Visa application
Turkish citizens need a national visa (D visa) for every stay longer than 90 days and for any work. The association agreement does not remove this requirement, see Association law. Start on the Embassy's national visa page.
Two channels
- Federal Foreign Office portal (digital.diplo.de): study and study-place search only here; Blue Card, skilled workers and the Opportunity Card are also applied for online here.
- iDATA (ulusalrandevu.idata.com.tr): the Embassy's service partner for appointments. Depending on your case, iDATA books an appointment or sends you on to the portal. The Embassy notes that registering on a platform is not yet a legally effective application.
Which mission is responsible
Your place of residence decides (Federal Foreign Office list of missions in Türkiye):
| Mission | Provinces |
|---|---|
| Embassy Ankara | Adana, Adıyaman, Ağrı, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Ardahan, Artvin, Bartın, Batman, Bayburt, Bingöl, Bitlis, Çankırı, Çorum, Diyarbakır, Elazığ, Erzincan, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Hakkari, Hatay, Iğdır, Kahramanmaraş, Karabük, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kilis, Kırıkkale, Kırşehir, Konya, Malatya, Mardin, Mersin, Muş, Nevşehir, Niğde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Samsun, Siirt, Sinop, Sivas, Şanlıurfa, Şırnak, Tokat, Trabzon, Tunceli, Van, Yozgat, Zonguldak |
| Consulate General Istanbul | Balıkesir, Bilecik, Bolu, Bursa, Çanakkale, Düzce, Edirne, Eskişehir, İstanbul, Kırklareli, Kocaeli, Sakarya, Tekirdağ, Yalova |
| Consulate General Izmir | Afyonkarahisar, Aydın, Denizli, İzmir, Kütahya, Manisa, Muğla, Uşak The Consulate in Antalya is a mission of its own for Antalya, Burdur and Isparta. Whether it issues national visas is not confirmed; ask before you book. |
Fees
- National visa €75; minors €37.50 (§ 46, § 50 AufenthV). Some Embassy leaflets name €40 for children; we could not confirm this.
- Where iDATA is involved, depending on the case: service fee €39.92 and appointment fee €12, paid in Turkish lira. Nothing else is official.
Waiting times
The Embassy publishes no fixed times for Turkish applicants. Press reports quote it as "a few weeks to a few months", depending on mission and visa type. Plan generously and do not book flights or give notice at work before you have the visa.
If the visa is refused
- The remonstration (an informal objection to the mission) was abolished on 1 July 2025, as the Embassy also states.
- The remedy is a lawsuit at the Administrative Court of Berlin (Verwaltungsgericht Berlin) within 1 month of service of the decision (§ 74 VwGO); if the decision lacks instructions on legal remedies, within 1 year (§ 58 (2) VwGO).
- Alternatively you can apply again with a better file. For a lawsuit, see a lawyer for migration law.
Employers can speed things up with the fast-track procedure, see Skilled worker.
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