Ankara/Turkey/Türkiye embassy DTV approval! Just posting this for anyone else that might be searching the group for info about the DTV via Ankara.

tl;dr:

I applied with a U.S passport from Tbilisi, Georgia, on June 7 for a July 4 arrival date. I sent one Facebook message that received no reply but seemed to trigger a status change. Visa approved on July 4, but I'd already pushed back my travel plans given the Ankara embassy's long processing times.

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My application was for the "workcation" version, and, for the work section, I provided a cover letter describing my work in detail (along with a list of links to my sites/projects) and plans to stay in Thailand, a screenshot of my professional website, and a few recent invoices from different clients.

For the financial section, I provided 3 months of bank statements. My bank lets you download a statement of all your accounts smushed into one, so I had 1 checking and about 3 different savings accounts included in the statements, but one of the accounts was over the required 500k THB for 2 out of the 3 months, and 2 of them added together were always over the requirement, so not sure if this is useful as a data point for number of accounts your money can be spread across.

For supporting residence, I provided a clear shot of my most recent entry stamp into Georgia, along with the lease agreement for my current place in Tbilisi.

I waited about 3 weeks, then sent them a message on Facebook asking about my application status. They didn't get back to me, but the next day my application changed from "Pending document check" to "Pending approval" so I didn't contact them again, assuming I was almost there. I'd already decided I was going to stay longer in Tbilisi, anyway, so if it took a little longer that wasn't a problem.

Ultimately, my visa was approved on July 4, which was my intended arrival date. That would have been a little tight for my taste if I hadn't ended up booking a later flight.

Given that it took me a month to get approved and that the approval came in super last-minute, I'd definitely recommend keeping your travel plans flexible.

I saw a post about Ankara being a scam embassy to apply from, but we used them and both of our DTV visas were approved in 6-7 working days. They were also very responsive through FB chat. While waiting for approval, I was talking to three others on Reddit who were using that embassy, and all of them also received their DTV visas in a timely manner. Please do not be dismayed or fear using that embassy. They seem to like submissions that are well organised and 6 months of bank statements helped - so for you supporting documents make a table of contents and then order your documents to follow such. Good luck!

(I am posting anonymous so the disgruntled guy doesn't drop my name to them or associate with me in any way when he contacts them)

Guys don't EVER do the DTV in Turkey (Ankara embassy) terribly slow. its been over 2 weeks and re-sumbitted bank and photo 2x. hoping not a 3rd time, especially since this isnt my home country.

Hello everyone. I am preparing my application now, and just wanted to ask a couple questions:

1. I am currently living in Georgia (the country) and the nearest embassy is Ankara. So when I apply online, that is where my application will be processed. Has anyone done theirs there, and if so how long did it take and was it easy or hard?

2. I will be applying as a freelancer, and just opened an LLC to formalise things, and so I can bid on remote consultancy contracts. What should I put in my cover letter?

3. I have a ton of examples of my work that I will include, but do we also give them our CV?

Thank you so much!

hello everyone; I would like to give you information about my DTV visa application experience. I am a Turkish citizen. I applied ankara thai embassy for a DTV visa on January 6, and since then my visa application has remained in pending document check status. When I talked to the embassy on the phone today, the people I contacted were not good at English, and I was informed that I could get a 60-day visa at the door. I told them that I had applied for a DTV visa and informed them that my flight was 30 days away, but they could not understand me because their English was not very good. If anyone is thinking of applying, I do not recommend you to apply here.