Travel Procedures to Turkey (NOTAM A6510/21)
NOTAMN Q)
LTXX/QOEXX/IV/NBO/E/0/999/3901N03524E465 A) LTAA LTBB B) 2111142100 C)
2112302100 E) COVID-19 STARTING FROM 14 NOVEMBER 2021 AT 21:00 UTC,
1) PASSENGERS ARRIVING FROM
BRAZIL, SOUTH AFRICA, NEPAL, SRI LANKA BANGLADESH, INDIA AND PAKISTAN SHALL
SUBMIT A NEGATIVE PCR TEST RESULT DONE WITHIN 72 HOURS BEFORE ARRIVAL.
PASSENGERS ARRIVING DIRECTLY FROM BRAZIL, SOUTH AFRICA, NEPAL, SRI LANKA,
BANGLADESH, INDIA AND PAKISTAN AND PASSENGERS WHO HAD BEEN IN THESE COUNTRIES
WITHIN THE LAST 14 DAYS WILL BE EXEMPTED FROM QUARANTINE IF THEY SUBMIT PROOF
OF 2 DOSES OF VACCINATION (LISTED BY WHO OR TURKEY FOR EMERGENCY USE) (1 DOSE
FOR JOHNSON AND JOHNSON ) PROVIDED THAT THE LAST DOSE WAS AT LEAST 14 DAYS
BEFORE ARRIVAL. OTHERWISE THESE PASSENGERS WILL BE QUARANTINED AT THEIR
RESIDENCES OR ADRESSES THEY SUBMIT. ON THE TENTH DAY OF QUARANTINE A PCR TEST
WILL DE DONE AND IF RESULT IS NEGATIVE, QUARANTINE WILL BE LIFTED. PASSENGERS
WHO DO NOT HAVE A PCR TEST ON THE 10TH DAY WILL REMAIN IN QUARANTINE UNTIL THE
14TH DAY.
2) IF PASSENGERS AGED OVER 12
AND UNDER 18 TRAVELLING WITH THEIR PARENTS ARRIVING FROM THE COUNTRIES LISTED
IN ARTICLE 1 DO NOT SUBMIT PROOF OF 2 DOSES OF VACCINATION NEGATIVE PCR TEST
RESULT WITHIN 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE ENTRY WILL BE SUFFICIENT. FOR THESE
PASSENGER, PCR TEST WILL BE APPLIED AGAIN IN THEIR RESIDENCE, IF PCR TEST
RESULT IS NEGATIVE THEN NO QUARANTINE WILL BE REQUIRED.
3A) PASSENGERS ARRIVING FROM
AFGHANISTAN AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY FOR THE LAST 14 DAYS MUST
SUBMIT A NEGATIVE PCR TEST RESULT TAKEN AT MOST 72 HOURS BEFORE ARRIVAL. THESE
PASSENGERS ARE SUBJECT TO QUARANTINE FOR 10 DAYS AT HOTELS DETERMINED BY THE
GOVERNORSHIPS. EXPENSES FOR ACCOMMODATION AND TRANSFERS FROM AIRPORTS WILL BE
BORN BY PASSENGERS. AT THE END OF 7TH DAY, IF TEST RESULT IS NEGATIVE,
QUARANTINE WILL BE LIFTED. 3B)AFGHANISTAN CITIZENS WHO HAVE RESIDENCE OR WORK
PERMIT IN REPUBLIC OF TURKEY WILL BE EXEMPTED FROM THE HOTEL QUARANTINE ON THE
CONDITION THAT THEY SUBMIT VALID RESIDENCE OR WORK PERMIT AND THEY WILL BE
SUBJECTED TO QUARANTINE AT THEIR RESIDENCE. PASSENGERS WHOSE FIRST ENTRY POINTS
IS OUT OF ISTANBUL OR ANKARA WILL BE ALLOWED TO TRAVEL TO THEIR RESIDENCE ONLY
BY PRIVATE VEHICLES AND WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE DOMESTIC FLIGHTS OR USE
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
3C) REPUBLIC OF TURKEY CITIZENS
ARRIVING FROM AFGHANISTAN WILL BE EXEMPTED FROM THE HOTEL QUARANTINE AND THEY
WILL BE SUBJECTED TO QUARANTINE AT THEIR RESIDENCE AND PASSENGERS WHOSE FIRST
ENTRY POINTS IS OUT OF ISTANBUL OR ANKARA WILL BE ALLOWED TO TRAVEL TO THEIR
RESIDENCE ONLY BY PRIVATE VEHICLES AND WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE DOMESTIC
FLIGHTS OR USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
4) PASSENGERS TO BE QUARANTED
UNDER THE ARTICLE 3A SHALL PAY THE HOTEL FEES BEFORE ARRIVING TO TURKEY.
