Renewing your residence permit
You already benefited from a one year Residence Permit and you desire renewing it ? Then please, check online the application website of the Ministry of Interior and register yourself for a renewal of your Residence Permit within the last 60 days of your Residence Permit's expiration date. You will then be issued a free document stating that your application for renewal is pending and that you are allowed to stay in Turkey until the decision has been made, even if your permit has expired by that date. The new permit will be valid exactly from the expiry date of the former permit.
Documents required for an application for Extension of Residence Permit:
- Residence permit application form
- The original and a copy of the passport or travel document
- Two passport-size photographs
- Declaration regarding sufficient and sustainable financial resources for the duration of the stay (Stated in the application form. The authority may request supporting documents.)
- Official document regarding the applicant’s ownership of the residence *
- Submission of the previous residence permit document **
- An invitation letter or documents of such written by the person or companies to be contacted upon the authority’s request **
- Valid medical insurance (one of the following shall be sufficient):
- Document facilitating health services in Turkey within the scope of bilateral social security agreements
- Provision document issued by the Social Security Institution
- Private health insurance including the extension period
* required for foreigners owning immovable property in Turkey
** required for foreigners that will establish a business or commercial connections in Turkey