Turkey Work Permit Conditions

• First Application Procedures

Applications for work done outside Turkey or residence permit in Turkey.

Foreigners in the application to be made abroad, working as citizens to leave that or the Republic of Turkey in their country of residence as a permanent consulate or embassy of the employment contract, appointment letter or must apply with the issuance of the document showing the company partnership. within 10 working days from the date of application made to the company’s consulate or embassy in Turkey, making electronic application and obtain the necessary information and documents of Labor and Social Security Ministry or the cargo, it is necessary to deliver the mail. Republic of Turkey Ministry with the consulate or embassy, ​​work permit application to be made abroad related transactions are executed electronically. The documents required for application must be submitted to the ministry by the employer following the electronic application within 10 working days following the date of application of the foreigner to the consulate or embassies.

Application of Labor and at the latest within 180 days of the person who organized the work permit approved by the Ministry of Social Security must come to Turkey. except for residence permits granted to study in Turkey, it is available for people with at least 6 months term residence permit application on or in which they operate companies can apply for a work permit. People in this state are not obliged to apply to the embassy or consulate of the Republic of Turkey. The documents required for the application must be delivered to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security by hand or by mail, within 6 working days following the electronic application.

The Ministry of Labor and Social Security evaluates the work permit applications by taking the opinions of the relevant ministries and institutions where necessary. Work permit applications in accordance with the procedure shall be concluded within 30 days at the latest if the documents are complete and complete. The applicant is informed about the completion of the documents when the application is made by the Ministry. In this case, the 30-day period begins on the date of the submission of missing documents to the Ministry. The Ministry’s decision on the work permit application is made in the applications made from abroad; to inform the foreigners applying (through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) related to the embassy or consulate of the Republic of Turkey informs. In domestic applications, the person or the employer is informed. Taking a work permit and residence of the Consulate of the people who came to Turkey following the date of their entry into the country within 20 business days are required to register in the Address Registration System in Turkey.

Law training for the work permit people to work in Turkey, home care, health care, tourism, aviation industry, as well as sectors such as the entertainment industry as foreign direct investment, property supply that foreign direct investment varies for professional services and liaison offices. The following information includes the procedures and principles for the work permit process in foreign direct investments.

Requested Documents from the Employer Institution at the First Application

• Application for work permit application (petition will be scanned during the electronic application and will be sent by the employer in wet form on paper.)
• Foreign personnel application form (the form to be filled in electronic form will be signed by the employer and the person, after being printed out, will be sent to the ministry as a copy in paper form. the application will not be processed.)
• The organization’s most recent capital and shareholding structure showing the Turkey Trade Registry Gazette (This document is then scanned and sent over the Internet during electronic application.)
• Approved balance sheet and profit / loss statement of the last year, tax office or chartered accountant (This document will be scanned during the electronic application and will be sent over the internet.)
• Information and documents proving that the work is within the scope of Foreign Direct Investments * (These documents will be scanned during the electronic application and will be sent over the internet.)
• The documents proving that the institutions (including consortia) who have the right to make international tenders have been loaded by public institutions and organizations (including consortiums) have documented that they have been loaded on the job from the related institution and organization.
• In the case of legal persons who will employ foreign experts within the scope of engineering, architecture, contracting and consultancy services, the payroll in the same profession is charged by the Turkish Engineer / Architect / City Planner. (This document will be scanned during the electronic application.)
The notarized power of attorney of the person who has the authority to make electronic application as the user in the name of the institution and the organization that will employ foreign personnel or the person who acts as the user shows that he works in the applicant institution and organization (This document will be scanned during the electronic application and will be sent over the internet.)

