You have an appointment and the fee has to be paid in foreign currency. rima makes the payment on your behalf, the fee is 3% and published on this page, and you get the payment receipt in the applicant's name.
Why it's hard
Embassy and visa-centre payment pages do not accept an Iranian card. Appointments also expire: if the fee is not paid by a given date, the slot is released.
So most people ask someone with a foreign card. The problem is not that it fails — it is that no receipt in the applicant's name survives, and if the payment never lands there is nothing to follow up on.
What's in scope
We say it first because some services sell both. Booking the slot, filling the forms and the visa file itself are yours or your lawyer's. What rima does is one specific thing: the amount the embassy asked for, paid in the right currency inside the deadline, with the receipt handed back to you.
How it works
The embassy name, the applicant's name exactly as it appears in the passport, and the passport number. Those three are what the order form asks for.
The Toman equivalent is calculated at the day's rate plus the service fee and shown before you pay. Any Iranian bank card works.
The payment is made to the embassy and its receipt is filed for you. The order status stays in your panel with its date.
Pricing
The exchange rate is the one rima publishes openly on the site — visible before you order, not made up for you. The service fee is separate and listed below.
| Order amount | Fee | Effective rate |
|---|---|---|
| $50 | $1.5 | 3% |
| $80 | $2.4 | 3% |
| $185 | $5.55 | 3% |
| $500 | $15 | 3% |
| $1,000 | $30 | 3% |
| $2,000 | $60 | 3% |
This fee is not tiered and has no floor or ceiling: 3% at $80 is 3% at $2,000. That is why the effective-rate column reads the same on every row.
This table is computed by the same function the checkout uses, so it cannot promise a number the payment won't honour.
Before choosing any service
Together they make the final price, and separating them is the only way to compare honestly. A service that hides one has made comparison impossible. Both of rima's numbers are on the site before you reach the order form: the rate on the home page, the fee in the table above.
Terms
Our commitment ceiling is 24 hours. Embassy payments depend on the embassy's own hours and portal, so unlike instant lines these complete the same day rather than the same minute.
Any embassy or visa centre with a foreign-currency payment page. If you are unsure, ask before ordering — checking costs nothing.
The receipt is issued against the exact name and passport number you entered. That is why getting those two right matters more than speed.
Amount range: From $10 to $2,000 per order. For a family filing above that total, place more than one order.
FAQ
Other fees on the same path
The per-university charge for reviewing your file.
Sending tuition or the acceptance deposit to the university.
Top up a PayPal balance with an Iranian bank card.
Enter the amount and the embassy, and see the final total before you pay.
In most countries the embassy fee buys **consideration** of the file, not the visa — and it is usually non-refundable if the application is refused. That is the embassy's own policy and outside rima's control. What we do guarantee: if the payment is not made, your money comes back.