1. First Application

reference should be made for a work permit in Turkey, Turkey or abroad.

Of foreigners in the application to be made abroad, work permits for citizens they are or permanent as they reside Republic of Turkey representations to the employment contract in the country, the document showing the assignment text or company subsidiaries are required to apply and submit. The employer in Turkey, followed by the date of application made to our representative within ten working days, to make electronic submissions and necessary information and documents in person or by mail to the transportation of Labor and Social Security Ministry is mandatory. Republic of Turkey Ministry representative, the work permit application will be held abroad related transactions are executed electronically. BA evil hit i din following the date of filing the necessary documents to the foreign representation to be made within ten working days of electronic ba evil after the shoot  employer,  the ministry of the spindle a transportation evil t i r it lmas I  need.

Application by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security of foreigners held work permits approved and now face must be logged in to Turkey in eighty days. Except for residence permits are issued for the purpose of education in Turkey, valid for at least six months of the date of application for a residence permit foreigners or their employers who may apply for a work permit. This situation of foreigners in the Republic of Turkey is not obliged to refer to the foreign missions. The documents required for the application must be sent to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security in person or by mail within six working days following the electronic application.

The Ministry of Labor and Social Security concludes applications for work permits, if necessary, by taking the opinions of the relevant ministry and authorities. Duly applied work permit applications are finalized by the ministry within thirty days at the latest, provided that the documents are complete and complete. If it is determined by the Ministry that the application is made with missing documents, the applicant is informed by requesting the completion of the missing documents. In this case, the thirty-day period begins as of the date when the missing documents were transferred to the ministry. The Ministry’s positive or negative decision regarding the work permit application, in applications made from abroad; to inform the foreigners applying (through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) related to foreign missions in the Republic of Turkey informs. In domestic applications, it is notified to the foreigner or the employer. Taking a work permit and residence of foreigners arriving in Turkey from the consulate, entry to the country within twenty business days following the date on which they are required to register in the Address Registration System in Turkey.

The procedures and principles in the education sector for a work permit foreigners to be employed in Turkey, home services sector, health sector, tourism sector, aviation sector, as well as the entertainment industry and other sectors as foreign direct investment, property supply that foreign direct investment, professional services and contact varies for offices. The information below includes the procedures and principles for the work permit process in foreign direct investments.

1.1. Documents Required From The Employer Institution In The First Application

• Work permit application petition (The petition will be scanned during the electronic application and will also be sent by the employer in paper environment with a wet signature.)
• Foreign Personnel Application Form (The form to be filled in electronically will be signed by the employer and the foreigner and sent to the ministry as a copy in the paper environment. When there is no wet signature of the employer and the foreigner, the employment contract signed between the parties will be submitted. The form is unsigned and there is no employment contract. In the event the application will not be processed.)
• Organization structure showing the last capital and partnership Turkey Trade Registry Gazette (This document is then scanned and sent over the Internet during electronic application.)
• Last year, tax office or certified financial advisor approved balance sheet and profit / loss table (This document will be scanned and sent over the internet during electronic application.)
• Information and documents proving that the workplace is within the scope of Special Foreign Direct Investments * (These documents will be scanned during the electronic application and sent over the internet.)
• Document confirming that the organizations (including consortia) that have been awarded international tenders by public institutions and organizations have been loaded from the relevant institution and organization (This document will be scanned and sent over the internet during electronic application.)
• In the legal entities that will employ foreign experts within the scope of engineering, architecture, contracting and consultancy services, a fee payroll indicating that Turkish engineers / architects / urban planners are employed in the same profession (This document will be scanned during the electronic application and sent over the internet.)
• Notarized power of attorney of the person authorized to make an electronic application on behalf of the institution and organization that will employ foreign personnel, or a document indicating that the person in the status of the user works in the institution and organization that made the application (This document will be scanned and sent over the internet during electronic application.)

1.2. Documents Required From The Foreigner In The First Application

• For applications to be made domestically, except for residence permits are issued for the purpose of education in Turkey, a residence permit valid for at least six months for the date of application examples (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 residence have been working with the Republic of Turkey and the representative of the employment contract or company partnership shows the documents submitted to the country’s permission 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 no legally 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 can be made directly to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security.
• If the foreigner is in the status of key personnel, the information and documents stipulated in article 10 / b of the Regulation on Employment of Foreign Personnel in Foreign Direct Investments (These documents will be scanned and sent over the internet during electronic application.)
• Copy of passport (In cases where the passport is not written in Latin letters, a certified translation by certified translators or public authorities will be added to the application. This document will be scanned and sent over the internet during electronic application.)
• Copy of Turkish diploma or temporary graduation certificate approved by certified translators or official authorities (This document will be scanned during the electronic application and sent over the internet and also in paper environment.)
• In addition to the above documents, if the foreigner who requests a work permit within the scope of professional services receives higher education abroad, “Diploma or Temporary Graduation Equivalency Certificate” that will be obtained in accordance with the “Regulation on Equivalency in Higher Education Diplomas abroad” (This document will be scanned and sent over the internet during electronic application.)

