Which named countries pay the standard harç rate (vs. having their own country-specific table)?
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Citizens of four countries pay the standard rate defined in money-05, because they don't fall into any other country group:
- Serbia (Sırbistan)
- Fiji
- Norway (Norveç)
- Northern Mariana Islands (Kuzey Mariana Adaları)
Most other nationalities have country-specific harç amounts published in a country-by-country table on the Göç İdaresi page.
Watch-outs
- The country-by-country table is published as an image on goc.gov.tr, not as searchable text. We're rebuilding it into a structured lookup; for now, this fact answers the question only for the four standard-rate countries above and the exempt list in [money-06](/facts/money-06-exempt-countries).
- For any nationality not in either list, the answer "your specific harç is on the goc.gov.tr image table" is the honest one. Don't guess from comparable countries — the table has line items that surprise.
- The harç can change mid-year via Tebliğ. Even the image table on goc.gov.tr is a point-in-time snapshot.
Next step
If your nationality isn't in the four above and isn't on the exempt list, verify your exact harç at application time by visiting your local Göç İdaresi office or calling the Yabancılar İletişim Merkezi (157 from inside Türkiye). The published image table is the source of truth for country-specific rates.
All sources (1)
- Göç İdaresi — Belge Bedeli ve Harç Miktarı ↗
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