1) Make sure you sign the signature part on your application form.
2) Be careful when choosing your application type (first, extension, transfer).
3) Provide your current contact information on the application form, otherwise you may not be able to access the information from the Directorate General of Migration Management.
4) Do not forget to include all pages of the form in your file.
5) Submit your documents to our university when they are ready regardless of the appointment time and date.
6) The originals (receipt, photograph, etc.) of the documents in your application file must be submitted to our university.
7) Your student certificate in your application file must be a current one.
8) Residence permit procedures of our international students are carried out by our university. For this reason, you do not need to apply with an intermediary company.
9) After graduation / freezing of registration, the duration of your residence permit will be canceled regardless of the expiry date written on it.
10) During the residence permit process, your registration must be active at our university. If you have made a registration freezing, your residence procedures cannot be made and it will be stopped by the officials of the Directorate of Migration Management.
11) When applying for residence permit, make sure that your passport is valid for a minimum of 6 months.
12) If you hold two (or more) countries' passport, you need to apply for the residence permit with the information of the one that you entered Turkey.
13) You are requested to be in Turkey in order to get a residence permit. After completing your residence permit application through e-ikamet system, you must submit your documents to our university in person.
14) If you are staying in student dormitories, you must add an e-signed/signed and sealed/stamped document of your stay in the dormitory to your documents.
15) If you are staying in places such as hotels, you must add the documents regarding your accommodation to your file.
16) If you are applying for a residence permit for the first time, you are required to apply within the duration of a visa or a visa exemption. Otherwise your application shall not be accepted.
17) In cases where there is a change in your state of education within the same province, you are required to notify Provincial Directorate of Migration Management of this change within 20 business days. (In cases where there is a change in faculty or department in the same province or in case of a different university enrollment in the same province.)
18) If you are going to continue your higher education in a different province, you are required to notify Provincial Directorate of Migration Management located in the province of your new university of this change between 10 business days.
19) As long as you reside in Turkey on a student residence permit, you have the "right of work". This right shall start after the first year if you are an associate or undergraduate student while it will be starting right away if you are a graduate of doctorate student.
20) Documents provided from your country with the aim of applying for a residence permit in Turkey are required to be with Apostille or to be approved by the consulate of your country in Turkey. If you present the document issued in your country with Apostille, you sjust need to have it translated and notarized.
However, if you present the document without Apostille, you are required to have the document approved by the Embassy or the consulate of your country in Turkey.
Furthermore, in cases where you do not have the necessary documents with Apostille or you could not have them approved by your representatives in Turkey or in cases where the representatives give a post-dated appointment for the process, you are required to apply to Provincial Directorate of Migration Management.