now you can continue to the exit of the border. After passing the commercial hall turn right for that.
Nobody asked for vaccination certificate.
Nobody asked for PCR-Test.
Nobody asked for money for the copies they made.
They did not even look into my car on Iranian side.
All together super smooth. Armenian and Iranian side together took me online two hours.

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Upon advice from locals, I rode from Tabriz - Jolfa - Norduz. This is a better road compared to the mountain road as Google Maps suggested. The view after Jolfa to Norduz along the river which separates Iran and West Azerbaijan is beautiful.
At Norduz, first you need to give your carnet to an officer at the small office with a gate written Norduz Terminal. After that, rode another 300m to Passenger Hall to stamp your passport. Then to another building at the back of Passenger Hall to the customs. Follow the officer to another building for the customs process. You need to photostat your passport & visa. Finally back to the customs office for quick inspection on the bike. 1 hr 15 mins to finish here.
Then, cross the bridge to Armenia. A military official asks for your passport. At the other side, stop at a small office. Officer asks for passport, visa & bike registration. It took me 1 hour here standing under the sun. I thought the officer did both (immi & customs) but actually no. Another officer asked to check my top box. I thought it's done, but not yet.
Next is customs. Need to go inside the building, scan myself, helmet & pouch bag. If you drive a car or bigger vehicles, you need to xray your vehicle. After that, register at counter 3. Took forever for the young officer who perhaps is new to the job. Then paid 5800 dram at counter 1. There's an ATM machine behind counter 1. After that, back to counter 3 and you will be given a paper. Back to the bike, show paper to security. They inspected my motorbike THOROUGHLY. All bags, all box & panniers. I was angry. Once finished, I rode my bike to the gate, an officer asked to check my passport and papers again. Then only I can exit the border. Here, 2 hours wasted
TOTAL: 3 hrs 15mins e

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Armenia to Iran:
We heard different information of a PCR Test is needed to enter Iran. We have not been asked to show a PCR test.

For us it took longer to get out of Armenia then getting into Iran. All in all 2,5 hours on a Thursday morning.

When entering the Passenger Hall (Iranian side) to have your passport stemped, there was a guy sitting right behind the entrance. I don't think he is an official guy but he wanted to sell health insurance and let us only go after checking that we have an insurance.

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We passed the border coming out of Iran and entering Armenia. Iran was fast because we passed on a holiday day and best we got help from a real official who helped us during the process. We paid no fee. Armenia side is more time consuming because of feeding fees for our truck. We pay about 20 €. We did our PRC tests in Tabriz / Iran and we received via WhatsApp 24h later. There are many laboratories paid 3500000rials.

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Entered Iran with car.
Armenia exit very easy and friendly, I was only car there, very light check of vehicle.

Iran, cross bridge. Stop and give passports to guards (they called us to skip all locals). Then we needed to go to passenger terminal by foot (50m) and we get stamps there. No questions asked.

As driver I returned to car, they open gate and go through. Go right, there will be one very unofficial looking guy who check car very fast and asked if we transport any alcohol. Again zero issues. They send us forward and you should stop at building on right side.

Inside ask people where to manage carnet. You need: carnet, passport and one copy, car papers copy, visa paper copy. You can make copies there for less than dollar, but have small dram/rial or one dollar/euro. We waited 45 minutes and got the papers to go to Jolfa to get iranian plates. We went to Jofla but they said we dont need plates and we went.

Exchange on border was 110k rial for 1usd, in Tabriz rate is 116k.

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Iran to Armenia
Armenia is member of Eurasia Custom Union. That means you can get Temporary Import Permit up to one year. Here you have to indicate this twice. Otherwise it can happen that you get only three month.

Long version ;-)

Iran exit:
At the gate: They put you in the computer.
Passenger hall: Police stamp your visa exit.
>>Tell them you are on a vehicle and ask for stamp.<<
Driver go back to vehicle. Passenger continue to the other side of the building.
Drive vehicle around left side: Get the carnet stamped and maybe meet passenger at the police control in front of bridge.
We had to return to the passenger hall: Police forgot exit stamp 😳.

Armenia entry
After gate control: park in front of passenger hall. Pass passport control and metal detector (they even searched our purse).

You reach counter 3. Get custom formular here and sign that you are informed of mandatory insurance.
>>Tell the custom period you need.<<

As Armenia is member of Eurasia (Russian) Custom Union it is possible to get up to one year. Standard is three month.