2. Extension Application

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

Work permit and extension applications must first be made electronically. Within this scope, within six working days following the approval of the application made over the internet together with other documents specified in the regulation by the foreigner and the employer, the output of the barcode application form received on the internet, in order for the work permit or time extension applications made electronically and approved by the system to be valid. It must be delivered personally or by mail to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security.

The request for an extension of the work permit must be made within a maximum period of two months from the date on which the permit ends. Extension applications made within fifteen days at the latest after the expiry of the work permit are also evaluated. Extension applications made after this period are subject to the principles applied to foreigners who apply for the first time. In the work permit extension applications made with valid residence permit submission (as in the first applications made in the country), the documents required within six working days following the electronic application must be sent to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security.

After the one-year legal work permit period, an extension request can be made for two years for the current work permit to work in the same business or enterprise and the same profession. At the end of the total legal work period of three years, the current work permit can be extended for an additional three years to work in the same profession and with the employer of 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.

2.1. Documents Required from the Employer Institution in Extension Applications

• Work permit period extension application petition (The petition will be scanned during electronic application and will also be sent by the employer in paper format with a wet signature.)
• Foreign Personnel Application Form (The form to be filled in electronically will be signed by the employer and the foreigner and sent to the ministry as a copy in the paper environment. When there is no wet signature of the employer and the foreigner, the employment contract signed between the parties will be submitted. The form is unsigned and there is no employment contract. In the event 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 has no tax debt (This information will be accessed from the Ministry of Finance records on the internet by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security.)
• Information on whether the social security obligations related to the workplace and the foreigner are fulfilled through the Social Security Institution registration number of the foreigner specified in the application form and the social security obligations related to the foreigner (This information will be checked by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security from the records of the Social Security Institution.)
• Notarized power of attorney of the person authorized to make an electronic application on behalf of the institution and organization that will employ foreign personnel, or a document indicating that the person in the status of the user works in the institution and organization that made the application (This document will be scanned and sent over the internet during electronic application.)

2.2. Documents Required from Foreigners for Extension Applications

• Copy of passport (In cases where the passport is not written in Latin letters, a certified translation by certified translators or public authorities will be added to the application. This document will be scanned and sent over the internet during electronic application.)
• Previous work permit and cover letter (These documents will be scanned during the electronic application and sent over the internet.)
• A residence permit for work, which covers the work permit periods given by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (This document will be scanned during the electronic application and sent over the internet.)
• Temporary membership certificate that foreigners who are given permission to work as engineers, architects and city planners should obtain pursuant to article 36 of the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects No. 6235 (This document will be scanned and sent over the internet during electronic application.)

* Foreign Direct Investments with Special Features

Within the scope of the “Regulation on the Employment of Foreign Personnel in Foreign Direct Investments”, work permits are subject to special provisions and it is aimed to give work permits more easily. Work permit applications for personnel to be employed in foreign direct investments outside this scope are subject to the above-mentioned general provisions (Law No. 4817 and Implementing Regulation).

Two basic conditions determine the scope of the Regulation on the Employment of Foreign Nationals in Foreign Direct Investments:

• Special Foreign Direct Investments (including liaison offices)
• Foreign national key personnel

Feature Foreign Direct Investments; Refers to the company or branch that falls within the scope of the Foreign Direct Investment Law No. 4875 and fulfills at least one of the following conditions (values ​​for 2019):

• Provided that the total capital share of foreign partners is at least 1,888,190 Turkish lira, the last year turnover of the company or branch is at least 141.9 million Turkish lira.
• Provided that the total capital share of foreign partners is at least 1,888,190 Turkish lira, the exports of the company or branch in the last year should be at least 1 million USD.
• Employment of at least 250 personnel registered with the Social Insurance Institution within the last year, provided that the total capital share of foreign partners is at least 1,888,190 Turkish lira.
• If the company or branch is to invest, the minimum fixed investment amount is at least 47.1 million Turkish lira.
• Foreign direct investment in at least one country other than the home country of the parent company

Key staff; The board of a company having legal personality in Turkey and is the staff providing at least one of the following conditions:

a)  Taking part in at least one of the following areas or having authority on these issues; company partner, chairman of the board, board member, general manager, assistant general manager, company manager, deputy director and similar person

• Working in the company’s senior management or executive position
• Managing all or part of the company
• Supervising or controlling the work of the company’s auditors, administrative or technical personnel
• Recruiting new staff or dismissing existing staff or making proposals on these issues

b) A  person who has the basic knowledge for the company’s services, research equipment, techniques or management

c)  At most one person, whose authorization certificate is issued by the parent company abroad in the liaison offices

Fee on Work Permit for Foreigners: In accordance with the Law No. 492 on Work Permits, work permit documents to be given to foreigners are subject to charge. If the work permit request is deemed appropriate by the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services , a fee should be paid according to the permit period to be granted.

Valuable paper price is collected from the work permits issued to foreigners in accordance with the provisions of the Law No. 210 on Valuable Papers. Work permit fees and valuable paper costs are determined based on the revaluation rate every year and published in the Official Gazette.