Turkey Visa Requirements

The Turkey e-Visa allows a more accessible way to travel to Turkey for tourism, business, or transit purposes. By enabling online application and online issuance, the Turkish e-Visa is a quick and easy process, for all citizens eligible to apply for a Turkey e-Visa and travel to Turkey. In just a few simple steps, eligible applicants can submit their e-Visa online without having to go to a Turkish consular representation abroad in order to apply. A Turkey e-Visa is usually issued within 48 hours from the date of application.

The requirements you will need to meet to apply for a Turkey e-Visa depend on your nationality. While everyone who requires a visa to enter Turkey will need to provide the same basic requirements, some passport holders will be asked to provide additional requirements and details regarding their planned trip to Turkey. Regardless of the level of requirements you are asked to provide, all e-Visa applications can be easily applied for online and processed quickly.

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Who Can Apply for Turkey e-Visa?

Unless you are a citizen of a visa-exempt country, you must apply for a visa prior to travel to Turkey.

Depending on the nationality of the Turkish e-Visa applicant, some nationalities are required to provide just the basic requirements, while other nationalities are required to provide further additional requirements in addition to the basic requirements.

Please check below to know whether you are eligible to apply for the Turkey e-Visa, which requirements you are required to provide, or whether you are exempt from obtaining a Turkey visa altogether.

Turkey Visa Requirements

Applicants who are eligible to apply for the Turkey e-Visa by submitting only “basic requirements” will most likely be permitted a multiple-entry Turkey e-Visa. The number of days a multiple-entry e-Visa permits a traveler to be in Turkish territories is usually 90 days. However, travelers of some nationalities may only be allowed in Turkish territory for 30 days with a multi-entry e-Visa, yet still only need to submit the general Turkey e-Visa requirements. 

The following requirements are for all applicants eligible to apply for the Turkey e-Visa by providing only basic requirements:

Passport

A passport that will be valid for a minimum of 60 days after the approved and stipulated duration of stay in Turkey.

Credit card

A credit/debit card to pay the visa fee.

Email

A valid email address.

Please note that you will also need to comply with the temporary requirement of submitting a ‘Form for Entry to Turkey’ including a negative PCR test that must be completed a minimum of 72 hours before the time of departure.

Citizens of the following countries are eligible for the Turkey e-Visa by submitting only the basic requirements:

Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Australia
Bahamas Bahrain Barbados
Bermuda Canada Dominican Republic
East Timor Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus Grenada
Hong Kong (BN(O)) Jamaica Maldives
Mauritius Mexico Oman
Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saudi Arabia
South Africa Suriname United States of America
United Arab Emirates
Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia
Australia
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Bermuda
Canada
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus
Grenada
Hong Kong (BN(O))
Jamaica
Maldives
Mauritius
Mexico
Oman
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Suriname
United States of America
United Arab Emirates

Turkey e-Visa Additional Requirements

Applicants for the Turkey e-Visa of certain nationalities will be required to submit “Additional Requirements”, in addition to the basic requirements listed above. These requirements vary from nationality to nationality and are required, in addition, to the basic requirements listed above. Note that some nationalities may only be asked to provide some of the following additional requirements, and not all of them. You can find out which Turkey application requirements correspond to your country by entering your nationality into the [Turkey e-Visa application form]. If an applicant needs to provide additional requirements, this usually means they will be eligible for a single-entry Turkey e-Visa, which allows no more than 30 days in Turkey.

The additional requirements include, but are not binding or limited to, the following:

Accommodation

Proof of an accommodation (eg. a hotel reservation).

Tickets

Booked travel through Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs approved airlines. These airlines vary depending on the traveler’s nationality and country of origin. Travellers can find out which airlines correspond to them, after entering their nationality into the application system online.

Visa

A valid, physical visa or resident permit from a Schengen country, the United Kingdom, Ireland, or the United States of America.

Funds

Proof of sufficient financial capacity for entire stay in Turkey (approx. $50 for each day).

Citizens of the following countries are eligible for the Turkey e-Visa by submitting both basic and additional requirements:

Afghanistan Algeria Bangladesh
Bhutan Cambodia Cape Verde
China Egypt Equatorial Guinea
Fiji India Iraq
Libya Nepal Pakistan
Palestine Philippines Senegal
Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Taiwan
Vanuatu Vietnam Yemen
Afghanistan
Algeria
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Cambodia
Cape Verde
China
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Fiji
India
Iraq
Libya
Nepal
Pakistan
Palestine
Philippines
Senegal
Solomon Islands
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Vanuatu
Vietnam
Yemen

Countries Not Eligible for the Turkey e-Visa

Citizens from certain countries are not eligible to apply for the Turkey e-Visa. However, they may still apply for a visa to travel to Turkey using the traditional “sticker” application method, requiring the applicant to apply in person at a Turkish consular representation abroad. This visa is known as a “sticker visa” and is issued with a physical sticker in the applicant’s travel document. Note that the Turkey visa requirements for a Turkey sticker visa can differ from the requirements for Turkey e-Visas.

