Introduction. Visa
My experience of communication in real life and in social networks shows that before talking about a residence permit (residence permit) it is necessary to clarify what a visa is. For there are a lot of people who simply do not understand what it is about and literally understand the word "visa-free".
Without further ado, I just downloaded an explanation of the word VISA from the Internet. So, Wikipedia says that Visa (lat. Visere - to visit, visit or French. Visa - to view, see) is a permit document that gives a person the right to cross certain borders.
As a rule, a visa is understood as the actual permission for a foreigner to enter the territory of another state. There are also “exit” visas that give the right to leave the country, but we will not discuss this here, since these are the words of a completely different “song”.
We have written the introduction and we are going directly to Turkey.
A Turkish visa is issued by a Turkish consulate or embassy in another country. Sometimes accredited visa application centers may also deal with this issue.
Migration control between Turkey and other countries that have concluded an agreement on a visa-free regime is not canceled. And this means that migration control allows you to deny entry to the holder of a valid visa if he violates the conditions for obtaining a visa, violates the laws of the country he enters, or if there is doubt about the purpose of his trip.
Citizens of many countries have the right to visit Turkey without a visa. As a rule, such a right is given for up to three months out of every six, for the purpose of tourism, business visit or transit.
IMPORTANT: thus, in each country there is a law that provides for a visa regime for foreigners in the amount of 30 days. But within the framework of individual agreements between countries, a conditionally “visa-free regime” may be provided, which implies the possibility of staying citizens of these countries at other times.
Below I have given a list of countries and the length of stay of their citizens in Turkey. The list contains only those countries whose citizens (in my opinion) may be reading my “work”. In fact, the list is very large.
AZERBAIJAN: Holders of official and ordinary passports are exempted from the visa requirement for 180 days every 90 days.
BELARUS: Holders of official and ordinary passports are exempted from visa for 30 days. The total length of stay cannot exceed 1 day within 90 years from the date of first entry.
ARMENIA: Holders of official passports are subject to a visa and require requisition. Ordinary passport holders are also subject to a visa and can obtain their reciprocal entry visas for tourism purposes with a stay of up to 30 days in the form of an e-visa from www.evisa.gov.tr internet address or from our foreign representatives.
ESTONIA: Holders of diplomatic passports are exempt from the visa requirement for tourist or official travel and transit for stays of up to 90 days. Other holders of official passports are subject to a visa. Ordinary passport holders are exempt from visa requirements for tourist trips whose stay in Turkey does not exceed 90 days for each entry.
GEORGIA: Holders of official and ordinary passports are exempt from the visa requirement for 90 days.
KAZAKHSTAN: Holders of official and regular passports are exempt from visa for up to 180 days every 90 days.
KYRGYZSTAN: Holders of official and ordinary passports are exempted from the visa requirement for trips whose stay in Turkey does not exceed 90 days for each entry.
LATVIA:Holders of official and ordinary passports are exempt from visa requirements for tourist travel, provided that the total period of stay (residence) in Turkey during the last 180 days does not exceed 90 days.
LITHUANIA:Holders of official and ordinary passports are exempted from the visa requirement within 90 days.
MOLDOVA:Holders of official and ordinary passports are exempted from the visa requirement within 90 days. The total length of stay cannot exceed 180 days within 90 days.
UZBEKISTAN:Holders of diplomatic and ordinary passports are exempted from a visa for up to 180 days every 90 days. Other holders of official passports are subject to a visa.
RUSSIA:Ordinary passport holders are exempt from the visa requirement for tourist and business rendezvous trips not exceeding 60 days. Service passport holders are exempted from a visa for a period of 180 days, provided that they do not exceed 90 days every 30 days. Holders of diplomatic passports are exempted from the visa within 90 days.
TAJIKISTAN: Holders of diplomatic and ordinary passports are exempt from visa for up to 180 days every 90 days. Service passport holders are exempted from visas for up to 180 days every 60 days. Service passport holders and their service passport holders are exempt from the visa requirement for the duration of their duties.
TURKMENISTAN: Holders of official passports are exempted from the visa within 30 days. Ordinary passport holders are subject to a visa.
UKRAINE: Holders of official and ordinary passports are exempted from the visa requirement for 180 days every 90 days. Citizens of Ukraine can enter without a visa with a valid biometric ID, provided they are traveling from Ukraine to Turkey.
If you read carefully, you paid attention to the words "exempted from the visa requirement." What does it say? First of all, this suggests that the requirement for a VISA has not disappeared from you, you are simply temporarily exempted from obtaining a visa procedure for a certain period and no more. Further, within the framework of the law, you can extend your VISA or leave the country. That is, having arrived in Turkey, you, as it were, automatically receive a visa for the period indicated above. This is what is meant by the words "visa-free" or "visa-free entry". It is not by chance that I pay attention to this, since so many people misunderstand the meaning of these words and therefore they then have “porridge in their heads”. I hope I wrote everything clearly. There will be questions, you can always write them in the comments.
Visa exemption
No matter how I argued that visas are mandatory, there are foreign citizens who do not need a visa when entering Turkey. exceptions!
This category of foreign nationals is listed below:
a) Citizens of countries that are supporters of reciprocal agreements with Turkey, or citizens of countries exempted from the visa requirement by the decision of the Council of Ministers.
b) Foreigners entering Turkey who, as of the date of entry, have a valid residence or work permit.
c) Holders of valid service passports issued in accordance with paragraph 28 of Law No. 5682 "On Passports" of 07/15/1950.
d) Out of Turkish citizenship, persons with the condition of obtaining an exit permit in accordance with paragraph 28 of the Turkish Citizenship Law No. 5901 of 05/29/2009.
There are also foreign nationals who"Maybe" you will not need to provide a visa when entering Turkey (if anything, this is not my version, as it is written in Turkish law):
a) Foreign citizens forced to use Turkish air or sea transport services and heading to the port city of their departure.
b) Arriving in the port city, persons whose purpose is to make a tourist trip in the port city or nearby provinces, the duration of which will not exceed 72 hours.
This shows how loyal Turkey is to foreign citizens visiting their country. In most countries, you will not be allowed to set foot on the beach or leave the airport, even to smoke, if you do not have a visa.
I hope I also wrote clearly here.