PASSENGERS WHO CANNOT PROVE THAT THEY HAVE MADE THE NECESSARY PAYMENTS TO STAY
AT THE HOTELS DETERMINED BY THE GOVERNORSHIPS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO BOARD THE
PLANE BY AIRLINE OPERATORS. 5) PASSENGERS ARRIVING FROM IRAN AND EGYPT WILL BE
REQUESTED TO SUBMIT A PCR TEST REPORT WITH A NEGATIVE RESULT AT MOST 72 HOURS
PRIOR TO ARRIVING TURKEY OR SUBMIT PROOF OF 2 DOSES OF VACCINATION
(LISTED BY WHO OR TURKEY FOR
EMERGENCY USE) (1 DOSE FOR JOHNSON AND JOHNSON)
PROVIDED THAT THE LAST DOSE WAS AT LEAST 14 DAYS BEFORE ARRIVAL.
6) PASSENGERS ARRIVING FROM THE
COUNTRIES OTHER THAN THOSE LISTED IN ARTICLE 1, 3 AND 5, THOSE WHO SUBMIT PROOF
OF 2 DOSES OF VACCINATION (LISTED BY WHO OR TURKEY FOR EMERGENCY USE) (1 DOSE
FOR JOHNSON AND JOHNSON) PROVIDED THAT THE LAST DOSE WAS AT LEAST 14 DAYS
BEFORE ARRIVAL AND/OR A PROOF OF RECOVERY FROM COVID-19 WITHIN THE LAST 6
MONTHS STARTING FROM THE 28TH DAY OF THE FIRST POSITIVE PCR TEST RESULT, WILL
NOT BE ASKED TO PRESENT A NEGATIVE PCR TEST REPORT AND QUARANTINE MEASURES WILL
NOT BE APPLIED.
7) PASSENGERS ARRIVING FROM THE
COUNTRIES OTHER THAN THOSE LISTED IN ARTICLE 1, 3 AND 5, THOSE WHO DO NOT
SUBMIT PROOF OF 2 DOSES OF VACCINATION (LISTED BY WHO OR TURKEY FOR EMERGENCY
USE) (1 DOSE FOR JOHNSON AND JOHNSON) PROVIDED THAT THE LAST DOSE WAS AT LEAST
14 DAYS BEFORE ARRIVAL AND/OR A PROOF OF RECOVERY FROM COVID-19 WITHIN THE LAST
6 MONTHS STARTING FROM THE 28TH DAY OF THE FIRST POSITIVE PCR TEST RESULT, PCR
TEST REPORT WITH NEGATIVE RESULT AT MOST 72 HOURS OR A RAPID ANTIGEN TEST
REPORT WITH NEGATIVE RESULT AT MOST 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THE ENTRY WILL BE SUFFICIENT.
