Frequently asked questions about Turkish visa

According to Article 13 of the Law on Foreigners and International Protection, in order to stay in Turkey up to 90 days, the foreigner needs to obtain a visa, which meets the purpose of visit, at the Consulate of the country where the foreigner has the citizenship or is legally located.

You can stay in Turkey maximum 90 days within 180 days with a visa.

If you do not have the right for visa exemption, you can enter to Turkey with applying a visa from the Turkish Foreign Representative Office in any of third countries.

You need to apply to the Turkish Foreign Representatives in your country and apply for an annotated visa (visa with special conditions)application.

After the expiring of the residence permit in Turkey, visa or visa exemption cannot be used without leaving.

This is a situation when a visa application is made to our foreign representatives and forwarded to the our General Directorate and a visa is not given without Internal Affairs Ministry's approval. Therefore it is considered to be a preliminary visa.

The result may be learned from the Turkish Foreign Representative Office where you applied or the applicant can learn the result by contacting YİMER157 line if he/she reaches in person and passes the security questions.

You need to use your visa, which is obtained from the consulate, within 6 months.

E-visa is valid in travels to Turkey for tourist or business purposes. E-visa application is made from the www.evisa.gov.tr website.

Foreigners shall be refused to enter into Turkey whose passport or travel document expires sixty days prior to the expiry date of the visa, visa exemption or the residence permit.

Although it depends on the type of residence permit requested, a residence permit application in Turkey can be made with a border visa.

The Turkish border visa is given maximum for 15 days.

Your situation is evaluated at the border gate you will exit. Pursuant to Article 54 of the Law, a removal decision shall be issued for the ones who overstayed their visa or the visa exemption period for more than ten days or, whose visas are cancelled. However, those who make a visa infringement of less than 10 days are allowed to leave, provided that they pay the fine. Pursuant to Article 54 of the Law 6458 no removal decision will be made.

A person is not able to apply for an e-visa within Turkey. If the person wants to continue stay in the country, he/she is required to apply for a residence permit.

You need to have a passport or passport substitute document at least 60 days longer than you will stay.

The result may be learned from the Turkish Foreign Representative Office where you applied or the applicant can learn the result by contacting YİMER157 line if he/she reaches in person and passes the security questions.

Visa applications are made to the consulate in the country where the foreigner has the citizenship or is legally located. Applications can also be made electronically. Visa applications are resulted within ninety days at the latest. This period starts from the completion of the requested documents by the foreigner.

Foreigners shall be refused to enter into Turkey, who would refuse to pay receivables, originating from overstaying the duration of visa or a previous residence permit duration.

Countries that are exempted from residence permit fees and countries exempted from a single entry visa fee are determined by the Ministry in accordance with the reciprocity principle. A single entry visa fee is not taken as a result of having paid visa fees from foreign representatives by entering with a special type of visa or / or stamp visa application for foreigners entering Turkey. However, the foreigners entering our country without paying visa fees within the scope of visa exemption between the two countries and since they do not pay visa fees, a single entry visa fee is taken during the residence permit applications.