Visa
EU citizens can apply for online or paper visa (not mandatory) or enter with their national identity cards. For the stays more than 90 days, they have to apply for residence permit
with their passports. National identity cards are not accepted for the residence permit applications. Detailed information on residence permit will be provided during the orientation day.
E-visa: https://www.evisa.gov.tr/en/
Residence Permit
Application Documents for Residence Permit
1. Application Form
- You receive it after completing the online application on https://e-ikamet.goc.gov.tr/
For the Guidance for Online Application in English, please click here.
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For the Guidance for Online Application in Turkish, please click here.
- After creating your application form, you need to provide your fingerprints to the Provincial Directorate of Migration Management. If you have previously given your fingerprints, visit the migration office to have your criminal record number to add to the application form. Please submit your application form, passport, and current student certificate to the following offices to provide your fingerprints.
- Centers Where You Can Give Your Fingerprints:
- Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Migration Management,
- Esenyurt District Working Group Presidency,
- Kumkapi Coordination Center,
- Pendik District Working Group Presidency,
- Sultanbeyli District Working Group Precidency.
2. Four (4) Biometric Photographs Compliant with ICAO Standards
Biometric, on white background
3. Copy of Your Passport (National identity cards are not accepted for the residence permit applications!)
- Copy of the first page (validity date page)
- Copy of the entry stamp page
- Copy of visa (if any)
4. Copy of Residence Permit Card (disregard if you do not have a residence permit card)
5. Student Certificate
- From Student Registrar’s Office you can take student Certificate after your course registration.
6. Acceptance Letter
7. Declaration of Residence
- Photocopy of Real Estate Deed if you are staying in your own house,
- If you are staying with a Lease Agreement, Notarized Copy of the Lease Agreement (The Lease Agreement must be notarized by the landlord and tenant by going to the notary public and getting notary approval in the form of 'Arrangement'),
- If staying in hotels etc., a document proving that you stayed in these places and a receipt showing the payment for the period of stay,
- If staying in student dormitories, a document proving that you are staying in a dormitory (Dormitory signature circular also required if the document does not have a barcode or QR code),
- If you are staying with a sponsor, the notarized commitment of the person you are staying with (If the sponsor is married, also the notarized commitment of his/her spouse) (The sponsor must have a legal stay in Turkey),
is required to be submitted.
8. Valid Health Insurance
- Insurance company with a collaborator/branch office in Turkey,
- Private insurance from a Turkish firm,
- Turkish Government insurance,
- The formular (an inter-government bilateral agreement) approved by Social Security Institution of Turkey (Sosyal Güvenlik Kurumu, SGK) like T/A 11, A/TR 4, CZ/TR 111...
- Should be in Turkish.
- Should cover all kinds of treatment in Turkey within your study duration.
* For applying to residence permit, it is required for applicants' health insurances to cover the "Minimum Policy Content".
Minimum Policy Content
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Minimum Policy Content of the required insurance (maybe subject to change over time)
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Contracted Institutions
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Non- Contracted Institutions
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Annual Minimum Limit
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Contributions
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Annual Minimum Limit
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Contributions
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Outpatient Diagnosis Treatment
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2.000. -TL
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Insured : % 40 Company : % 60
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2.000.-TL
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Insured : % 40 Company : % 60
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Inpatient Diagnosis Treatment
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Unlimited
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Insured : % 0 Company : % 100
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20.000.-TL
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Insured : % 20 Company : % 80
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* Non- Contracted Institutions: Institutions (hospitals, physicians’ offices, and the other health institutions.) do not have an agreement with the insurer.
9. Receipt of payment from Tax Office for Residence Permit Card Fee
10. Declaration/ Control Document
After collecting all these documents stated above, please visit our office as soon as possible.