{"id":323,"date":"2024-06-12T00:06:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T21:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workontest.basicajans.com\/en\/?post_type=service&#038;p=323"},"modified":"2026-09-04T17:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T14:04:21","slug":"residency-work-permits-in-turkey","status":"publish","type":"service","link":"https:\/\/workon.com.tr\/en\/residency-work-permits-in-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Work &#038; Residence Permit Coordination in Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Work &#038; Residence Permit Coordination in Turkey<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Workon coordinates work and residence permit workflows for eligible foreign founders, directors, employees and family members in Turkey.<\/strong> The first step is to identify the correct route, because company ownership, residence status and the right to work are separate legal questions.<\/p>\n<h3>Which Route Are You Actually Dealing With?<\/h3>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Situation<\/th>\n<th>Primary question<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Foreign employee<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Does the employer and job meet the current work-permit route and evaluation criteria?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Company owner \/ partner<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Is the person actively working, and do the owner\/company criteria apply?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Foreign director or manager<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>What is the person\u2019s actual role and work-authorisation requirement?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Residence only<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Which residence category fits the person\u2019s circumstances and purpose?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>How Workon Supports the Process<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>initial route and case-fact review;<\/li>\n<li>document-checklist coordination;<\/li>\n<li>company-side information and evidence coordination where relevant;<\/li>\n<li>application, appointment and follow-up workflow support within scope;<\/li>\n<li>handoff to the appropriate licensed professional where legal representation or other regulated work is required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Work Permit and Residence Permit Are Not Interchangeable<\/h3>\n<p>A residence permit does not automatically authorise employment. Likewise, owning shares in or managing a Turkish company does not by itself create a right to work. The applicable route must be checked before productive work begins.<\/p>\n<h3>What Can Change the Application?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>nationality and current immigration status;<\/li>\n<li>whether the application is domestic or overseas;<\/li>\n<li>employer\/company financial and staffing criteria;<\/li>\n<li>the applicant\u2019s role and salary level where relevant;<\/li>\n<li>profession-specific restrictions or exemptions;<\/li>\n<li>document validity and authority requests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Who Decides?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Workon coordinates the agreed process but does not decide eligibility or approval.<\/strong> The competent public authorities control the statutory assessment and may request additional evidence. No fixed processing time or approval outcome is guaranteed.<\/p>\n<h3>What to Send Workon<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>applicant nationality and current Turkey status;<\/li>\n<li>intended role and employer\/company;<\/li>\n<li>whether the applicant is a shareholder, director or employee;<\/li>\n<li>planned start date;<\/li>\n<li>existing residence\/work authorisations, if any;<\/li>\n<li>whether the Turkish company is already established.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For detailed employee rules, see <a href=\"https:\/\/workon.com.tr\/en\/turkish-work-permit\/\" style=\"color:#0b3d91;font-weight:700;\">Work Permit in Turkey: 2026 Requirements &#038; Process<\/a>. Company owners should review <a href=\"https:\/\/workon.com.tr\/en\/turkey-work-permit-for-company-owners\/\" style=\"color:#0b3d91;font-weight:700;\">Turkey Work Permit for Company Owners<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/workon.com.tr\/en\/contact\/\" style=\"color:#0b3d91;font-weight:700;\">Contact Workon<\/a> with the applicant\u2019s role and current status so the appropriate route can be mapped before filing.<\/p>\n<p>[clicksus-faqpage]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":281,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","service_category":[4],"class_list":["post-323","service","type-service","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","service_category-services"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/workon.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service\/323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/workon.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/workon.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/service"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workon.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/workon.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workon.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service_category?post=323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}