Frequent asked questions Turkey visa

Whether you need an e-visa for Turkey depends on your nationality. For example, Dutch citizens are exempt from obtaining an e-visa for Turkey. Check our application form to see if your nationality is eligible to apply for an e-visa for Turkey.

No, it is no longer possible to purchase an e-visa at the airport. If you want to enter Turkey, you must apply for an e-visa online in advance.

An e-visa can only be applied for online. To apply for the e-visa, simply fill out our online application form on this website. After filling in you will be redirected to our payment page from where you can pay quickly and easily with iDeal, Paypal, Bancontact or Credit card.

As soon as the payment has been made, we will process your request. You will always receive an e-mail within 72 hours (also check your junk mail folder) stating whether your e-visa has been approved or rejected.

You can apply for the e-visa for Turkey even before you have booked your flight tickets or accommodation. Typically, you will receive the e-visa within a few days; for certainty, we recommend submitting your application at least a week before departure.

If you are departing for Turkey on short notice, you can also use our expedited procedure, which is usually granted within an hour. However, there can never be a guarantee on delivery times, as the Turkish government reserves the right to manually review applications before approval, which in rare cases (including expedited applications) may lead to some delay.

If you have received a new passport or identity document after granting your visa, you will have to submit a new visa application. The visa and passport / identity document are linked to each other by means of the passport / identity card number and must therefore be agreed upon.

Yes, if you urgently need an e-visa, you only need to tick the option “urgent” on the online application form. If you submit this urgent application, it will be processed immediately and you will usually be granted the e-visa within an hour, please note: this is an average delivery time and no warranty can be given here, in exceptional cases an urgent application can only be give a definite answer after 72 hours.

Residents in the Netherlands who are status holders and hold a residence permit cannot apply for an e-visa. Only travelers with an officially issued Dutch passport or ID card may apply for an e-visa. In this case, you can make an appointment at the Turkish Consulate in Rotterdam: https://visaft.com.

The electronic e-visa replaces the physical visa Turkey. This visa was previously for sale at the airport of Turkey. You will automatically receive this digital visa by e-mail after filling in the required information. You can then print this e-visa or show it to the immigration service via your smartphone or tablet.

Previously, they had to buy the visa at the airport in Turkey, which could cause considerable queues. Because you can now apply for the e-visa in advance, this is a thing of the past and you can proceed immediately after arrival.

Moreover, you can pay in a trusted way via your own bank, Paypal, iDeal, bancontact or credit card.

After submitting we receive a message within 24 hours, in practice this often happens the same day. Once your request has been approved, we will send you the confirmation by email.

It is useful to print out this visa and take it with you on your trip (in your hand luggage), as it is possible that the immigration service of Turkey, at passport control, asks for this. However, this rarely happens because the customs officer can already see that you have a visa through the digital linking of the passport number and the e-visa.

The Turkey visa has a validity period of 180 days starting from the arrival date that you indicate on the application form, during this period you can stay in Turkey for 90 days, consecutively or over several trips.

Yes, you can enter Turkey as many times as you want within the 180 days that the e-visa is valid.

No, a condition for obtaining an e-visa for Turkey is that you do not work for a Turkish organization as an employee. You can only work with an e-visa in Turkey if you are employed by an organization that is not located in Turkey.

It is therefore possible to make a business trip in the employment of your Dutch or Belgian employer with an online e-visa.

Applying for the e-visa for Turkey is simple; you only need to fill out the online application form. It is important to have your passport or ID card and your debit/credit card ready.

All passports and ID cards issued by the Dutch or Belgian government meet the requirements set by Turkey. However, the passport must be valid for at least 150 days from the moment the traveler arrives in Turkey, and the ID card must be valid for the entire duration of the stay in Turkey.

You can enter nine zeros (000000000) in the input field on the application form.

Document numbers in the Netherlands never contain the letter “O”, but they can contain the number “0”. Even though it seems that there is a letter O in your passport, it will be the number 0. It is also important to know that document numbers in the Netherlands are 9 characters long.
Belgian document numbers may include the letter (s) “O” and / or the number “0”. Belgian document numbers are 8 characters long and always start with 2 letters followed by 6 numbers.