Dubai residents frequent Turkey for various reasons, one being Turkey is only a five hours’ flight from Dubai, and also it’s among the most affordable places to visit from the UAE.
Turkey is a historic hub with many cultural and scenic tourist attractions catering to people of all ages. Apply for a Turkey visit visa from Dubai and explore this historic destination.
If you are traveling to Turkey for leisure, you need to apply for a tourist visa, and if you are visiting friends or family, you need an additional invitation letter from them.
Apply for the Turkey visit visa from the Turkish Visa Application Centre in the UAE. You first have to select the visa type you want to apply for, depending on the purpose of your visit. Visit the Gateway Management Logistics Inc website, which is the outsourced partner of the Turkey Embassy in the UAE, to choose the visa you want to apply for.
After selecting the visa type you want, schedule an appointment at the Visa Application Center to present the documents and application form.
The documents required for the Turkey tourist visa from Dubai include the following :
You may also need to produce a copy of any previous Turkey visa, any Schengen, USA, or UK visa, and documents to prove dual citizenship if necessary.
If you have an invitation from a sponsor in Turkey, you need to obtain these documents from them:
In addition to the documents mentioned above, the documents below must be submitted for minor applicants :
A turkey visa from Dubai costs around AED 420. You must pay the fee upfront prior to booking an appointment at the Visa Application Centre. The charges include the Gateway service fee and primetime charges.
The single-entry tourist Turkey visa from Dubai costs AED 225.
Visit the VFS Global Turkey application center in Wafi Mall to attend your appointment. Here you will submit all the visa application documents together with your passport.
The relationship manager at VFS Global will fill out your application and give you a copy of your travel medical insurance and your visa fee receipt.
Your biometric fingerprints and an additional photo will be taken during your appointment date.
Once the application has been submitted, you can track it online by feeding in your reference number printed on your visa fee receipt. The embassy will send you an email confirmation when your passport is dispatched.
Collect the visa and passport from the visa application center or sign up for the courier service for it to be delivered to your address.
A Turkey tourist visa normally takes 7 to 14 working days to be processed. Visa processing may sometimes take longer, going up to 30 days, depending on the application's complexity. It is advisable to start your visa application as early as four weeks before your travel date.
If you have adoptive parents or court-ordered guardianship, you must provide proof of their legal guardianship.
