Turkey's latest immigration policy July 202 1

Turkey has announced that it will soon implement a new entry policy, so friends, if you plan to travel in the near future, you can pay attention to it. There are still relevant requirements for access restrictions now, which may be different from before. Friends can learn more about it.

The Turkish government announced the implementation of the latest immigration policy 202 1 from June 30th;

1- Access restrictions:

Passengers from Bangladesh, Brazil, South Africa, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka were suspended from entering Turkey. However, transit passengers are not affected. Passengers can depart from these countries and transfer directly to a third country without entering Turkey.

In addition, passengers who have been to Bangladesh, Brazil, South Africa, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and other countries/regions in the past 14 days must submit negative proof of nucleic acid test within 72 hours before entering Turkey, and after entering Turkey, centralized isolation measures will be implemented in designated isolation hotels 14 days. And pay for accommodation and transportation. After the separation period expires 14 days, the nucleic acid is detected, and if the detection result is negative, the separation period ends.

2- Passengers entering from Afghanistan and Pakistan have special requirements:

Afghan and Pakistani travelers who have been to these countries in the past 14 days are required to submit negative proof of nucleic acid test within 72 hours before entering Turkey, and implement centralized isolation measures in designated isolation hotels after entering Turkey 10 day. And pay for accommodation and transportation. After 7 days of isolation, nucleic acid detection is carried out, and if the detection result is negative, the isolation period ends.

3- Passengers from Britain, Iran, Egypt and Singapore are specially required to:

Passengers departing from Britain, Iran, Egypt and Singapore need to submit negative nucleic acid test certificates, which must be completed within 72 hours before entering Turkey.

4- In addition to the above countries, passengers entering from other countries (including Chinese mainland, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Taiwan Province Province) must:

There is no need to submit a negative certificate of nucleic acid test, and the isolation measures can be exempted as follows:

1 If you have completed the vaccination in COVID-19, please show the certificate issued by the medical institution that you completed the vaccination more than 14 days before entry.

If you are a rehabilitation worker in COVID-19, provide a complete rehabilitation certificate issued by a medical institution within six months from the 28th day after the first positive nucleic acid test.

If the passenger can't produce the vaccination certificate for more than 14 days or the rehabilitation personnel in COVID-19 can't provide the certificate of complete recovery within 6 months after the first nucleic acid test is positive, they must submit the negative certificate of nucleic acid test within 72 hours before entering Turkey or the negative certificate of rapid antigen test within 48 hours before entering Turkey.

5- The Ministry of Health of Turkey can conduct nucleic acid sampling and testing according to the destination of passengers.

After collecting the test samples, passengers can continue to their final destination. If the nucleic acid sampling test results are positive, the treatment will be carried out according to the COVID-19 treatment plan of the Turkish Ministry of Health. Passengers with positive test results and their close contacts will be quarantined at home 14 days. If the nucleic acid test result is negative on day 10, the isolation period ends. If the passenger is found to be infected with Delta mutant virus, and the nucleic acid test that must be carried out again on the first 14 day of the quarantine period is negative, the quarantine period will end.

6- The above immigration policy does not apply to transit passengers.

7- Exempt seafarers, truck drivers and aircraft crew from inspection and isolation requirements.