VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSIT SEAMEN

(EMBARKING AND DISEMBARKING IN TURKEY)

Seamen arriving to embark to a vessel and receiving transit visa at the border gate (Transit Visa Fee is 138.80 YTL, Approx. USD 105)

Albania, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Georgia, Iraq, Latvia, Lithuania, Lebanon, Egypt, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Turkmenstan, Ukraine

Seamen arriving to embark to a vessel and excepted from a visa

Germany, Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Czech Rep., Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Morocco, Finland, France, Guatemala, Croatia, Honduras, Iran, Israel, Sweden, Switzerland, Iceland, Japan, Kazakstan, Kirgizia, South Korea, Cost Rica, TRNC, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Macao, FYROM, Malaysia, Monaco, Nicaragua, San Marino, Singapore, Chile, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Uruguay, Vatican, New Zealand, Greece

 

Seamen arriving to embark to a vessel and must receive their visas through the Turkish Consulate in their countries

Afghanistan, USA, Andorra, Angola, Antigua, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahreyn, Bengladesh, Western Samoa, Belize, Benin, Belarus, Bhutan, UAE, Botswana, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Algeria, Djibouti, Chad, East Timor, Dominica, Dominique, Ecuadorial Guinea, Indonesia, Eritrea, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fidji, Ivory Coast, Philippines, Palestine, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Grenada, Guiana, South Africa, Haiti, India, Holland, Hong Kong, UK, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Jamaica, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Qatar, Kenya, Kiribati, Colombia, Comor, Congo, North Korea, Kuwait, Cuba, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Hungary, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldivs, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Mongolia, Moldova, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Umman, CAR, Uzbekstan, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, St. Christopher & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Scheyselles, Serbia & Montenegro, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Surinam, Syria, Swaziland, Tadjikstan, Tanzania, Thailand, Taiwan, Togo, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Jordan, Vanuatu, Venezuela,Vietnam, Yemen, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Seamen disembarking from a vessel and receiving transit visa at the border gate (Transit Visa fee is 138.80 YTL, approx. USD 105)

Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bengladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Georgia, India, Iraq, Latvia, Lithuania, Lebanon, Egypt, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenstan, Ukraine

Seamen disembarking from a vessel and excepted from a visa

Germany, Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Czech Rep., Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Morocco, Finland, France, Guatemala, Croatia, Honduras, Iran, Israel, Sweden, Switzerland, Iceland, Japan, Kazakstan, Kirgizia, South Korea, Cost Rica, TRNC, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Macao, FYROM, Malaysia, Monaco, Nicaragua, San Marino, Singapore, Chile, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Uruguay, Vatican, New Zealand, Greece

Seamen disembarking from a vessel and must receive "permission to land" from the MFA in Ankara

Afghanistan, USA, Andorra, Angola, Antigua, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahreyn, Bengladesh, Western Samoa, Belize, Benin, Belarus, Bhutan, UAE, Botswana, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Algeria, Djibouti, Chad, East Timor, Dominica, Dominique, Ecuadorial Guinea, Indonesia, Eritrea, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fidji, Ivory Coast, Philippines, Palestine, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Grenada, Guiana, South Africa, Haiti, Holland, Hong Kong, UK, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Jamaica, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Qatar, Kenya, Kiribati, Colombia, Comor, Congo, North Korea, Kuwait, Cuba, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Hungary, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldivs, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Mongolia, Moldova, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Umman, CAR, Uzbekstan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, St. Christopher & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Scheyselles, Serbia & Montenegro, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Surinam, Syria, Swaziland, Tadjikstan, Tanzania, Thailand, Taiwan, Togo, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Jordan, Vanuatu, Venezuela,Vietnam, Yemen, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe