Can my Thai wife travel to Turkey without a Schengen visa?

Mar 22, 2024
7 months ago
Ste *******
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Not quite Thailand visa but UK visa question.

My Thai wife is living with me in the UK. She has the first part of her 5 year spouse visa 2.9 years.

I have heard rumours that she could travel to Turkey for a holiday without applying for a Schengen visa. Does anyone know if thats accurate? And if so, any other countrys her Thai passport allows her to go? Would like to show her some other countrys without all the schengen hassle.
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A user inquired whether their Thai wife, who is on a spouse visa in the UK, can travel to Turkey without needing a Schengen visa. Several comments confirmed that Thai passport holders can enter Turkey without a visa, contrasting it with Schengen requirements, and shared insights about traveling to Turkey and the associated experiences.
Malcolm *********
Yes, my Thai wife and I have been a few times from UK without acquiring a visa beforehand.
Ste *******
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Brilliant thanks all. We do goto Thailand every year but nice to have that quick getaway option aswell.
Ste *******
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Steve *******
its all online look it up countries part of the schengen area
Ste *******
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@Steve ******
Schengen visa not required, that was the point of the question.
Steve *******
@Ste ******
"I have heard rumours that she could travel to Turkey for a holiday without applying for a Schengen visa. Does anyone know if thats accurate?" Sounds like a question = you do not know = look it up online, easy to see which countries are part of the Schengen Zone/area, is all I said.
Ste *******
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@Steve ******
OMG.

Turkey Is NOT part of schengen! Its a free pass with a thai passport!

You need to apply schengen when a thai passport Cannot be used on its own to enter. Turkey....it can! Ok?
Bart **************
You're asking confirmation that Turkey isn't part of Schengen?!
Ste *******
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@Bart *************
Yes, dont think you need schemgen for Thais
Neil *********
That a fact I'm married to a Thai and you do nit need a visa
Alma ***************
We lived in Turkey for 8 months .. 3.months visa issued upon entry..it is cheap for sure but once you live there and start paying in tl you can also feel the bite of the low value of the tl and hear locals complaining that life is expensive..however, it all depends on how you look at it. Since we were dependent on our dollars we really enjoyed our time in Turkiye and almost.lives there permanently planning to buy an apartment until we discovered how tricky real estate agents are and the process of transferring the ownership ..so we left after 8 months but still go back once in a while for a short stays..turkiye will always be one of my favourite places to live if immigration rules are more friendlier in the future.
Steve *******
Try the Turkish Embassy in London. They should know for sure.
John *****
Turkey is cheap as cheaps these days too
Graham ******
True, no Visa required for Thais to enter Turkey. No others in and around Europe apart from Kazakhstan I believe.
Andy ******
Yes Turkey is one of the countries she can go to without a visa ,
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