Ceylon to Bosphorus. Your Sri Lankan Turkey eVisa in 5 minutes.

Yes. Sri Lankan passport holders are eligible for the Turkey eVisa only if they hold a valid Schengen, US, UK, or Ireland visa or residence permit at the time of travel. Without one of these supporting documents, you must apply for a sticker visa at a Turkish consulate in Colombo.

Yes. UK Indefinite Leave to Remain, Italian Permesso di Soggiorno, Ireland Stamp 4, US Green Card, and any Schengen long-stay visa or residence permit are all accepted. A short-stay Schengen tourist visa also qualifies as long as it is valid on the day you enter Turkey.

No. Sri Lankan NIC, birth certificate, and dual citizenship card are domestic documents not needed for the Turkey eVisa application. Only your Sri Lankan passport plus the qualifying foreign visa or residence permit are required.

Yes. Every traveler, including infants and minors, needs an individual eVisa linked to their own Sri Lankan passport. Each child must also independently hold a valid Schengen, US, UK, or Ireland visa or residence permit on their own passport, or be the dependent on a qualifying visa.

Single entry only. Sri Lankan passport holders receive a 180 days validity window from the date of issue, within which they can enter Turkey once and stay up to 30 days. To re-enter, a new eVisa is required.

Not on the eVisa. The 30 days limit per entry is fixed. To stay longer you must exit Turkey and apply for a different visa class (such as a longer-term tourist visa or a residence permit) from a Turkish consulate. Overstaying triggers fines and a future entry ban.

Three processing speeds are available. Express is the fastest. Most Sri Lankan applications are approved within 24 business hours, regardless of the speed selected.

From USD 120 all-inclusive. Standard USD 120, Priority USD 149, Express USD 179. All government fees, document review, support, and tracking included. Pricing is in USD only. Sri Lankan cards are accepted within bank international caps, your bank converts LKR to USD at the prevailing rate.

There is no nonstop Colombo to Istanbul flight. Common routings: SriLankan Airlines via Dubai or Doha, Emirates via Dubai, Qatar Airways via Doha, Turkish Airlines via Bangkok or Singapore. Total travel time 12 to 15 hours. UK and Italy-based Sri Lankan diaspora often fly direct from London or Milan, a 3 to 4 hour flight.

Yes. The 30 days eVisa covers Cappadocia's underground cities (Derinkuyu, Kaymakli), rock-cut churches (Göreme), and balloon flights. Sri Lankan visitors who have seen Sigiriya, Dambulla cave temples, or Polonnaruwa rock cuts find Cappadocia's troglodyte architecture a satisfying continuation of the rock-heritage theme.

Turks drink the most tea per capita on Earth, around 3 kg per person per year. Sri Lankans drink about 1.5 kg. Turkish çay is black tea served small, hot, sweet, and constantly. Çaybahçesi (tea gardens) are open-air rooms where locals gather all day, comparable to Sri Lankan teahouses but with Bosphorus views. Try çay with rahat lokum (Turkish delight) instead of buth (rice cake).

Your supporting visa or residence permit must be valid at the time of your entry into Turkey. If it expires while you are inside Turkey, you can complete your stay and exit normally, but you cannot re-enter Turkey on the same eVisa, and your next Turkey eVisa application will require a fresh qualifying document.