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General Information About Residence
Residence is a place where the person expresses his desire to live in the legal sense. The person declares this place as a residence through the competent authorities of his country by his own will. This regulation which the individual needs in the framework of social and legal rules shall certainly be applied to the foreigners in Turkey, as well.
Residence permit which is required for both social order of the foreigner and the legal order in Turkey provides the foreigner with the right to live in certain places in Turkey within the given period. This permit issued by the competent authorities shall be issued upon the request of the person and it shall be issued when the foreigner fulfills the necessary conditions for it.
As stipulated in the Law, it shall be possible in the near future that residence permit application shall be received by the consulates of the Republic of Turkey which are located in their country of citizenship or legal stay and this shall be also announced. Till it becomes available, the residence permit application shall be received by the governorate of the province in which they intend to reside.
Foreigner who holds a valid residence permit shall enter into or exit from Turkey by virtue of visa permit exemption.
The foreigner who stays in Turkey by virtue of the residence permit has been entitled to extend the duration of residence permit in the governorate of the province in which s/he resides without the need to exit from Turkey on condition that s/he still fulfills the conditions when his permit has expired or the foreigner has been entitled to change his residence permit regarding his new status on condition that s/he fulfills the necessary conditions for another residence permit.
The application of accompaniment for residence permit application is no longer in effect in accordance with the implementation regulated in the Law on Foreigners and International Protection No 6458 and each foreigner’s application and permit shall be issued separately.
The application for residence permit shall be submitted by the foreigners themselves, by their representatives or by lawyers. However the authority to which the application was submitted shall be entitled to request the presence of the foreigner during the application pursuant to the initiative given to the administrative unit.
The Law No 6458 has also introduced that work permit shall substitute the residence permit. Pursuant to the Article 27 of the Law, in case the foreigner holds a work permit, s/he is not required to hold also residence permit and the foreigner is conferred the right to stay in Turkey within the duration of work permit.
Within the scope of relevant paragraphs of Article 4,5,6 and 8 of the Settlement Law No 5543, actions and procedures regarding free immigrants, which are within the mandate of the Ministry of Interior, shall be carried out by the Directorate General.For more information http://www.goc.gov.tr/icerik/residence_917_1060