Fill in Surename, first name, middle name, country of residence, nationality, passport no., arriving from: Iran, leaving to: Armenia. Framed field: vehicle registration no., model, body no. (see pictures for english formular)

Change to entry side where you find counter 7. >>Here is very important to tell if you need longer than 3 month.<< Write the end date and show it. Here your data will be registered to Eurasia Custom Union database. Here they ask for engine volume and year of release.

Change to bank counter (exit side again) and pay 9450 AMD (3750 emission tax, 5500 custom fee, 2x 100 bank comission). It is much cheaper by Dram. As mentioned before: There is an ATM around the corner in the passenger exit hall.

Go back to counter 7, sign your custom paper and take it.

If they made the wrong date (in our case) you can get an adress in Eriwan to extend your TIP or you can ask them for closing the custom case and make a new one (what we suggested and they agreed). For secound option you have to pay 9450 AMD again. 🙈

Go back to metal detector and pass the entry gates backwards 🤔. You have to tell them you are the driver and your vehicle is on the other side.

For scan of vehicle drive to the left side. Get a stamp for profing xray. Drive back to gate on the right side. Get searched first time, then go back again into the boarder building for secound search. Somebody from the metal detector guys will follow you to the vehicle. Get a stamp for proof beeing searched.

At the gate the will check all again and write vehicle data into the "big" book.

Leave boarder area. Don't forget to pick up your passenger 😜. Get insurance at the left side. Minimum 10 day are obligatory. Cost 5.000 AMD.  They also sell sim cards.

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From Iran to Armenia. A big mess with the trucks to find our way but not to bad for the paper. In Armenia it was quiet fast. No checking car.

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Do not enter on a Friday by car. As stated in the comments before you need Iranian license plates which you cannot get on a Friday. We had to spend the night there. Next day we could apply for the plates and do the import paperwork. You do not get the plates at the border, you need to get them in a (traffic) police station (Jolfa or Tabriz). Count on at least half a day of work. Get your insurance before you apply for plates or they'll send you back.

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from Iran to Armenia ;

both side, a big mess.
be patient.
iranian side: we paid nothing. no control of the car. make sure they do sign your CPD.
armenian side : we paid 9450 dram for environnemental tax road something like this! ATM behind the Bank desk. be more than patient

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Yesterday I entered to Iran border check heading to Armenia. First of all it is not properly marketed. I passed 2 times around I found entrance. At the gate also chaotic enter. Most of the officers don't speak English. I came after 5pm and first 45 min finished all but then at last gate before bridge my documents cant be signed to system. Probably because I extended my transit for motorbike from 7 to another 20 days extra. after 2 hour they informed me have to stay till next day. no hotel around so I slept in tent. Next day they told me give me your documents. But all documents stayed previously night in office. They lost it. Now I waiting to solve the problem.
Fortunately I have all documents pictures.

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We crossed this border from Armania to Iran with our Land Cruiser HDJ80 (4.2l).

The Armenian side was chaotic. We first needed to hand in the custom paper from the car which they gave back with ‘a word’ written in Armenian on the back. Next the passengers needs to go to the passport desk and the driver with the car to the checkpoint. The car was inspected lightly. To leave the place I needed to show ‘the word’ on the custom paper several times. But, when showing the word, they opened the gate.

Iranian side was really a paper disaster. Stop the car after the bridge. All persons go to passenger hall and scan your passports (they don’t stamp the passport anymore). Then at the end of the bridge, the passport numbers are written in ‘the big book’. Next we could go with the car to the custom building. The car was not even opened to check. Then we wanted the carnet to stamp, so we needed to take copies of the carnet, owner passport and car passport. It took an hour at least to stamp it. But then they made another document to be able to get a ‘temporary license plate’ at the police in Jolfa. After getting all the papers we could go, but to be able to exit the domain we needed another paper. We went back to the first checkpoint where it appeared that they needed to register something. Even then it was not ok at the exit.. we went several times back and forward to finally we could exit the domain with a written paper. Beware the custom service working hours are till 4pm Iranian time.

