Who needs and doesn’t need a Turkey visa?

If you want to stay in Turkey for up to 90 days, then your stay is short. However, if you need to stay longer than 90 days, your stay becomes long. The rules are the same as the Europe and Schengen area. Determine the length of your stay before applying for a visa or searching for the necessity of the visa.

Nationality

As explained, the visa types come into two types:

1) short-term

2) and long-term.

A few countries are exempt from Turkey’s short-stay visa. It means they can visit the country with their passport or ID card. They can stay in the country for up to a limited time. See the section below to know if you are among these countries or not.

Purpose of your trip

There are different purposes of the visit to a country which defines into visa categories:

• Tourism, visiting friends and family
• Studying
• Work
• Developing business

Depending on the purpose of the visit, there are related visas. Your nationality might be except for the visa for your purpose to visit the country. For instance, a few countries can visit Turkey for tourism for up to 90 days. They don’t need a visa to study in the country for three months as well.

Do you need a Turkey visa?

The list of the countries that are experts from Turkey visas is as follows. See them, then look at the mentioned factors in the above section and find out if you need a visa or not.

If you wish to move to Turkey as a doctor, read our article.

Short-stay visa-free countries

The nationals of the following countries can travel to Turkey with a passport and stay for up to three months:

Asia

Africa

Europe

North America

South America

Oceania

Countries can apply for e-Visa

The following countries are eligible for Turkey’s e-Visa. They can stay for 90 days in six months in the country:

Asia

Africa

Europe

Oceania

North America

South America

Countries eligible for conditional e-Visa

The following list of countries are eligible to apply for Turkey e-Visa yet the single-entry one to visit the country for business or tourism purposes and stay for up to 30 days:

Asia

Africa

Oceania

Long-stay visa

To stay longer than 90 days in Turkey, you need to apply for the appropriate visa. It could be a student, work visa, start-up, etc., depending on the purpose of your visit to the country.

Let’s sum up…

A few countries are exempt from Turkey’s short-stay visas; they don’t need to apply for a visa and can visit the country with their passport. Also, a few countries are eligible for e-Visa, and the application process is online and easy to receive.

The article explained the list of all countries. Remember that you need a visa for a long stay in Turkey.

If you need to know about the specific type of Turkey visa, visit the left sidebar. To know about other countries visas, look at the menu.