Türkiye Digital Nomad Visa
Turkey
Residency
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- Type
- Remote-work residence
- Work setup
- Remote workers whose job or clients stay abroad
- Core requirements
- Remote work, foreign income, insurance, and funds
- Local work
- Usually does not allow ordinary local employment
- Duration
- Residence permit is issued for up to 1 year.
- Renewal / path
- Renewable annually; legal residence may count toward long-term stay or citizenship.
Summary
Türkiye (Turkey) launched a Digital Nomad Visa in April 2024 through the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's "GoTürkiye" Digital Nomad program. It targets remote workers who earn their income from employers or clients outside Turkey and want to live in the country on a legal, formal footing rather than on rolling tourist stays.
The program has two stages: a Digital Nomad Identification Certificate (a pre-qualification issued online by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism), which then lets you apply for a Digital Nomad Visa at a Turkish consulate and ultimately a short-term residence permit inside Turkey.
Eligibility
You qualify if all of the following are true:
Nationality
- You hold citizenship of one of the eligible countries. The current list includes the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Russia, and most EU/EEA countries (36 countries total at launch).
Age
- You are between 21 and 55 years old.
Remote work
- You work as an employee of a company based outside Turkey, or you are self-employed / a freelancer with clients based outside Turkey.
- Work must be fully remote and not tied to a Turkish employer or Turkish clients.
Income
- You earn at least approximately $3,000 per month (or $36,000 per year) from your remote work.
- Income must be documentable through pay stubs, bank statements, contracts, tax filings, or employer letters.
Education
- You hold a university degree (bachelor's or higher).
Character and health
- Clean criminal record from each country where you have recently lived.
- Valid health insurance covering treatment in Turkey.
Passport
- Passport valid for at least six months beyond the visa period.
What This Route Allows
This route can allow you to live in Türkiye (Turkey) while working remotely for clients or an employer outside the country. It is mainly a temporary residence option, although some countries allow later renewal or a separate long-term residence step.
What This Route Is Not
This is not usually a local employment visa or a direct citizenship route. Most digital nomad routes limit work for local employers and must be renewed or replaced by another status later.
Next Steps
- Apply online for the Digital Nomad Identification Certificate. Submit your application through the digitalnomads.goturkiye.com portal run by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Upload proof of employment, income, university diploma, and passport.
- Receive the Identification Certificate. This is the pre-qualification letter that unlocks the visa application. It is not itself a visa or a residence permit.
- Apply for the Digital Nomad Visa at a Turkish consulate. U.S. applicants file at the nearest Turkish consulate (Washington, D.C., New York, Houston, Los Angeles, Chicago, or Boston). Submit the Identification Certificate, passport, biometric photos, insurance proof, and fee.
- Enter Turkey on the Digital Nomad Visa. Once inside Turkey, file for a Short-Term Residence Permit under the digital-nomad basis within the window shown on your entry documents and immigration instructions.
- File the residence permit at the Provincial Directorate of Migration Management. You register your Turkish address, get a tax number (Vergi Numarası), and open a Turkish bank account in the process. The residence permit is issued for up to one year.
- Renew annually. The permit is renewable as long as you continue to meet the income and remote-work conditions.
Path to long-term residence or citizenship
- Digital-nomad time counts as legal residence. After five continuous years of residence, you may apply for ordinary naturalization under Article 11 of Citizenship Law No. 5901 — subject to the same language and settlement conditions.
- After eight continuous years of residence, you can apply for a Long-Term Residence Permit (Uzun Dönem İkamet İzni), which is indefinite.
Sources
- GoTürkiye Digital Nomads Portal — official Digital Nomad Identification Certificate application.
- Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Culture and Tourism — program announcement and eligibility rules.
- Presidency of Migration Management (Göç İdaresi) — short-term residence permit framework.
- Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Foreign Affairs — Visa Information for Foreigners — consular context for Turkish visa applications.