Digital Nomad Visa

Country

Turkey

Visa name

Digital Nomad Visa

Local name

Dijital Göçebe Vizesi

Program type

Formal dn visa

Status

Active

Initial duration

—

Max duration

—

Income requirement

$3,000/month ($36,000/year)

Application fee

Data unavailable

Tax status

Standard

Application method

online, embassy

Can apply in-country

No

Multiple entry

Yes

Can open bank account

Yes

Renewable

Yes

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism issues a Digital Nomad Identification Certificate (Dijital Göçebe Tespit Belgesi) on GoTürkiye. With that certificate, the applicant asks for a Digital Nomad Visa at a Turkish visa centre or consulate. The certificate is not a visa, a residence permit or a work permit. The applicant must be 21 to 55, a university graduate, and a national of one of 36 listed countries. Work must be for a company outside Türkiye: an employment contract, or, for a self-employed applicant, a business contract with a company. Income on the certificate is 3,000 US dollars a month or 36,000 US dollars a year. The program page does not state a visa length, a renewal, a fee or a family add-on. The 2026 checklists of the consulates general in Los Angeles and Houston add a certificate of good conduct, proof of lodging, travel health insurance of at least 30,000 euros, and bank statements. Both say the person must enter Türkiye on this visa. Apply online at visa.gov.tr, then attend the consulate. Houston's visa fee is 60 US dollars for a single entry, or 185 for a US citizen, and 180 for multiple entry, or 265 for a US citizen. Los Angeles does not publish a figure. Los Angeles says a decision after the interview may take up to 30 days, and the appointment must be within 30 days of the pre-application. A stay longer than the visa or longer than 90 days needs a residence permit. Law No. 6458 has no digital-nomad ground. Where a short-term residence permit is issued, it may be for at most two years at a time, and the governorate may extend it. There is no published cap on the number of extensions. The certificate list is Austria and the other EU member states except Cyprus, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The Los Angeles and Houston checklists also name Australia, which the program page does not. A spouse, a minor child or a dependent child is not included on the certificate. They may later apply for a separate family residence permit. In the ordinary case the sponsor must already have held a residence permit for at least one year. Income for that permit is at least the minimum wage in total and one third of the minimum wage for each family member. No dollar amount per dependent is published for the nomad certificate. Tax follows the Income Tax Law, not a nomad regime. A person settled in Türkiye, by domicile or by a continuous stay of more than six months in a calendar year, is taxed on worldwide income, on the ordinary scale of 15 to 40 percent. Some temporary visitors are not treated as settled. Wages paid in foreign currency by a limited-taxpayer employer with no legal or business centre in Türkiye, out of that employer's foreign earnings, are exempt. From 2026, a person who becomes settled after three calendar years with no Turkish domicile and no Turkish tax liability is exempt for 20 years on income obtained outside Türkiye. Work performed in Türkiye is obtained in Türkiye, so that exemption does not cover it.

1. Oct 10, 2026
   • Official page https://digitalnomads.goturkiye.com/ https://goturkiye.com/digitalnomads/application-requirements-for-digital-nomad-visa-and-sh...
   • Initial duration months 12 none
   • Max duration months 24 none
   • Application fee (USD) 190 none
   • Tax status territorial standard

   tax status set to standard, foreign income marked taxed, and the non-resident label removed; Law No. 193 taxes settled persons on worldwide income, with article 23/14 and repeated article 20/D as conditional exemptions (https://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/MevzuatMetin/1.4.193.pdf).