Can I have medical treatment in Turkey with a tourist visa?

2/13/2018 5:01:59 AM

There are two very different points here.

If your purpose of travel is strictly for medical treatments (also called medical tourism), then you need a special visa type; and additional documentation – usually from the host hospital that you are arriving for such and such a treatment and are expected to stay for X number of days/week and who is bearing the cost.

If, God forbid, you are in the country as a tourist and face a medical emergency or need to have a procedure done – you will not be denied medical care.

In other words, it is not illegal for you to get medical care while in country as a tourist. In fact, for some countries medical insurance is a requirement to apply for the visit visa.

Now, if your purpose of travel is only to get the cosmetic procedure done – then I suggest you use this visit to research the hospitals (just like anything else that has a large profit margin – medical tourism is also rife with scams and unregulated operators) and let the hospital tell you what the next procedure should be to get the treatment.

Reputable institutions will be able to arrange for you a medical visit visa application which you can then apply for once back.

Keeping in mind you may be entitled to special provisions under the medical tourism visa vs. a tourist visa.

2/18/2017 5:51:12 PM

The consulate answer is correct. There is a special visa for medial treatment:

5- OTHER VISAS

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d) Medical Treatment Purposes

Thus indeed it would be illegal under Turkish law.

Regarding having not much time, you might consider spending more time on a hospital research. Plastic surgery could end up badly, and you usually have no recourse at all. Medical training and conditions of hospitals also vary a lot, so there are things to look at besides the price alone. And good doctors are likely to have a waiting list. Thus you might consider spending some time on this trip visiting some hospitals and inquiring about treatment, schedule an appointment, then fly back and apply for a proper visa.

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