Turkey eVisa query

Snyper564 said:
Did Hong Kong loved it might just use Turkey as a base to pop off for next destination as we fly from Serbia to Turkey. But will see. Also have friends in Georgia so thats a possibility too.
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Turkey is very convinient as a base.
Russia is also another option
No visa needed.
But I know this has thrown a spanner in the works. It’s such an inconvenience now having to cancel and re arrange your plans.
 
This is from the twitter account of the Turkish Embassy in Pretoria.

You might want to contact them about this.

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Oddly enough I applied and received my eVisas from the website on Monday. Took all of 15 mins and was super seamless

evisa.gov.tr

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Spizz said:
Wow, this is quite a change. Before Covid I as a UK passport holder had to pay 20 GBP for an eVisa and my wife with an SA passport was free. Did you find out what docs are required yet?
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Required documents

  1. Biometric Photo
  2. Documents attesting to the income status of the applicant and inviting person
  3. Flight Reservation
  4. Hotel Booking or Invitation
  5. Supporting document on the applicant's commitment to return (Land registry, business certificate, salary table, bank account statement)
  6. Letter from Home Affairs about current residence in South Africa
  7. Letter of Employment
  8. Police Clearance
  9. Old Passports
  10. Bank Statement for three months
  11. Biometrik Photo (5x5 cm, white background)
  12. Travel Insurance covering the duration of visit

This will single-handedly kill Turkish tourism from SA, busy cancelling flights now....

The main destination is Serbia for work we cannot risk 2 passports in this time. aiming to head over to greece and use the schengan for serbia.
 
What a kak change, spoke to the wife about visiting Turkey not but a few days again, well f-that!
 
Snyper564 said:
Required documents

  1. Biometric Photo
  2. Documents attesting to the income status of the applicant and inviting person
  3. Flight Reservation
  4. Hotel Booking or Invitation
  5. Supporting document on the applicant's commitment to return (Land registry, business certificate, salary table, bank account statement)
  6. Letter from Home Affairs about current residence in South Africa
  7. Letter of Employment
  8. Police Clearance
  9. Old Passports
  10. Bank Statement for three months
  11. Biometrik Photo (5x5 cm, white background)
  12. Travel Insurance covering the duration of visit

This will single-handedly kill Turkish tourism from SA, busy cancelling flights now....

The main destination is Serbia for work we cannot risk 2 passports in this time. aiming to head over to greece and use the schengan for serbia.
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Holy cow. That's ridiculous. My brother has a place in Turkey and we had been planning a get together later in the year. They can forget that schit. Italy it is.
 
Nice of them to give some warning. Was flying to Europe in September on Turkish Airlines and planning to stay over a few days, but I think I'll just cancel those flights completely now.
 
garp said:
Nice of them to give some warning. Was flying to Europe in September on Turkish Airlines and planning to stay over a few days, but I think I'll just cancel those flights completely now.
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yup... from - on arrival - to evisa to this kek no thanks...
 
The implications are pretty big for what was a popular destination for South Africans due to the frequency and convenience of direct flights on Turkish Airlines and the ease of the eVisa. Now who on earth is going to jump through those hoops?

Any chance we can find out why this has changed so drastically @rpm ?
 
Spizz said:
The implications are pretty big for what was a popular destination for South Africans due to the frequency and convenience of direct flights on Turkish Airlines and the ease of the eVisa. Now who on earth is going to jump through those hoops?

Any chance we can find out why this has changed so drastically @rpm ?
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Couldnt agree more, thats essentially why we picked turkey perfect location in relation to serbia and europe for that matter. no its just not worth the effort...
 
Snyper564 said:
Required documents

  1. Biometric Photo
  2. Documents attesting to the income status of the applicant and inviting person
  3. Flight Reservation
  4. Hotel Booking or Invitation
  5. Supporting document on the applicant's commitment to return (Land registry, business certificate, salary table, bank account statement)
  6. Letter from Home Affairs about current residence in South Africa
  7. Letter of Employment
  8. Police Clearance
  9. Old Passports
  10. Bank Statement for three months
  11. Biometrik Photo (5x5 cm, white background)
  12. Travel Insurance covering the duration of visit

This will single-handedly kill Turkish tourism from SA, busy cancelling flights now....
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Oh wow ........ thats really restrictive.

Guess I wont be traveling to Turkey then.
Oddly it will be easier to meet the Turks in the US now.
 
What document is this, even?

"Letter from Home Affairs about current residence in South Africa".

AFAIK, there is no such thing unless you are not a naturalised citizen and instead have a permanent residence permit??
 
garp said:
What document is this, even?

"Letter from Home Affairs about current residence in South Africa".

AFAIK, there is no such thing unless you are not a naturalised citizen and instead have a permanent residence permit??
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Who knows... as I said my bigger concern is that police clearance.
 
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