Citizens of the following countries are not eligible for the Turkey e-Visa:

Angola Anguilla Aruba
Benin Botswana Burkina Faso
Burundi Cameroon Cayman Islands
Central African Republic Chad Comoros
Congo Congo (Dem. Rep.) Cook Islands
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Cuba Djibouti
Dominica Eritrea Ethiopia
Faroe Islands Gabon Gambia
Ghana Greenland Guadeloupe
Guam Guinea Guinea-Bissau
Guyana Haiti Kenya
Kiribati Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Laos
Lesotho Liberia Madagascar
Malawi Mali Marshall Islands
Martinique Mauritania Mayotte
Micronesia Mozambique Myanmar
Namibia Nauru New Caledonia
Niger Nigeria Norfolk Island
Palau Papua New Guinea Puerto Rico
Reunion Rwanda Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Somalia
South Sudan Sudan Swaziland
Syria Tanzania Togo
Tonga Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu Uganda Zambia
Zimbabwe
Angola
Anguilla
Aruba
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Cook Islands
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Cuba
Djibouti
Dominica
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Faroe Islands
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Greenland
Guadelope
Guam
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of
Laos
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mayotte
Micronesia
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
New Caledonia
Niger
Nigeria
Norfolk Island
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Puerto Rico
Reunion
Rwanda
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Syria
Tanzania
Togo
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Countries Exempt from the Turkey Visa

Turkey exempts citizens of certain countries from requiring a visa to travel to Turkey. If you qualify as a visa-exempt traveler, you do not need to apply for a Turkey visa to travel to Turkey and can stay in Turkish territory for up to 90 days within the 180-day period.

Citizens of the following countries are exempt from entering Turkey with a visa and need not apply for the Turkey e-Visa:

Albania Andorra Argentina
Austria Azerbaijan Belarus
Belgium Belize Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Brunei
Bulgaria Chile Colombia
Costa Rica Croatia Czech Republic
Denmark Ecuador El Salvador
Estonia Finland France
Georgia Germany Greece
Guatemala Honduras Hong Kong(S.A.R)
Hungary Iceland Indonesia
Iran Ireland Israel
Italy Japan Jordan
Kazakhstan Korea, Republic of Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan Kuwait Latvia
Lebanon Liechtenstein Lithuania
Luxembourg Macao Macedonia
Malaysia Malta Moldova
Monaco Mongolia Montenegro
Morocco Netherlands New Zealand
Nicaragua Norway Panama
Paraguay Peru Poland
Portugal Qatar Romania
Russian Federation Saint Kitts and Nevis San Marino
Serbia Seychelles Singapore
Slovakia Slovenia Spain
Sweden Switzerland Tajikistan
Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Ukraine United Kingdom
Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican
Venezuela
Albania
Andora
Argentina
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
El Salvador
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Guatemala
Honduras
Hong Kong(S.A.R)
Hungary
Iceland
Indonesia
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Korea, Republic of
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao
Macedonia
Malaysia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Norway
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Saint Kitts and Nevis
San Marino
Serbia
Seychelles
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Tajikistan
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vatican
Venezuela

Turkey visa FAQ

The documents required for a Turkish sticker visa include: a valid passport, two passport photos, a completed and signed Turkish Visa application form, a return or roundtrip airline ticket, proof of financial means during stay in Turkey, certified proof of occupation, proof of accommodation, medical insurance coverage. The documents required for a Turkish e-Visa include: a valid passport, a valid email address, and a credit/debit card to pay the Turkey visa fee. Please note that some nationals are required to present additional documents while applying for a Turkish e-Visa online.

The Turkey e-Visa online application is a quick process, but you are advised to apply at least 48 hours before your trip. The Turkey sticker visa process takes more time, so you are advised to apply at least one month before travel. In all cases, it is recommended to start the application process early, in case of delays or unforeseen circumstances.
No, a COVID-19 test is not required. Travel to Turkey is permitted without a COVID-19 pcr test, quarantine, or vaccination certificate. However, it is recommended that travelers check Turkey’s COVID-19 entry requirements prior to travel, as conditions may be subject to change.