Documents Required for Residence Permit

Updated Date: 31 October 2025

Online application at https://e-ikamet.goc.gov.tr/ 
Then you must bring the required documents to International Students Office
Required documents: 

-Residence permit registration/application form (wet-signed by the student)

-Passport or passport substitute document (in the form of original seen)

-Document showing student status

-2 pieces of biometric photos

-Valid health insurance (GSS or private health insurance covering the period of residence permit request)

-Document showing the address information where you will stay

-If you are staying in your own house, a copy of the title deed (for extension applications, “document showing the place of residence and a bill” is sufficient)

-If you are staying with a rental agreement, a notarized copy of the rental agreement

-If you are staying in accommodations such as hotels, etc. proof of your stay in these places

-If you are staying in a student dormitory, document showing that you are staying in the dormitory

-If you are staying in a third person’s residence, the notarized undertaking of the host (if the host is married, also the notarized undertaking of the spouse)

-Receipt showing that you have paid the residence permit document fee) (810 TL)
-Online payment is possible at https://dijital.gib.gov.tr/ Göç İdaresi İkamet Tezkeresi Harç Ödeme 

-For foreigners under 18 years of age; for those arriving with a visa exemption or with a visa for a different purpose; the document containing the information of the parent/guardian (birth certificate, family certificate, etc.) and the deed of consent given by the parent/guardian/legal representative (for those arriving with a visa suitable for the purpose ((education visa)); the deed of consent and the document containing the information of the parent/guardian will not be added).

-National electronic notification system address (only for extension applications)-It can be obtained from PTT branches.