# Do Australian citizens need a visa for Turkey?

Visa on arrival — visa-matrix snapshot 2026-07-19.

## Entry rules at a glance

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Entry requirement | visa-on-arrival |
| Maximum stay | set by the visa issued at the border — verify |
| How you enter | visa issued at the border |
| Data snapshot | visa-matrix 2026-07-19 |
| Source agreement | disputed — one source reads "visa-free", the other "visa-on-arrival"; we publish the stricter one |

## Which passports need a visa for Turkey?

| Passport | Entry | Max stay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| US | visa-free | 90 days |
| UK | visa-free | 90 days |
| CA | visa-free | 90 days |
| AU | visa-on-arrival | verify |
| NZ | visa-free | 90 days |
| IE | visa-free | 90 days |

## Official sources

- the Republic of Türkiye e-Visa portal — https://www.evisa.gov.tr/en/
- Australian Government Smartraveller — https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/destinations

## Informational, not legal advice

Entry rules change without notice, and individual circumstances — passport
validity, prior visas, purpose of travel — change outcomes a status table
cannot capture. Verify with evisa.gov.tr and smartraveller.gov.au
before booking.

_Source: the open visa-matrix dataset (https://github.com/xpressmike/visa-matrix), snapshot 2026-07-19, CC BY-SA 4.0._