Sources and what is not confirmed

Official sources, status of each fact, open points.

Status: October 2026. Facts were checked against the official pages and statutes below in October 2026. Where sources conflict or we could not confirm a fact, the text says so in italics.

Main sources

• German Embassy Tehran: visa and waitlist information
• Embassy Tehran: replacement legalisation
• Federal Foreign Office visa portal
• Federal Foreign Office: study visa portal
• Federal Foreign Office: Iran travel and safety advice
• Federal Foreign Office: international document traffic
• HCCH Apostille status table
• Blue Card thresholds 2026 (Federal Employment Agency)
• AufenthG
• BeschV
• AufenthV
• VwGO
• Federal Bank: financial sanctions
• EU Sanctions Map
• anabin (KMK)
• ZAB
• uni-assist: country notes Iran
• Recognition in Germany
• DAAD
• LEA Berlin service 324659
• Make it in Germany
• Statutes also cited: AufenthG §§ 2, 16a, 16b, 16d, 16f, 17, 18a, 18b, 18c, 19c, 20, 20a, 30, 32, 68, 81a; AufenthV § 46; BeschV § 6; VwGO § 74; BMG § 17; StAG § 10

Not confirmed or conflicting

• Embassy Tehran: when appointments for study, family and employment waitlists start; whether Yerevan accepts new applicants.
• Whether a Konkur result or the Pre-University year gives direct university access, and the anabin rating of Iranian schools and universities (only commercial sources found).
• Which Studienkollegs accept B1, and whether TestDaF, Goethe or telc exams can be taken in Iran now (the Goethe partner institute in Tehran reportedly closed in August 2024).
• Which Sperrkonto providers and money-transfer channels work with Iran in practice.
• Military service, exit permission, exit tax and passport rules for Iranian men.
• Whether Iran recognises a second citizenship and how naturalisation in Germany affects Iranian status.
• Whether § 17 visas (training or study place search) are issued in Iran; waiting times for family cases.
• Student health insurance (about €140–150 a month in 2026; look up the insurers' current rate); fees of the Berlin Landesprüfungsamt; how the ZAB verifies Iranian degrees.
• Deadlines of Berlin universities other than FU and TU; which German level employers ask for in practice for an Ausbildung.

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