8) PCR TESTS WILL BE PERFORMED
BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH ON THE BASIS OF SAMPLING AT THE PASSENGERS'
DESTINATIONS. PASSENGERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO GO TO THEIR FINAL DESTINATION AFTER
THE TEST SAMPLES ARE TAKEN, AND IF THE TEST RESULTS ARE POSITIVE, THEY WILL BE
TREATED ACCORDING TO THE COVID-19 GUIDE OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH. PASSENGERS
WITH A POSITIVE TEST RESULT AND PERSONS THEY HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH
WILL BE QUARANTINED FOR 14 DAYS AT THEIR OWN ADDRESSES AND THE QUARANTINE
CONDITIONS WILL BE TERMINATED IF THE PCR TEST RESULTS TO BE PERFORMED AT THE
END OF THE 10TH DAY ARE NEGATIVE. THE QUARANTINE CONDITIONS OF THOSE WHO ARE
FOUND TO BE CARRYING THE DELTA MUTANT OF THE VIRUS WILL BE TERMINATED END OF
THE 14TH DAY OF THE QUARANTINE WITHOUT PCR TEST.
9) THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
CITIZENS WILL ENTER TO THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY THOSE WHO SUBMIT PROOF OF 2 DOSES
OF VACCINATION (LISTED BY WHO OR TURKEY FOR EMERGENCY USE) (1 DOSE FOR JOHNSON
AND JOHNSON) AND/OR THOSE WHO SUBMIT DOCUMENT THAT THEY HAVE COVID-19 WITHIN
THE LAST 6 MONTHS OR THOSE WHO SUBMIT PCR TEST REPORT WITH A NEGATIVE RESULT
IMPLEMENTED AT MOST 72 HOURS BEFORE ENTRY OR SUBMITTING A NEGATIVE RAPID
ANTIGEN TEST RESULT AT MOST 48 HOURS BEFORE ARRIVAL COUNTRY WILL BE ALLOWED.
10) THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT
APPLICABLE TO TRANSIT AND/OR TRANSFER PASSENGERS.
11) THERE WILL BE NO PCR
REQUIREMENT AND QUARANTINE FOR THE CREW.
12) PASSENGERS AGED UNDER 12
ARE EXEMPTED FROM PCR/ANTIGEN TEST REPORT AND VACCINE CERTIFICATE APPLICATION
ON ENTRY TO REPUBLIC OF TURKEY.
13) DOCUMENTS SUCH AS VACCINE
CERTIFICATE, PCR/ANTIGEN TEST RESULT WILL BE CONTROLLED BY AIRLINE COMPANIES
BEFORE TRAVEL AND PASSENGERS WITHOUT THE DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED TO THE
TRAVEL, THE RESPONSIBILITY ARISING DUE TO THE ACCEPTING OF NON-CERTIFIED
PERSONS WILL BE COMPENSATED BY THE AIRLINE COMPANIES.
14) THE HOTELS DETERMINED BY
THE GOVERNORSHIPS FOR PASSENGERS TO BE QUARANTINED UNDER THE ARTICLE 3A WILL BE
PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH ON THE LINK OF DGCA (HTTP://WEB.SHGM.GOV.TR/TR/COVID-19-TEDBIRLER/6599-IZOLASYON-OTELLERI
NOTE: YOU MUST ENTER THE WEB ADDRESS TO THE WEB BROWSER IN LOWER LETTERS AND
ENGLISH CHARACTERS).
Monday - Friday
08:00 - 12.00 / 13.00 - 15.00
For all matters regarding visas, please contact VFS Global For legal translation and other notary applications such as Power of Attorney (when written or verbal translation to Turkish is needed), kindly contact Ankara Legal Translation (04 255 59 87) No Consular applications will be possible without an online appointment. Documents that need attestation can be dropped off before 12.00 and picked up the next day during the same time frame.
Holidays 2023
1/1/2022 | 1/1/2022 | New Year's Day |
5/2/2022 | 5/5/2022 | Eid Al Fitr (dates may vary) |
7/9/2022 | 7/12/2022 | Eid Al Adha (dates may vary) |
7/29/2022 | 7/29/2022 | Hijri New Year |
10/7/2022 | 10/7/2022 | Mawlid al-Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet) |
10/29/2022 | 10/29/2022 | Republic Day (National Day of Turkey) |
11/30/2022 | 11/30/2022 | Commemoration Day |
12/2/2022 | 12/2/2022 | UAE National Day |
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