Important Information
  1. Dependent Residence Permits are issued for a maximum length of 2 years each time; however, this length is the first contingent upon the residence permit of the primary resident (benefactor).
  2. All applications must be made before the expiry date of the current residence permit period. Dependents’ passports must be valid 60 days further than the requested end date of the residency (i.e. if the benefactor has a residence permit until March 1st, a dependent can only apply for a residence permit which ends at this date. Therefore, his/ her passport must be valid until April 30th).
  3. The earliest renewal application can be made 60 days before the expiration date of the residence permit.
  4. Apostilled marriage certificate for your spouse and apostilled birth certificate of your child are musts for their applications. Those apostilled certificates must be translated to Turkish and notarized. You can attach the photocopies of those certificates as well.
  5. While filling out the online application form, a dependent should select “SHORT-TERM/ touristic” instead of “FAMILY”.
  6. It is necessary to upload the applicant’s (dependent’s) head-shot photograph to the online application form. Please have your dependents’ head-shot photographs in the JPEG version available on your computer before starting the online application.
  7. Please select the “I lodge the application on my own behalf” option on the “Person Applying on Behalf of the Applicant” part of the form.
  8. Applicants can not depart from Türkiye until their applications are evaluated. Otherwise, their applications will be automatically canceled.
  9. Each dependent must collect the documents listed below and submit them to the Immigration Office they have an appointment. The benefactor should collect his or her documents as much as the number of his or her dependents. (i.e. if you have a spouse and a child, you should have 2 photocopies of your passport ID page).
  10. If you indicated any wrong data in your online application form, you need to cancel it and apply it again. For the Instructions Guide to Cancel Residence Permit Application, please click here.
Required Documents for Each Person In Family
Important: The primary resident (student) must provide his/ her required documentsas much as the number of his or her dependents (i.e. if the student has a spouse and a child, s/he must provide two Student Enrollment Certificates).

Please make sure that all the photocopies are separately taken to separate A4- size papers.

You can photocopy both sides of your residence permit card on one side of an A4-size page.

Please note:

  1. If the primary residence holder’s (benefactor’s) spouse is abroad, an apostilled consent letter is required (from a Turkish Consulate in their home country or a notary public) for the child’s application.
  2. If the benefactor is divorced and is the legal guardian of the child, a notarized Turkish translation of the court’s ruling is required.

Primary Resident (Researcher)

  1. Photocopy of the passport ID page
  2. Photocopy of Residence Permit Card (Both sides)
  3. Address Registration Certificate I
  4. Health Insurance Policy Document II

Spouse

  1. Address Registration Certificate I
  2. Health Insurance Policy Document II
  3. Photocopy of Apostilled Marriage Certificate III
  4. Photocopies of passport ID, last entry stamp to Türkiye, and visa pages
  5. Photocopy of residence permit card (both sides)
  6. 4 biometric head-shots in ICAO standards taken within the last six months
  7. Receipts of fee payments IV

Each Child

  1. Address Registration Certificate I
  2. Health Insurance Policy Document (If the child is above 18) II
  3. Photocopy of Apostilled Birth Certificate III
  4. Photocopies of passport ID, last entry stamp to Türkiye, and visa pages
  5. Photocopy of residence permit (both sides)
  6. 4 biometric head-shots in ICAO standards taken within the last six months
  7. Photocopy of parents’ passport ID pages
  8. Receipts of fee payments IV
I Please click HERE to learn how to obtain an address registration certificate or to learn how to register your and your dependents’ address.


II Please contact our Human Resources Department to ask for your and your dependents’ health insurance policy documents. You can send an email to catespare@ku.edu.tr

If you are not insured yet, please click here to review our health insurance recommendations.


III These apostilled certificates must be translated to Turkish and notarized.

If your country is not a party to the Apostille Convention, you have two options:

  1. Before arriving in Türkiye, you can contact a Turkish mission in your country. The Turkish mission can translate and approve your certificates.
  2. After arriving in Türkiye, you should visit the consulate of your country and get your certificates stamped. Then you should visit the Sarıyer District Governor (Kaymakamlık- 5th floor) to have your stamped documents approved. Finally, you must get them translated to Turkish and notarized. We suggest the 23rd Notary Public since its location and the translation service it provides are convenient.

List of Parties to the Apostille Convention

Please click here to see the Apostille Convention Countries (Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents).


IV There are 2 types of fees that a dependent must pay: Application Fee and Card Fee

Since the dependents do not have their foreign ID numbers yet, they must obtain tax ID numbers to be able to pay their fees. To learn how to purchase a tax ID number, please visit our Tax ID web page. 

Payment of all fee types can ONLY be made to Tax Offices. The closest tax office to campus is the Sarıyer Tax Office. For directions, click here.

Traveling While Your Application is in Process
For the process, you may check this page.