Overstaying Your Turkish Visa: How to Pay Overstay Penalty at the Airport in Turkey

This video explains the Turkish Visa Overstay Procedures for foreigners in Turkey. It is a step-by-step guide for paying your overstay fee at the airport. Also, you can find information about how much is overstay penalty per month in Turkey. What is Visa Overstay? For foreigners who can enter Turkey without a visa, the visa duration is usually 90 days out of 180 days. For foreigners who come with a sticker visa, the visa duration is written on the visa. If you overstay this duration, you need to pay overstay penalty before leaving Turkey. What to do if you overstay your visa? You need to make overstay penalty payment at the airport before leaving Turkey. Visit Visa Violation Center (Vize İhlal Merkezi). If you don’t make your overstay penalty payment, you might receive entry ban to Turkey. Step 1: Go to Airport and Check-in Check-in starts 3 hours before the flight. Go to the airport and get your boarding pass after checking in. You will need the boarding pass for the calculation of your visa overstay penalty. Step 2: Go to the Visa Violation Center Go to the Visa Violation Center (Visa İhlal Ofisi) with your passport and boarding pass. The officer will take your passport and boarding pass to calculate the overstay days and penalty. Step 3: Entry Ban Conditions If your illegal overstay in Turkey is more than 3 months, you will probably receive an entry ban. The entry ban duration increases if you don’t pay the overstay penalty (up to 5 years). Step 4: Making the Overstay Payment The visa violation officer gives you a paper that shows how much you need to pay. You can make the payment at the airport at the tax office. Payment is in Turkish Lira in cash!!! Final Step: Go to the Border Police Officer The visa violation center puts a stamp on your boarding pass that shows that you made the payment. You can show that boarding pass and your passport to the police officer at the border. You can go to the boarding gate and take your flight. How Much is the Overstay Penalty? Depends on overstay duration and your nationality. It is approximately $100 per month for most nationalities. It might be lower or higher than this amount. Go to the visa violation center for the exact calculation of overstay penalty. Time Codes: 0:00 - Introduction 0:09 - What is Visa Overstay in Turkey? 0:47 - What to do if you overstay your visa in Turkey? 1:20 - Steps for the payment of overstay penalty 1:27 - Going to Airport and Check-in 1:56 - Go to Visa Violation Center with Boarding Pass 2:15 - Calculation of Entry Ban and Overstay Penalty 2:59 - Making Overstay Fee Payment at Ministry of Tax Counter 3:30 - Receipt of Overstay Penalty Payment 4:14 - Go to Border Police to Leave Turkey 4:40 - How much is overstay penalty in Turkey? 5:27 - The End