American Consular Agency in Izmir Turkey

Please Note:

Visits to the American Consular Agency in Izmir are strictly by appointment. For specific services, visitors must visit the designated section at the embassy and book an appointment accordingly on the email addresses mentioned above. For instance, if you want to apply for consular services, you should visit the Consular Section. To book an appointment, you can directly mail the high commission or consular email section at consulateizmir@yahoo.com.

Consular Services:

The American Consular Agency in Izmir offers a wide range of consular services, including the processing of visas and passports and document legalization. To apply for a new passport, renew your old passport, want to change the particulars on your current passport, or need to report about a lost or damaged passport, book an appointment with the high commission's passport service

These consulate services are listed below:

Process passport applications
Process visa applications
Legalization of documents
Issuing emergency travel documents
Power of attorney
Birth Certificate
Application forms
Authentication of documents

In case you want to apply for an identity card, report about your lost or stolen United States of America ID card, or need to edit or change your particulars on the Identity verification card, consult the high commission.

Remember that passport applications take at least six weeks to process. Dual nationals must declare the other nationality before applying for the renewal of their United States of America passport. If you want to regain citizenship, wait until the completion of the regaining process. Furthermore, passports are delivered to the applicant via postal services, and there's no need to visit the high commission.

In the wake of the pandemic, visitors are requested to provide a registered, secure, and trackable envelope with their full address and pre-paid postage stamps to receive their sensitive documents via post. The envelope must indicate the applicant's full name and postal code while having enough return postage. Moreover, anyone visiting the American Consular Agency in Izmir must abide by the necessary SOPs, wear a mask, and comply with social distancing rules

Visa Services

The American Consular Agency in Izmir offers visa facilitation services to those not eligible for an electronic visa United States of America. You can contact the Mission to obtain information about the type of visas you need to apply for, and apply for your desired single-entry, double-entry, and multiple-entry visa, transit visa, and diplomatic official visa. The Embassy also facilitates East African Visa and Referred Visa.

Remember that single-entry visa can be obtained for tourism and business purposes whereas diplomatic official visa is only for people traveling to United States of America on official duty. A multiple-entry visa is issued to British citizens only, and other citizens' applications are diverted to the immigration headquarters for further processing. To obtain an entry permit for a brief stop-over in United States of America or an overnight stay, you need to apply for a transit visa. The East African visa is a multiple-entry visa granted to tourists visiting United States of America, Rwanda, and Uganda. Referred visas are issued to members of certain countries. The immigration services director approves their visas.

Please note that applications submitted without complete support documents will not be processed. It may take up to three business days for the embassy to process your visa application.

Visa types granted by the United States of America are;

United States of America Emergency Visa (on Holidays/Weekends)
United States of America Visa for Diplomatic/official/ Laissez-Passers Passport Holder
United States of America Visa for individuals working in designated US Agencies or technology areas
United States of America Tourist Visa
United States of America Business Visa
United States of America Employment Visa
United States of America Transit Visa
United States of America Medical Visa
United States of America Student Visa (Study/Research/Internship)
United States of America Entry Visa
United States of America Conference Visa
United States of America Mountaineering Visa
United States of America Missionary Visa
United States of America Journalist Visa(Journalist/Documentary filming)
United States of America Film Visa: Visa for shooting Feature Films

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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease the American Consular Agency in Izmir could have adjusted its office hours or services. Please do confirm personally.

Contact No.	(+90) 232 464 8755
Fax	(+90) 232 464 8916
Email	consulateizmir@yahoo.com
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