about staying in turkey

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how can i stay in turkey for a long time either apply citizenship or apply green card? is there any condition?

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The state of those, who do apply to the Turkish authorities to get refuge in Turkey is considered according to the protocol about juridical status of refugees of 1967 year, and according to the directive of 30 November, 1994, number 94/6169 about separate foreign citizens which are directly applying to Turkey for getting a political refuge, or which are proceeding into the another third country through Turkey and so applying to get a permission for a temporary staying and also for foreigners, requiring in the mass order to become refugee.

Turkey is guided by the agreement about the juridical position of refugees, signed in Geneva and by the protocol about the juridical position of refugees, signed in 1967. The foreign nationals, who must have an entrance visa, left Turkey for a foreign country, having a valid residence permit aren’t required to obtain entrance visa during the entrance into Turkey. The nationals of the European countries, which come into our country with the request to give status of refugee to them, can be accepted as refugees, if their position corresponds to the necessary criteria. Those, which come into Turkey from other countries with the request to obtain status of refugee, can obtain status of temporary refugee with the condition of compulsary departure into third country. Referring to above mentioned international legislative acts and its geographical position Turkey does consider these people as geographically potentially dangerous emigrants.

FORMALITIES OF THE EMIGRANTS

People of Turkish origin or bonded with the Turkish culture and speaking in Turkish can emigrate into Turkey as a free emigrant or emigrant with a compulsory residence at location assigned for him.


For the entry into Turkey as a free emigrant it is necessary to have a free emigrant’s entry visa. For the entry into country with compulsory residence at location assigned required the ministry decision.



FORMALITIES OF OBTAINING THE TURKISH CITIZENSHIP

Where to apply to get Turkish citizenship ?




According to the law about the Turkish citizenship No 403 for obtaining Turkish citizenship it is possible to apply to the consulates of Turkey abroad, and in-country to the supreme governing body in the city of residence.



Those, who live in Turkey and have a foreign citizenship can make application for getting Turkish citizenship to the city bureau of citizenship and naturalization.And city buraeu of citizenship and naturalization starts a file to the applicant and directs this file for further investigation to the City Police Department.




The City Police Department does conduct investigation on obtaining citizenship. After the completion of this investigation City Police Department does notify of its results to the City Bureau of citizenship and naturalization



THE DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED FOR GETTING TURKISH CITIZENSHIP



1 -) application form, in which it’s stated willing to obtain Turkish citizenship

2 -) the notarially authenticated copy of passport and its translation into Turkish

3 -) the notarially authenticated copy of residence permit

4 -) the notarially authenticated copy of marriage certificate and other documents, related to the matter, if the applicant is married with a turkish citizen

5 -) Documet about free command of Turkish

6 -) certificate of the health

THE STAY AND MOVEMENT OF FOREIGNERS IN TURKEY



The foreigners, for which is not forbidden entry into Turkey according to the law of № 5683 and which has entered into the country already keeping law about the passports of № 5682, have the right to live and to move within Turkey within the framework of the appropriate legislation.

THE PASSPORT LAW OF № 5682





A-) Requirement to have on himself a valid passport or a document, substituting it.

For the entry into Turkey and leaving Turkey, Turkish and foreign citizens are required to present a valid passport or a document, substituting it on all passport check or border-crossing points (persons, which do not have on themselves a valid passport or a substituting it document can not admit into the country)

B -) Requirement to obtain an entry visa

With exception of the citizens of some nationalities, established by legislation, the foreigners must have a valid entry visa for crossing Turkish boundary. All foreign citizens, which do not have an entry visa will be refused admittance into the country with exception of the holders of passports, intended for a single entry into Turkey or a single departure from Turkey.

B -) Visa-free entry into the country

Foreigners, that do proceed by transit through Turkey into other country for purposes of tourism on their own or collective passport, can without any visa, enter into the country by special permission of the police authorities of city of entrance into the country, where are located passport check or border crossing point (at airports or ports) and walk around in the city.Visa is not required if traveling aboard a cruise ship, provided that there would be no overnight stays on land. Day excursions are done with captain's passes.



THE QUESTIONS, WHICH CONCERN RESIDENCE PERMIT



1 -) The law of No 5683 regulates foreign citizens’ stay and movement in Turkey. All formalities of foreign citizens relative to stay and displacement over the country are conducted according to this law. The residence permit, given to foreign citizens is a document, certifying their stay in Turkey.


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2 -) The special identity cards, given out to the colleagues of consulates and embassies and foreign military personel, serving in NATO are considered

as a residence permit. These persons are not required to have a residence permit.

3 -) The special identity card for foreign citizen, issued him by the Civil registry and naturalizatin office, is not residence permit.

5 -) In order to obtain residence permit the first time, foreigners are requested to make an application during the visa validity period or validity period of visa-free entry and stay, if visa-free entry into Turkey.


6 -) For the prolongation of the validity period of the already obtained residence permit foreigner has right to make an application within 15 days from the day of the validity expiration of residence permit. From the foreigner, leaving Turkey for a foreign country within 15 days from expiration date of the validity of residence permit, no penalties required. Penalty comes into force from 16 day.


7 -) For renovation and prolongation of the validity period of residence permit foreigner is obligated to make an application in-person or through someone within 15 days from the validity expiration date, written in residence permit, to police authorities in city of residence.

