Which application is right for you?
Procedures for foreign nationals in Türkiye are interconnected; the status obtained in one area becomes a condition in the next. Setting the right order from the start usually prevents a refusal and the cost of starting over.
Staying and working
For anyone staying in Türkiye longer than ninety days, the starting point is the residence permit. If you will work, a work permit is added; if you will study, the student process is added; in both cases health insurance is a mandatory attachment. Related pages: residence permit consultancy, work permit consultancy, consultancy for foreign students and health insurance for foreigners.
Citizenship and family
A Turkish citizenship application can proceed by the ordinary route through long-term residence, by the exceptional route, or through investment. Official marriage to a foreign national is a separate procedure, and marriage alone does not confer citizenship; it has conditions of its own. Related pages: Turkish citizenship consultancy and official marriage procedures with foreign nationals.
Company and investment
For commercial activity, company formation is weighed against the branch and liaison office options; a liaison office cannot generate commercial income, and this distinction should be known from the outset. After incorporation comes the tax number and bank account step. Related pages: company formation for foreign nationals, branch and liaison office setup, tax number and bank account and foreign trade consultancy.
Problem files
If there is a past violation, the situation has to be established first. New applications made before these records are cleared are usually refused on the same grounds. Related pages: visa violation and administrative fine, entry ban and restriction code, deportation removal consultancy and visa application consultancy.
Foreign documents for your file
Most applications require that civil status, marriage, diploma or criminal record documents issued abroad be made acceptable to Turkish institutions. That means two steps: first the certification of the document, then its certified translation.
Related pages: apostille and consular certification, notarised translation, academic translation and medical translation.
Because the translation and certification work is carried out here as well, you do not need to take your paperwork to a second place. For all translation areas: translation services.