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DOCUMENTS REQUIRED

• Residence Proclamation Form
• 4 passport photos
• The original of the passport
• Copy of the passport (Page with the photo, page which indicates the last entrance, page which indicates the validity period)
• Bank account letter of 500 USD or change receipt for every month
• Commitment letter of the Turkish citizen from the notary

If there is a previous extension, the original of the residence permit and copy of all the processed pages are required.

Residence permit up to 5 years can be given to the owner of the yacht, his/her spouse and children, and yacht crew, regardless of the type of visas, in line with the required period provided that they submit valid passports and register certificate of the yacht.

Also if foreign crew who work in private yachts with foreign flags, which come to our ports for tourism, comes to sea border gates without visas, they are given entry visa valid for up to 90 days and they can be given residence permit for touristic purposes valid up to 6 months regardless of the country if they want to stay longer.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED

• Residence Proclamation Form
• 4 passport photos
• The original of the passport
• Copy of the passport (Page with the photo, page which indicates the last entrance, page which indicates the validity period)
• Bank account letter of 500 USD or change receipt for every month or retirement certificate
• Transit log
• Yacht mooring contract made with the marina
• Yacht ownership certificate (Turkish translation if it is in a foreign language)
• The petition of the owner of the yacht for the person who takes care of the yacht

Note: Our company makes all electronic appointments from Foreigners’ Department

If there is a previous extension, the original of the residence permit and copy of all the processed pages are required

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED

• Residence Proclamation Form
• 4 passport photos
• The original of the passport
• Copy of the passport (Page with the photo, page which indicates the last entrance, page which indicates the validity period)
• Bank account letter of 500 USD or change receipt for every month or retirement certificate
• Reservation certificate if the foreign national stays at a hotel

Note: Our company makes all electronic appointments from Foreigners’ Department

If there is a previous extension, the original of the residence permit and copy of all the processed pages are required

Turkish family (an authorized family member) who would like to employ the foreigner may apply to the Provincial Security Directorate Foreigners’ Department with the foreigner, including those who are in our country with tourist visa, for 6 months’ residence permit.

1) Getting appointment from District Security Directorate about obtaining 6 months’ touristic residence for the foreigner

Documents required for 6 months’ touristic residence application:

• 6 photos
• Original of the passport
• Bank account document or foreign exchange certificate of $500 for each month (total 3000 USD),
• If the foreigner is staying in a rented house, Notary approved rental contract
• If the foreigner is staying in a at a hotel, accomodation certificate from the hotel reception.
• If the foreigner is staying with a Turkish citizen, notary approved covenant of Turkish citizen and it is necessary for the Turkish citizen to be present at the appointment day with the foreigner.
• Residence request form (requested information must be filled by the foreigner and sent to us attached to the e-mail)
• Foreigner must be present in the appointment
NOTE: In order to apply to the Ministry of Labor from Turkey, it is required to have 6 months’ residence permit!

2) Ankara Ministry of Labor work permit application:

If the request is approved by security authorities, work permit application must be made to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security within 7 days following the delivery of residence permit. Employer must get e-state password from PTT branches and make electronic work permit application to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security through e-state on internet.
Within 6 work days following the completion of electronic application, it is necessary to deliver petition and the Foreign Personnel Application Form (4 pages), on which there is barcode number, printed from internet to the Ministry of Labor.

3) Paying Work Permit Fees: If work permit application is approved, working fee is paid.

4) Getting residence permit depending on work permit from District Security

In applications from Turkey it is necessary for the foreigners, whose work permit application is approved, to get residence permit depending on work or turn the used residence permits to the residence permits depending on working. Obtained work permit gains validity by residence permit depending on working. If the residence application period is exceeded, work permit is cancelled and transactions are started from the start.

NOTE: Those whose visa period is expired or who is in fugitive position cannot apply from Turkey. Foreigners in this situation must apply to Turkish consulate abroad by pre-application (if they are not banned from entering Turkey for 5 years)

IMPORTANT: Employers may make work permit and residence permit applications on their own. However if it is rejected because the application is made incomplete or wrong:

• One must wait for 1 year to reapply.
• Rejected work permit applications will be recorded in Ministry system and will affect the later applications negatively. It will create a negative reference.
• Therefore we recommend you to get professional support from an expert company whose business is only foreign personnel relocation services and consultancy of work permit and residence permit without outsourcing.

1) Making working visa application to Turkish consulate abroad: Persons, who will work as foreign personnel who does not have minimum 6 months’ residence permit, will have to make the applications from Turkish consulates and representatives in their own country.
9ekim starts and rapidly concludes the necessary transactions in the consulates of anywhere in the world with internationally experienced consultants when a special request is received such as accelerating the process for CEOs, executives or general managers of multinational companies.

2) Paying Working Visa Fees at Turkish Consulate:

3) Applying to Ankara Ministry of Labor for work permit: It is necessary to enter the online and physical documents of work permit application file to Ministry of Labor within 10 days following the application made to the Turkish representative. Work permit application form is filled in electronic media. After documents about company and foreigner are approved in electronic media, form is accepted by the system in electronic media. For approved work permit applications to be valid, application form with barcode printed from internet must be signed by the foreigner and employer and must be delivered physically to the Ministry of Labor with the other documents stated in the regulations appendix within 10 days following the approval of online application.

4) Fee Payment: If work permit application is approved, working fee is paid.

5) Working Visa Approval From Turkish Consulate Abroad: Those who apply from Turkish consulates in their own country or country of residence will have to go to the Turkish consulate in their own country to get working visa processed to the passport. Obtained work permit becomes valid with residence permit depending on working. If the residence application period is exceeded, work permit is cancelled and transactions are started from the start.

6) Getting appointment from District Security Directorate for residence permit depending on work permit

7) Making application from District Security Directorate for residence permit depending on work permit and concluding the transaction.

Ministry of Labor and Social Security Foreign Maids Work Permit Application

Necessary Documents:

1. Work permit request petition addressed to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security
2. Foreign Personnel Application Form (4 copies / 3 pages, with photo taken within the last 6 months, real copies signed by the employer and foreign personnel)
3. Passport copy with Turkish translation and approved by Notary/Consulate
4. Diploma copy with Turkish translation and approved by Notary/Consulate
5. CV (1 piece/ 2 pages, prepared in Turkish),
6. Copy of residence permit approved by notary for applications made form Turkey (except for residence permit for education purposes, residence permit must be valid for minimum 6 months and application is made within this period. Or else the foreigner will have to apply to the Turkish representatives of their country of nationality or permanent permanence)
7. Supportive documents such as reference letters, courses, etc.
8. Marriage certificate if he/she is married to a Turkish citizen
9. Documents to prove that the employer has financial competency to cover the monthly wage and SSK premium of the foreigner over the minimum wage. Copy of income certificate of the employer (payroll, rental income, interest income, house title or contract, trade registry gazette and balance sheets if he/she has got a company partnership)

Work permit is replied within 30 days averagely.

IMPORTANT: Residence permit applications may be made by power of attorney given by the foreigner if it is accepted by the relevant security directorate. However prepared residence permits are delivered to the foreigner for signature.

Fee to pay to the foreigner for home services:

Gross minimum wage according to the calculation made in accordance with 1 time of minimum wage practiced for foreigners employed in home services and other occupations (salesperson, marketing-export employee etc.) is 886,50 TL

FEE AMOUNTS OF 2012 (official payments)

Residence Book Cost: 172 TL
Residence Fee Amount (1 YEAR’S): 120 TL
Ministry of Labor Visa Fee (1 YEAR’S): 270