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VISA INFORMATION

Visa and Travel Procedures

Students/ visitors can get to Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) by air or sea travel. All flights to Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) are connected through Turkey. This means even the final destination is TRNC all flights first stop at Turkey. There are regular flights from the major cities in Turkey (Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Adana, Antalya) to TRNC that only take between 75 to 45 minutes journey time.

Visa applications should be done either to TRNC Representative Office (http://www.trncinfo.com) or to Turkish Embassy / Consulate
(http://www.mfa.gov.tr) in your country. The tuition fee stated on the acceptance letter has to be paid first before applying for the visa. A copy of the payment bank decont should be submitted to the Registrar’s Office for a confirmation of your acceptance to be sent to the Turkish / TRNC Embassy in your country.

Residence permit for the first time necessary documents:

1- Student Certificate (2008-2009)
2- Immigration Fees: For 1 Year 56 YTL
3- Original Health Reports: For Newly Registered Students (blood tests and Lung X-Ray)
4- Original Passport and photocopy of the relevant pages. (First Page (with photo), the page that show expiring date, information 
      page)
5- Brand Stamp valued 6.00 YTL
6- 1 Passport size photograph
7- Dormitory record sheet (which is living in dormitory)

If your health reports are incomplete or you do not have any, then the local governor will send you to the state hospital for medical tests. It may take 5-6 days to get the results


Residence Permit Renewal Procedures

Apart from health report and photograph, all other documents should be submitted to Students Services Office in person for the renewal. If all the required documents are ready, the residence permit can be immediately.  

VISA INFORMATION WHEN YOU ENTER TURKEY:

Angola : Ordinary and official passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey.
Azerbaijan:  Ordinary passport holders are exempt from visa requirement for their travels to Turkey up to 30 days. Official passport holders are exempt from visa requirement for their travels up to 90 days.
 Bulgaria: Diplomatic and service passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 30 days. Ordinary passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 90 days within 6 months starting from the first entry date.
 Georgia: Ordinary and official passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 90 days.
 Kazakhstan: Ordinary and official passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 30 days.
 Kenya: Ordinary passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey. Official passport holders are exempted from visa for their travels up to 90 days.
 Sri Lanka: Ordinary and official passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey.
 Ukraine: Ordinary passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey. They can obtain three month-multiple entry visas at the Turkish border gates and stay in Turkey up to 90 days within 6 months starting from the first entry date. Official passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 90 days
 Syria:Ordinary and official passport holders are exempted from visa for their travel up to 90 days within 6 months starting from the first entry date.
 Saudi Arabia :  Ordinary and official passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey. Official passport holders are obliged to get their visas from the Turkish diplomatic representations abroad. Ordinary passport holders can obtain their sticker type visas at the Turkish border gates upon their arrival.
 Oman :  Ordinary passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey. Official passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 90 days
 Libya :  Ordinary and official passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey.
 Lebanon :  Ordinary and official passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey.
 Kuwait :  Official passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 90 days. Ordinary passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey and they can obtain their sticker type visas at the Turkish border gates upon their arrival.
 Kyrgyzstan :  Ordinary and official passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 30 days.
 Iran :  Ordinary and official passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 90 days.
 Egypt :  Ordinary passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey. Official passport holders are exempted from visa for their travels up to 90 days.
 Nigeria :  Ordinary and official passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey. **Nigerians required to obtain a Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) visa before they travel to North Cyprus. TRNC visa should be obtained from either the TRNC Consulate in Abu Dhabi, UAE, or the TRNC Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
 Pakistan :Ordinary passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey. Official passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 90 days
 Palestine: : Ordinary passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey. Only diplomatic passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 30 days.
 Uzbekistan : Ordinary passport holders are exempt from visa requirement for their travels to Turkey up to 30 days. Diplomatic passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels to Turkey up to 90 days.
 Bahrain : Official passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 90 days. Ordinary passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey and they can obtain their sticker type visas at the Turkish border gates upon their arrival.
 Bangladesh :Ordinary passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey. Official passport holders are exempted from visa for their travels up to 90 days.
 Ghana :Ordinary and official passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey.
 Jordan :Diplomatic, official and ordinary passport holders are exempted from visa for their travels with touristic purposes and transit to/from Turkey up to 90 days within six months,starting from the first entry date. Diplomatic and official passport holders, who are appointed to the diplomatic, consular missions or representationsof international organizations accredited in Turkey, are exempted from visa for the period of their assignments. Truck and bus drivers and co-drivers, crew members of civil aeroplanes,trains and ships, engaged in international transport of goods and passengers,are exempted from visa for their travels and transit to/from Turkey, up to 90 days within six months, strating from the first entry date.
 Mauritius :Ordinary passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey. They can obtain one month multiple entry visas at the Turkish border gates. Official passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 90 days.
 United Arab Emirates :
Official passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 90 days. Ordinary passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey. Ordinary passport holders can obtain their sticker type visas at the Turkish border gates upon their arrival..

For more information visit

http://www.mfa.gov.tr/visa-information-for-foreigners.en.mfa