Documents requested from foreigners at first application

• For applications to be made within the country, except for residence permits are issued for the purpose of education in Turkey, at least six-month residence permit valid on the date of application example (This document is then scanned and sent over the Internet during electronic application.)
• If there are no valid residence permit foreign requesting permission to work, where nationals abroad, foreigner or permanent resident that shows Republic of Turkey and the representative of the employment contract or corporate partnerships in the country, document work with the submission of the permit is required to make application. However, Peculiar Foreign Direct Investment * meets at least one of the criteria the company’s foreign key personnel status in will be employed that there are legal in Turkey (taken from the Police Department writings or passport, visa and was submitted certified copies of the shows of the date of entry) work if it is proved The application for permission can be made directly to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. In this context, given the work permit for foreigners in key personnel of foreign missions of the Republic of Turkey by working visa are required to enter Turkey.
• For applications to be made within the country, except for residence permits are issued for the purpose of education in Turkey, at least six-month residence permit valid on the date of application example (This document is then scanned and sent over the Internet during electronic application.)
If there are no valid residence permit foreign requesting permission to work, where nationals abroad, foreigner or permanent resident that shows Republic of Turkey and the representative of the employment contract or corporate partnerships in the country, document work with the submission of the permit is required to make application. However, Peculiar Foreign Direct Investment * meets at least one of the criteria the company’s foreign key personnel status in will be employed that there are legal in Turkey (taken from the Police Department writings or passport, visa and was submitted certified copies of the shows of the date of entry) work if it is proved The application for permission can be made directly to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. In this context, given the work permit for foreigners in key personnel of foreign missions of the Republic of Turkey by working visa are required to enter Turkey.
• In addition to the above documents, if the foreigner requesting work permit within the scope of professional services, if he / she is studying abroad, he / she will receive a gör Diploma or Provisional Graduation Equivalence Certificate ı in accordance with the lik Foreign Higher Education Diploma Equivalence Regulation belgel (This document will be scanned during the electronic application and will be sent over the internet. )

Extension Application

The request for extension of the work permit shall be made by the foreign or employer directly to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security by adding the original work permit to the documents specified in the application form and application regulation.

Work permit and time extension applications must be made primarily in electronic environment. Within this scope, within six business days following the approval of the application made on the internet together with the other documents determined in the annex of the regulation, the output of the application form with barcodes received on the internet in order to be validated and approved by the system and the work permit or time extension applications received by the system It must be sent to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security in person or by post.

The request for extension of the work permit must be made within two months at the most from the end of the permit. The extension applications made within fifteen days at the latest after the expiry of the work permit are also taken into consideration. Extension applications made after this period are subject to the principles applied to foreigners who applied for the first time. In case of applications for extension of work permits with a valid residence permit (as in the first domestic applications), the documents requested within six working days following the electronic application must be submitted to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security.

After a one-year statutory work permit period, an extension may be requested for a period of two years to work in the same workplace or business and to work in the same profession. At the end of the three-year legal working period, the existing work permit can be extended for a further three years to work in the same profession and with the employer of his choice. residing legally and uninterruptedly for at least eight years or eight years of legal work of foreigners in Turkey can apply for permission to work indefinitely.

Documents Requested by the Employer in the Application for Extension

• Application period extension application petition (petition will be scanned at the time of electronic application and will be sent by the employer in wet paper as paper).
• Foreign personnel application form (the form to be filled in electronic form will be signed by the employer and the foreigner after it is printed, and sent to the ministry as a copy in paper form. the application will not be processed.)
• In case of changes, the organization’s most recent capital and shareholding structure showing the Turkey Trade Registry Gazette (This document is then scanned and sent over the Internet during electronic application.)
• Document indicating that the workplace is not in tax debt (this information will be accessed by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security via the Ministry of Finance.)
• The information of the foreigner specified in the application form by the Social Security Institution’s insurance number and the information of the Social Security Institution’s registration number of the workplace and the social security obligations of the foreigner (This information will be checked by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security on the internet. )
• Notarized power of attorney of the person who is authorized to make electronic application as user on behalf of the institution and organization that will employ foreign personnel or the person who is in the capacity of user indicates that he works in the applicant institution and organization (This document will be scanned during the electronic application and will be sent over the internet.)

Documents requested from foreigners in the extension application

• Copy of the passport (If the passport is not written in Latin letters, the certified translation by the public authorities or official authorities will be added to the application. This document will be scanned during the electronic application and will be sent over the internet.)
• Previous work permit and upper letter (These documents will be scanned during the electronic application and will be sent over the internet.)
• Work permit for work, including work permit periods issued by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (This document will be scanned during the electronic application and will be sent over the internet.)
• Foreigners who are allowed to work as engineers, architects and urban planners are required to obtain a provisional membership certificate pursuant to Article 36 of the Turkish Union of Chambers of Engineers and Architects ( Law No. 6235 ).