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Long-Term Residency

Disclaimer: The rules for Residency Permits changes regularly. We will try to keep this information up to date, but we recommend checking the latest requirements on the Government Application Website.

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Where applicable ensure you have all the required documentation and apostils before making a Residence Permit Application:

• Bank Statements must cover at least the last 3 months of account statements. Each page must be stamped and signed by your bank
• A Foreign Pension or Foreign Income Certification Letter must be stamped/signed by the issuing authority and where possible apostilled in the country of issue
• Turkish Bank Account must show the deposit of sufficient funds into a Turkish bank account, this will usually be 1.5 times the minimum wage in most cases
• A Marriage Certificate which must be apostilled in the country it was issued
  For Family Residence Applications the Birth certificates for children under 18 years old must be apostilled

In order to obtain Long-Term Residency the following requirements must be met:

• You must have had continuous residence in Turkey for at least eight years
• You must not have received social assistance in the preceding three years
• You must have sufficient and regular income to maintain and where applicable your family
• You must be covered with a valid medical insurance, this will either be from your own country or by the SGK Healthcare
• You must not pose a public order or public security threat
• You must also provide a Criminal Record Check from your home country, it must be apostilled then it must be translated and notorised in Turkey. As of February 2025 the Criminal Record Check issued from your home country ‘may’ no longer be required. In cases where this is applicable the Criminal Record Check is available, for free, from the local Turkish court office. We recommend you check with your local GOC office as to what is required regarding the Criminal Record Check

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