As of October 15, 2025, consular services available for U.S. citizens in Iran are adjusted.   Routine consular services, including acceptance of applications for Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBA) applications, are no longer available. This change reinforces the travel advice to U.S. citizens:  Do Not Travel to Iran.

For routine consular services, U.S. citizens should visit the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate or return to the United States.

It is possible to issue a U.S. emergency passport to a minor without a corresponding CRBA application. See page: First U.S. Passport Application For U.S. Born Individuals.

Important notice regarding assisted reproductive technology and surrogacy

Assisted reproductive technology (ART) and surrogacy are legal in Iran and some companies are aggressively marketing their services to Western clients. If you are a U.S. citizen considering traveling to Iran to have a child through the use of ART or surrogacy, first carefully review U.S. immigration law. If a child born overseas to a surrogate is not genetically or gestationally related to a U.S. citizen parent or a spouse of a U.S. citizen, the child will not automatically acquire U.S. citizenship at birth and will be unable to obtain travel documents to leave Iran. U.S. authorities will generally request DNA proof of claimed genetic relationship through sample collection by the Foreign Interest Section-contracted physician for transmittal to an authorized lab in the United States and will not accept privately organized DNA tests as proof of relationship. These cases may take weeks or months to resolve and companies promising short stays in Iran should be treated with skepticism. Parents should apply at the Foreign Interests Section for a CRBA for a child physically located in Iran rather than attempting to travel to another country with U.S. representation to seek a CRBA appointment without the child.

U.S. ART and Surrogacy Abroad webpage