8 -) In the case of the loss of residence permit it is necessary immediately to apply to the appropriate authorities for obtaining the new one. In that case new residence permit will be issued. The validity time of the renovated residence permit remains

before. However, according to the law of No 492 about the collections from

those, who is obligated to pay charges, will collect charges in the size of the half sum for the renewed residence permit.

9 -) Even in the case of the validity expiration, residence permit is not returned to authorities, before leaving Turkey for a foreign country.


WHO CAN GET RESIDENCE PERMIT BY STATUSES AND DOCUMENTS TO BE REQUIRED

1 -) The nationals of the European community and OECD countries, which come to Turkey for the long term of stay on one of the reasons listed below, do get residence permit for the period of 5 years.

a -) the purchase of a real estate and settling in one of the holiday or seaside resorts of Turkey

b -) the intention to be moved into our country and actually to live in it.


c -) to consider Turkey on her own will or desire of family as the place, where it is possible to fix close relations in further private (personal) life


g -) conducting the commercial activity, having close social contacts and connections, or if Turkey already became the place of further stay, all citizens, with exception of the nationals of European community and OECD countries, which were intended to live in Turkey for the long term, must obtain an entry visa in one of the consulates of Turkey abroad.

2 -) The foreigners, who is married with the a turkish citizen, have to present


a-) marriage certificate b -) document about marital status, given by Civil Registry Office.

3 -) The foreigners, who come to work in Turkey, are requested to present

a-) the employment visa, issued in the consulate of Turkey abroad

b -) permission to employment from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, if working in state structures

c-) permission to the work from the undersecretariat of treasury, if working in the special institutes and establishments

d -) permission to the employment from the Ministry of Tourism, if working in the

touristic enterprises

e -) labour contracts for those, which will work in the private enterprises

f -) permission from the Ministry of Labour to the prolongation of the working visa



4 -) The permission can be issued within the framework of law about the

stimulation of tourism of № 2634 i, if the set of following documents are complete already:

a -) permission to the employment

b -) working agreement

C -) certificate of health

5 -) Those, which come for purposes of conducting business negotiations, commercial connections, market exploration, execution of starting-up and adjusting operations, erection and repair works, maintenance of assembled equipment are requested to present following document:

a-) petition (formal request) from the interested turkish company

6 -)Those, which come to the studies or the courses are requested to submit

a-) the student visa, obtained in the consulate of Turkey abroad.

b -) the written agreement for acceptance of the student, issued by educational institution, and information letter about the fact of study.

7 -) Those which come to conduct researches and scientific studies

a -) the suitable entry visa, obtained in the consulate of Turkey

b -) the document, confirming the fact to conduct scientific studies, given by the institute, where scientific studies will be conducted

8 -) Those, whose parents are turkish nationals or those, which have got residence permit for any reason, can take residence permit for their children, who are still younger than 18 years, presenting the following documents

a-) application form b -)valid passport C -) the notarially authenticated document about the children

9 -) Foreign wives or the husbands of turkish citizens are requested to present

a -) the notarially authenticated translation of marriage certificate into Turkish

10 -) Those, which come to Turkey for purposes of the treatment are requested to submit a -) application form and b-) the medical report about state of health

11 -) The representatives (correspondents and reporters) of the foreign media

In order to obtain the first residence permit, foreign correspondents or the reporters of the media, possessing blue press ID card and going to work in Turkey, are requested to apply to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

PERMISSION TO THE STAY OF THE FOREIGN CITIZENS IN TURKEY

For obtaining permission to the stay in Turkey the foreigners are required to observe the positions A,B,C of the law of № 5682 mentioned above completely. All foreign citizens, satisfied these requirements of law and received the necessary visa for the entry into the country, do become permission to the stay, if they apply for it to the police authorities, unless their visa validity expires.

The citizens of the following nationalities, received tourist visa or used visa-free entry, can prolong permission to the stay with touristic purpose for three more months after validity period of their residence permit.

USA, Germany, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, The Netherlands, Great Britain, Ireland, Spain, Shvediya, Switzerland, Italy, Iceland, Japan, Canada, Luxemburg, Norway, Portugal, New Zealand, Greece

The citizens of all remaining countries with exception of those written above must leave Turkey on expiration of visa validity.

THE COMMON DOCUMENTS, REQUIRED FROM THOSE, WHO ARE GOING TO MAKE AN APPLICATION TO GET RESIDENCE PERMIT

The original and also photocopy of passport or document, substituting the first; the first questionnaire for the applicant (it’s free of charge) and 5 photographs of document sizes

The foreigners, who do not have any employment permission inTurkey, are required to submit documents, indicating the ways to earn foreigner’s living (photocopy of

bank account book, document about the import into Turkey of foreign currency,

the document about becoming grant, if student; guarantor’s letter, officially written by a citizen of Turkey are required).

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thanks so much for the details... but i must apologize for my poor english ..i couldn't understand all of them ...could u pls summarize it.. for example i know i must stay in turkish for at least three years to apply citizenship but how could i stay for so long a time? must i find a job? and is there any turkish languange level required? as i am malaysian, i don't need a visa to entry turkey... but how can i prolong my staying in turkey untill three years? and could i be employed(food sience) in turkey if my turkish is not good? Finally, what is OECD?