Ban for re-entry to Turkey

@mohamed muhumed where i can find it ? Because in passport i don't have any ban stamps i have just a normal stamp for leaving country as other Stampa

@Pawel Romanowski You should have asked the Turkish Immigration at that time. If you are unsure, I suggest you call the Turkish embassy or Consulate in your country for clarification

@Pawel Romanowski All the confirmed information would be printed on the slip of paper you were required to sign and given—typical non-payment results in a 5-year ban. Due to pandemics, embassies no longer accept money but try. You may attempt to return after the time limit has expired. There is often no fine for fewer than ten days. Was your visa a 30-day visa or less? This may explain why it is distinct. If allowed, you may return and pay at the cashier's desk at passport control if the prohibition for three months has been lifted.

@Pawel Romanowski  as far as i know, 3 days overstay is nothing. You are free to come anytime again. There will be no issues.

Irrespective of what Turkey rules are; generally speaking, it is not a good practice to overstay beyond your visa in any country.  And if you do end up overstaying, if given an option of a fine, jump at it vs. ignoring it.   Excluding Turkey, in a large number of countries, overstay leads to future visa denials quite commonly.

If I overstayed a visa in turkey by a longer period - say 9 months or 1 year - would I only have to pay a fine or would I get a ban as well? I can't tell if the ban is only if you don't pay or can you get banned and fined at the same time?

@mercy_everywhere Breaching rules, a shame. Just bring enough money,, buy your property, overstaying no excuse in my view,rules are rules. What is the reason to breach??

Just abide!!

If I overstayed a visa in turkey by a longer period - say 9 months or 1 year - would I only have to pay a fine or would I get a ban as well? I can't tell if the ban is only if you don't pay or can you get banned and fined at the same time?
-@mercy_everywhere

It fully depends on the immigration officer at the time and the general policy of Turkey at that time. But the general policy of turkey is that if you pay a fine, you won't get banned. But if you don't pay the fine you will get a 1 year to 5 year ban from Turkey.

You can technically get banned and fined at the same time. But this usually doesn't happen often since the Turkish government wants to promote you to pay the fine instead of refusing and taking the ban from Turkey.

Hi and Assalam o alakum to everyone

I over stayed for 1month bit I payed 8500lira per person at the visa violation office

Now in future there's no issue to entering in turkey and I don't have to pay fine because I already paid.

But I believe that as a tourist we all have to follow the rules of the country.

@Randomguy2000

An example:

If the officer first tells you that you have to stay away 6 month, and then ask you to pay 2500 lira.

If no information about a ban exists at the "2500 Lira reciept" or no ban shows in the passport, then I guess you can come back to Turkiye, and you are not banned to enter.

You agree?

@Pawel Romanowsk they told me 3 months ban and 2000 TL fine. When i went back after 3 months i found out they banned me for 5 years.

@Pawel Romanowski i was told that i have to pay 2000 TL and also have a 3 mobths ban. When i went back after the ban they told me i have 5 years ban.

@Pawel Romanowski did u enter

@bilto biltoevskiy

Did you pay the 2000 at the airport?

@Randomguy2000
An example:


If the officer first tells you that you have to stay away 6 month, and then ask you to pay 2500 lira.

If no information about a ban exists at the "2500 Lira reciept" or no ban shows in the passport, then I guess you can come back to Turkiye, and you are not banned to enter.


You agree?
-@Fredswede

If the officer tells you that you are banned for 6 months, then I would take it that you are banned for 6 months. I also heard that they will put a different stamp in your passport saying you are banned. Also when you pay the fine they will give you a piece of paper saying that you paid the fine, and you will have to go through the police passport control instead of the regular passport control.

If they tell you to pay the fine, and they don't say your not banned. Then your not banned.

If they give you no paper, and no stamp saying that your banned then its also safe to assume you are not banned.

I know people who paid fees for overstaying and they left Turkey and the next day flew back into Turkey again on a new tourist visa, and didnt have any issues expect having to go through an extra process at the airport.

@Randomguy2000

Thanks!

Officer never uses the word ban, just "I want you to stay away 6 month", and then he gave her the 2 500 bill.

No different stamp in passport, only a paper saying she paid 2 500 lira. No information about a ban, and she went through normal passport-control, but the "passport-controller" made a phonecall, and after the phonecall he stamped the normal stamp in passport.

Maybe the officer wanted my girlfriend to stay away for 6 month or pay the fee, and when she paid the fee, maybe the officer choosed not to ban her, cause she said sorry and explained a good reason(even if there is no good reasons, rules are rules).

Hope she can return after 3 month with no issues.

@Fredswede Yes i paid 2000TL

@bilto biltoevskiy

Go back again and show them, that you have  paid.

You can also take away the ban if you apply for a consular visa at the embassy in your country. Tell them your story, ans show them that you have paid.

I travelled istanbul on 8th January 2023 and immigration not allowed me to enter turkey due to overstayed last year (2022) but I have paid fines before I left turkey. Officer said that I can re-enter turkey in 1 months then they gave me paper that show Entry ban( Law No 6458 article 7-1b).

How can I check if I’m still under entry ban or not?