Visa crisis continues to grow: successive refusal from United States, Great Britain and Canada

While obstacles experienced in Schengen visa applications to the Turkish business world is growing, the network of countries that cause difficulties is also expanding. After the European countries and the USA, the news of an increasing number of refusals to the business world also began to arrive for the UK and Canada visa applications.

According to the news of Aysel Yucel from Ekonomim, a non-tariff barrier in visa applications has also appeared on the transportation leg. Bulgaria, which does not accept the Schengen visa of Turkish drivers, has made it a requirement for Turkish drivers to obtain a Bulgarian visa for bilateral transportation. While the competitiveness of the business world, which cannot participate in foreign fairs due to visa problems and cannot hold bilateral meetings with foreign customers, is eroding in global Sundays, foreign trucks have started to carry the export goods of Turkey.

REJECTION RATE IN SCHENGEN REACHES 50 PERCENT

Turkish citizens and business people have been experiencing great difficulties with visas for some time. Especially in Schengen visa applications, while appointment times have get longer, an increasing number of refusals have started to arrive. Some countries have stopped visa applications by a certain date, and most difficult appointments are given for months later. It is stated that the period for US visa applications is up to 12 months. There are also significant increases in the number of refusals on visa applications accepted for travel to all these countries. It is only said that the rejection rate of Schengen visa applications, which was at 15 percent last year, has increased to 50 percent this year.