VISA FORMALITIES :

It is an official endorsement giving the permission to enter or leave a country by the Consulate and/or the Embassy of that country.

For further detailed information;

Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs

TYPES OF VISA :
Transit Visa
The ones who will depart their country for an onward country of destination are to apply for "Transit Visa" on their departure to a third country and in their first entry if they are subject to custom regulations.
Feature of the Visa
If you have taken a visa from the any of the ten schengen countries, there is no need to apply for a further entry visa. Border police requires from those to issue an entry visa from the consulate of the country of destination for schengen procedures.
Multiple Visa
Multiple entries (Valid till the expiry date of the visa)
Single
Single entry (For single use. No second exit is permitted .)

NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR VISA :

Employers
A petition written on a stationery with a letterhead to the concerned competent authority about your request for touristic visa.(Cachet and signiture of the competent(s).)
• Activity Document from Chamber of Commerce and Industry. (As of 99 )
• Copy of the tax payment. (As of 99 )
• Signature circular. (Photocopy)
• Circular trade journal. (If you are a partner of the firm, fill out the necessary parts)
• Certified copies of real estate. (House, Land, Devremulk v.b)
• Bankbook of the individual or the firm.
• New photo. (Suitable for a document)

Employees
• A petition written on a stationery with a letterhead to the concerned competent authority about your occupation.
• A petition to the competent authority about your request for touristic visa.
• Social Insurance Institution Date of recruitement. (S.S.K. Certified copy)
• Copy or the original of the pay bill for the last the three months.
• The documents indicated above in the enumerated 2.3.4.5.6.7.8. articles.

Housewives
• A petition to the competent authority.
• Certified copies of real estate. (House, Land, Devremulk v.b)
• Documents of your husband's occupation. (All the above listed requirements according to the position of the occupation)
• Personal bankbook.

Retireds
• A petition to the competent authority. (Visa requirements for touristic purposes)
• Account book of retirement and bankbook.
• Real estates. (Certified copies of House,Land, Title deed, etc. )

Students
• A petition. (Visa requirements for touristic purposes)
• A student certificate. (As of 99 )
• Documents of the employement of the parents. (The above items according to employement)

COUNTRIES WHOSE CITIZENS DO NOT REQUIRE ENTRY VISAS FOR TURKEY
Countries exempted from visa up to three months:

Official (diplomatic, special and service type) passport holders:

Goods Subject to Payment of Custom Duties

The goods not more than 1.500 Euro are to be delivered to the traveller more than 18 years old two months before his/her entry or six months later of his/her departure, and the goods not brought to the country to be traded are subject to %10 customs duty. (Exemption of 300 Euro will be reduced).

The goods which are concurrently imported with the owner at the age of 18 and not more than 1.500 Euro and brought into the country out of commercial concerns are subject to %10 customs duty. (Exemption of 300 Euro will be excluded).

• The above conditions are to be provided in order to take advantage of this right:
• The items being sent to the ones residing in Turkey via mail or cargo,
• The goods concurrently imported by the owner,
• Being brought or sent as a gift ,
• Peculiar to personel or family use,
• The items that the customer make no payment in return upon purchasing,
• Out of commercial concerns,

If the value of the goods, imported within the frame outlined above, exceed 1.500 Euro, the customs duty of these goods' importation will be collected according to the regulated principles being in force.

If each imported goods in question exceeds 1.500 Euro, the customs duty will be collected according to the designated ratios.

Before the allocation of a fixed proportional tax, the person who have declared his/her imported goods will require tax regulations to be applied for imported goods. In this case the importation of the good will be allowed upon the tax revenue.

The stabilization of the tax assessment of the brought good within this frame will be designated according to the presented invoice or receipt. If the attestation of such a document is not available or the value of the registered good presented with the document is low, the value of the good will be determined by the administrations.

Currency Regulations
• There is no limit for the amount of the foreign and Turkish currency to be brought into Turkey.
• More than $5.000 worth of Turkish currency can not be taken out of the country.
• $ 5.000 worth foreign currency can be taken out of the country.
• $5.000 or near amount of cash currency will be taken out of the country by the ones who reside abroad or
• Turkish citizens working abroad, and by those who settled in Turkey, if they document that they have purchased currency from the authorized banks.
• The amount of foreign or Turkish currency will be transfered abroad through banks.
• All personal belongings and articles made of precious stones or metals( not bearing commercial purposes)worth not over $15.000 will be brought into and taken out of the country. ( The jewelry worth more than the given amount can only be taken out of the country proving that it has been registered on entry or purchased in Turkey with legally exchanged currency.)
• Cash money brought into the country to be purchased for exportation carried out from Turkey is to be declared on entry.