Living in Turkey
Residency Permits are obtained AFTER arrival in Turkey.
- Formal application must be made to the police authorities in the province where you reside, or to the Aliens department of the Police in Ankara, if no fixed abode in Turkey is intended. HOWEVER, well BEFORE your departure from the UK, you should contact the Turkish Embassy in London for information about residency requirements and for information about importation of your personal effects, household goods or car.
- Please access the website Turkish Consulate, London for further details.
- A residence permit is an absolute necessity before you can clear any personal goods/car from Turkish Customs. Therefore an application for a residence permit must be made within one one month from the date of your arrival in Turkey.
- Failure to do so will result in additional daily storage costs for your goods/car by the Turkish Customs Authorities, which can be expensive.
- On first application, residence permits may be issued for a two-year period, thereafter for a maximum of five years at any one time.
Residence Permit Fees are calculated on the following basis
Up to one month 7.60 Lira per day (this will not be less than 14.00 lira and not more than 70.80 lira for the first month). 47.10 lira for each subsequent month is applicable.
