Overstaying Your Tourist Visa
Vistors to Turkey should beware of overstaying their tourist visa: it could result in a short-term ban from the country.
New regulations mean those overstaying on their visa will face an entrance ban lasting the same number of days as the overstay. In order to avoid this ban, one must pay a fee at the Foreign Police Department and obtain a residence permit, recognised as exit permission, before exiting the country.
These regulations apply to citizens of Group A countries, made up of EU and OECD member countries, USA, Germany, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Holland, United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, Canada, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, New Zealand, Greece, Ireland, Czech Republic, Hungary, South Korea, Mexico, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Malta and Southern Cyprus
Previously, citizens of group A countries who overstayed could exit Turkey without facing an entrance ban by paying an overstay fee corresponding to the number of overstay days. That no longer applies.
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