EXPLANATION ON ENTRY BANS

Foreigners who violate the legal right to stay in our country , namely visa, visa exemption, residence permit, work permit or work permit exemption , are applied within the scope of Article 9 of the Foreigners and International Protection Law dated 4/4/2013 and numbered 6458, titled ” Entry Ban to Turkey “ . Entry bans are carried out within the framework of the following principles.

1. Despite violating the legal right to stay, foreigners who leave the country under the following conditions are not allowed to enter Turkey.

a. Foreigners who violate the legal right to stay up to 3 months (not including 3 months) , come to the border gates spontaneously to leave Turkey before their situation is determined by the competent authorities, and pay the administrative fines arising from the Fees Law No. 492

b. Foreigners who violate the legal right to stay for up to 3 months (not including 3 months) , come to the border gates to exit within the time allowed for them to leave Turkey with a deportation decision, and pay the administrative fines arising from the Fees Law No. 492

2. Despite violating the legal right to stay, foreigners who leave the country under the following conditions are banned from entering Turkey for a period of 1 month to 5 years .

a. Foreigners who violate the legal right to stay for more than 3 months (including 3 months) , come to the border gates spontaneously to leave Turkey before their situation is determined by the competent authorities, and pay the administrative fines arising from the Fees Law No. 492

 

The entry ban periods corresponding to the violation periods for foreigners within this scope are as follows:

• Violation between 3 months and 6 months: 1 month entry ban
• Violation between 6 months and 1 year: 3 months entry ban
• 1 year – 2 years violation : 1 year entry ban
• 2 years – 3 years violation : 2 years entry ban
• Violation for more than 3 years : 5 years of entry ban

 

3. Foreigners who are in violation of the legal right to stay and leave the country or are deported in the cases listed below are banned from entering Turkey for a period of 3 months to 5 years .

a. Foreigners who do not pay the administrative fines arising from the Law on Fees No. 492, even though they spontaneously come to the border gates to leave Turkey before the violations of the legal right to stay are detected by the competent authorities.

b. Foreigners who violate the legal right to stay for up to 3 months (not including 3 months) and who are invited to leave Turkey with a deportation decision, who do not leave within the time allowed and/or do not pay the administrative fines arising from the Fees Law No. 492

c. Foreigners who have violated their legal right to stay for more than 3 months (including 3 months) regardless of whether they have paid the administrative fines arising from the Fees Law No. 492 and have been invited to leave Turkey with a deportation decision.

c. Foreigners who do not leave within the time granted to them , although their residence permit requests are rejected or their residence permits are cancelled, regardless of whether they have paid the administrative fines arising from the Fees Law No. 492

D. Foreigners who do not exit within the time granted to them even though their work permit requests are rejected or their work permits are cancelled, regardless of whether they have paid the administrative fines arising from the Fees Law No. 492

to. Foreigners who do not apply for a residence permit despite being allowed to enter our country on the condition of applying for a residence permit within 10 days, despite using all the right of stay provided by the visa or visa exemption within the framework of the “90 days in 180 days” rule, regardless of whether they have paid the administrative fines  arising from the Fees Law No. 492

f. Foreigners who are subject to alternative obligations by terminating the administrative detention decision, regardless of whether they have paid the administrative fines arising from the Fees Law No. 492

g. Foreigners who are deported in the presence of assigned personnel, regardless of whether they have paid the administrative fines arising from the Fees Law No. 492

 

The entry ban periods corresponding to the violation periods for foreigners within this scope are as follows:

• Violation up to 3 months : 3 months entry ban
• Violation between 3 months and 6 months : 6 months entry ban
• Violation between 6 months and 1 year: 1 year entry ban
• 1 year – 2 years violation : 2 year entry ban
• Violation for more than 2 years : 5 years of entry ban

 

4. Foreigners who fail to pay the administrative fines and other public receivables arising from the Fees Law No. 492 and the provisions of other legislation, even if the term of the entry ban decision has expired, will not be allowed to enter our country, as long as they do not pay the said fines and public receivables,Articles 7 and 15 of the Law No. 6458 scope is not permitted.