Ministry of Interior

Any Iraqi national or resident reached the legal age is eligible for obtaining a driving licence. The licence is valid for 5 years and must be renewed after its expiry.

This service is to support the citizens/residents to renew their expired drivers licences in order to drive legally.

Any foreign nationals visiting Kurdistan Region of Iraq is eligible for obtaining a Temporary Driving License. This license is valid for one year only.

It is a service to support Returnees who were in abroad for approving their status required by government agencies.

Issuance of residence cards is for spouses (husband and wife) who are one Iraqi and the other foreign.

Issuance of residence cards to foreigners brought to the Kurdistan Region through foreign labor companies, working as domestic servants, this residence card is renewed for six months or one year after that period.

Issuance of residence cards to foreigners who come to the Kurdistan Region through residence and visa companies. After receiving a visit visa, they can apply for a residence card to stay in the Kurdistan Region. This card is valid for six months or one year.

Any foreigner who officially visits the Kurdistan Region through the border points or international airports is initially issued a visa for a period of thirty (30) days Officially have the right to stay in the Kurdistan Region
But If the foreigner wishes to stay in the Kurdistan Region for longer than this period, he/she must apply for a visa extension in order to be officially entitled to stay in the Kurdistan Region.

A document issued to a foreigner resident in the Kurdistan Region to return him to his country, whose passport is not represented or consular in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, if his passport is expired or lost or deformed for any reason or for a newborn child, He doesn't have a passport.