Residential Permit

Announcement of Bartın Provincial Immigration Office on Residential Permit Procedures

Procedures to be followed by the Associate Degree – Bachelor’s Degree – Master’s Degree or Doctoral Degree Students during the entry of our country:
For those who come to our country for educational purposes and have the right to enroll in one of our departments but are directed to Turkish language learning courses by the university (TÖMER) because of the inadequacy of the Turkish language level, a “Student Residential Permit” will be issued until the beginning of the next academic semester on condition that they document their conditions. Foreign students, who have applied to universities within the country or from abroad and gained the right to receive education, will receive an invitation letter. When foreign students apply for entry to our country, they present the invitation letter sent to them and their passports, which cover the duration of their stay, to our consulate and border gate officers.

After entering the country, foreign students apply to the university, at which they are entitled to receive education and make their first registration. Before the expiry date of the visa exemption, foreign students apply to the Provincial Directorates of Immigration Administration with the registration documents allocated to them and their updated student certificate with a photo in order to obtain a “Student Residential Permit”. At the Provincial Directorates of Immigration Administration, foreign students will be interviewed. Documents and information requested from them will be explained to foreigners and they will receive help to apply.


The documents required from foreign students during the first application are as follows:
Residential Permit Application Form (Please click on the e-residence button on www.goc.gov.tr, then click on the first application and choose the student residence permit.) Please fill out the personal information completely in the resulting form and take a printout with the photo. In addition to the printed form, international students have to follow the procedures stated below:
The residential permit applications to be made,
    • to the International Students Office by those newly registered in an undergraduate program and who will receive their first residential permit.
    • to their academic units (faculties, schools, etc.) by those who are already registered in an undergraduate program and would like to renew their residential permits.
    • to the Graduate School by those registered for Master’s and doctoral degrees.

You are kindly required to submit the following documents:

1. Registration form for residential permit (to be signed with ink by the student)
2. A valid passport or any other document accepted as passport substitute
3. An updated student certificate (allocated by the university)
4. A valid health insurance (GSS, the state health insurance, or a private health insurance covering the duration of education)
5. Four (4) biometric photos (from the front, face open, it must be easy to recognize the foreigner) taken in the last 6 months with white background colour are required.
6. A document indicating the residential information
    a. A copy of property register if the property is owned (certificate of residence or a utility bill)
    b. A notarized copy of rental agreement (contract) if the property is leased
    c. A document certifying that the student is residing at an accommodation place such as hotel.
    d. A document certifying that the student is residing in a student dormitory
    e. A notarized commitment if the student is residing with his/her sponsor (also one from the spouse if s/he is married)
7. A receipt of payment for the fee of residential permit
8. For those younger than eighteen years of age
    a. A document such as birth certificate or a family certificate including the data of parent or guardian for students arriving in the country with the visa exemption or a different purpose,
    b. A letter of consent by the parent or guardian (if arriving in the country for educational purposes)
The form below must be filled out on computer, printed as three copies, and submitted with the documents above:

Click here to download the Declaration/Control Form

• General Health Insurance: Foreign students can apply to the Provincial Social Security Institution and have General Health Insurance within 3 months after their first registration to the university. It is compulsory for the applicant to submit the provision document or the application document to the administration during the application.
• Insurance valid within the scope of Bilateral Social Security Contract: Foreigners must submit a universally valid insurance certificate, which they received from their own country and is within the scope of Bilateral Social Security Contracts and indicate that they can benefit from health services during their stay in Turkey. (This document is only valid if it is translated into Turkish by a sworn translator and becomes accredited in contracted branches of the insurance companies in Turkey.)
• Private Health Insurance: It is obligatory to have private health insurance for foreigners. In accordance with the Circular of the Undersecretariat of Treasury the expression "This insurance policy herein covers the minimum deposit structure determined in the Circular on Private Health Insurances to be issued on the demand for Residence Permit dated 06.06.2014 and numbered 9." must be included on these insurance policies, and “Applicable for ambulatory and inpatient treatment” must be written on these insurance policies by an insurance agent working in the province of the university, where the foreigner is registered.

Besides, foreign students must renew their student certificates and insurance in every fall semester and submit these documents to the Provincial Directorate of Immigration Administration. Foreigners must report their new address to the Provincial Directorate of Immigration Administration within 20 days when they change their address in the province. Otherwise, the residence permit of the foreigners, who gave incomplete or false information, will be canceled by the Provincial Directorate of the Immigration Administration, and the foreigner will be deported from Turkey.

PROVINCIAL DIRECTORATE OF IMMIGRATION ADMINISTRATION
ELMALIK SOKAK NO: 3 BARTIN GOVERNORSHIP MERKEZ / BARTIN
WEB: http://bartin.goc.gov.tr
E-MAIL: Bartin@goc.gov.tr
TEL: +90 378 227 65 33
FAX: +90 378 227 55 88

Our international students must apply for the residential permit within 1 month after completing the registration process at our university and submit a copy to the department where they are registered after receiving the residence permit (International Students Office).