To get the temporary license plate we went the day after to the traffic police in Jolfa. After entering, we were showed a paper listing another 9 horrible administrative steps you need to do (all in Persian). We needed to have car insurance (ok!) and make a payment in the bank (125.000 rial). Opening hours from the police is Sunday till Thursday from 8am till 12am. And you would need to bring the plate back to the police at the end of your stay. We were there on Thursday at noon... no way we would spent another 3 days in Jolfa for useless administration. We payed a lot of money for the carnet which is suppose to make this steps easier and we had a visa for 30 days we want to spend visiting the country. We went on without temporary licence plate..

We heard from locals the rule about cars exceeding 2500cc engine is cancelled. And the fact that our car was exceeding this was never mentioned at the customs service.

Good luck!

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When entering (or exiting) Iran pay attention if you have all stamps in your Carnet because at this border they don’t know how to stamp Carnets...
We entered Iran there and they forgot the big stamp on the back of the white paper slip. When exiting, we got in deep trouble because of this (how could we know there needs to be mire than the stamp on the white part?).
Also when extending your Carnet in Iran, this stamp needs to be extended, not only the field on the carnet. We got stuck 2 days because of the missing stamp...
When finally exiting here, they stamped the carnet on phantasy places and canceled one page by mistake. :-(
They don’t know how to handle carnets, so keep your eyes on every step they do...

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We crossed the border from Armenia into Iran with our Landcruiser HZJ78

Armenian side was chaotic. First check was ok, but at the second check there were officers, all saying different things to us. Very disorganized. At some point we were told to get back in the car and we could pass everyone else and got through relatively easy!

After the Armenian part you cross the bridge towards the Iranian side of the border. They checked visa and our car lightly. Very friendly people. Both driver and passenger had to go through the passport control first in customs terminal. We left our car in front of the Iranian border at the end of the bridge.

After this, we went to a different building. (When you exit the customs terminal go to the right 75m) and in this office building we got a temporary carnet, Iranian version through Hossein’s service. We don’t have the official CDP.

NOTE: recently, new laws have been introduced that prohibit cars and motorcycles with engines bigger than 2500cc to enter Iran! With or without official CDP, does not matter. A guy from germany with a CDP got rejected few days ago and he was send back to Armenia because of this.

Our guy at the customs tried really hard to get us through. I guess it also depends on the officers that will handle your case, what mood they are in, and if they are in for a bribe. We got really lucky, after 5 hours waiting we were told that we could enter Iran with our car for as long as our visa’s are valid! (Some people only get 7 days with their car)

One guy who spoke english told us that we were the first ones to enter with our car since the introduction of these laws. Tourist and travel agencies are trying hard to get rid of these laws. It changes all the time. Maybe from now on things are getting better again, but it is not guaranteed. Good luck!

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we payed 9500, they said that it is an eco taxe. There is an ATM (visa and mastercard) just behind the office.

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From Armenia to Iran on Motorcycle. Very smooth, buying Insurance (2.000.000 IRR, paid 34 USD for 3 Months) took longest. Nice and friendly people, especially on the iranian side.

Truckers left their fuel cannisters, so I guess you are not allowed to bring them into Iran.

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We crossed the border from Iran to Armenia with our camping truck.
It took the whole day. Many officers on both sides were very slowly and lazy and badly organized.
Especially the Armenian border works like in Soviet times.
But the good thing is: we paid nothing at the Iranian border and only 10.000 Dram at the Armenian border. No diesel tax, no road tax, only these 10.000 for... something.

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Crossed from Armenia into Iran. Whole process took more than two hours, despite it not being busy. Armenia side wasn’t quick but Iran side was all very slow. It took them almost an hour to stamp the Carnet. No idea why. But in the end we made it through :)
Money exchange is in the passport control building.
No possibility to buy insurance on the Iranian side in Norduz at the moment. We bought insurance at the customs office in Jolfa (Azerbaijan bridge). Around 30€/month. (See our add at that location)

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Going from Armenia to Iran by motorcycle was easy and free. Entering iran we got help of someone working there showing us where we should go and what we should do. We gotten the carnet already so we only needed a stamp. There is no possibility to by an insurance at the Iranian side (a lot of motorcycle overlanders travel without in iran) only possibility to exchange money (also dram).

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Exiting Iran was easy and quick and free.
Entering Armenia we had to pay 42 USD for road tax.
Not busy at all.
There is an insurance company just after the gate on the left. 11'000 AMD (~28usd) for 10 days.

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