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E-residence
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Summary
Foreigners who will stay in Turkey longer than the period granted by the visa or visa exemption or for more than ninety days are required to obtain a residence permit. The e-residence system was developed on May 18, 2015 in order to enable them to submit their first, transition and extension applications for residence permits in Turkey electronically. The application system can be accessed from the internet address e-ikamet.goc.gov.tr. With the central appointment system, the first data entry for the first application, extension application and transition applications is made electronically by the foreigner without coming to the provincial migration administration directorates. The e-residence system provides services in Turkish, English, Russian and Arabic languages. If the application is evaluated positively, residence permit documents issued for foreigners are mailed to their addresses by cargo.
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Benefit and Impact
The system also helps to establish a systematic structure to support the prevention of irregular migration. Because this system allows the application to be made only during the period permitted by law. This system also allows residence permit fee payments to be made online.the results of the residence permit applications can be seen on the programme and the personel who is responsible from evaluating the applications can see his/her own perfomance as well as the others. so that the impacts can be measured. besides, Foreigners can access the e-residence system, which works 24/7, at any time and can perform their transactions at any time during their legal stay.
Key Lessons
When foreigners have any problems in the e-residence system, they contact YIMER.
It is considered that it will be more beneficial to have a user login in the current e-residence system and to follow all e-residence applications from here.
During the Covid 19 process, there was no situation affecting this system. In this application, necessary precautions have been taken to prevent the use of job trackers.
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At the same time, the fact that the application can be seen by the public authority minimizes the risks.
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