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EU citizen Turkish person entering China
Hello everyone, I don’t know if this is the right place to ask this but I’d appreciate if someone could help. I’m a Bulgarian-Turkish and I live in the Netherlands. I don’t know if you know but Turkish citizens can’t get
TechnicianShared Aug 31, 2026Hello everyone, I don’t know if this is the right place to ask this but I’d appreciate if someone could help. I’m a Bulgarian-Turkish and I live in the Netherlands.
I don’t know if you know but Turkish citizens can’t get a visa to China for political reasons and I have seen online that people who have Turkish stamps and especially Turkish people who have enough documents have had problems entering the country.
I travel a lot between Turkey and the Netherlands with my Bulgarian passport. That’s why I have a lot of Turkish stamps on my passport.
Bulgaria has 30 days visa free access to China but would me having about 20 Turkish stamps on my passport be a problem?
Thank you
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No one online can guarantee a border decision. A Bulgarian passport holder should check the current visa-free eligibility and entry requirements with the Chinese embassy or visa application centre before flying. Turkish passport stamps alone are not normally an automatic reason for refusal, but immigration officers make the final decision and can assess an individual itinerary and documents at the border.