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Humanitarian Residence Permit

Humanitarian Residence Permit is issued by Presidency of Migration Management (Göç İdaresi Başkanlığı). VisaAI tracks 24 official requirements for it, each traced to the government page that states it.

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Requirements change. Confirm every item on Presidency of Migration Management (Göç İdaresi Başkanlığı)’s own page before you apply.

Each requirement below is written in plain English by VisaAI. The indented text beneath it is quoted from Presidency of Migration Management (Göç İdaresi Başkanlığı)’s own page, so you can check what we say against what they say. Where a quotation shows “ ... ”, text has been left out.

Conditions you must meet

  • Legal basis: Articles 46 and 47 of Law 6458The authority cites its own instrument.
    Humanitarian residence permit shall be regulated by Articles 46 and 47 of the Law on Foreigners and International Protection No. 6458.
  • And Article 44 of the implementing regulationThe second instrument.
    Besides, humanitarian residence permit shall be regulated by Article 44 of the Regulation for Implementation of the Law on Foreigners and International Protection.
  • Ground: where the best interest of the child is of concernFirst of seven grounds.
    - Where the best interest of the child is of concern;
  • Ground: cannot be removed, or departure is not reasonable or possible, despite a removal decision or entry banSecond of seven grounds.
    - Where, notwithstanding a removal decision or ban on entering Turkey, foreigners cannot be removed from Turkey or their departure from Turkey is not reasonable or possible,
  • Ground: no removal decision under Article 55Third of seven grounds.
    - In the absence of a removal decision in respect of the foreigner pursuant to Article 55,
  • Ground: a judicial appeal against actions under Articles 53, 72 and 77Fourth of seven grounds.
    - Where there is a judicial appeal against the actions carried out pursuant to Articles 53,72 and 77;
  • Ground: throughout removal to a first country of asylum or safe third countryFifth of seven grounds.
    - Throughout the removal actions of the applicant to the first country of asylum or a safe third country;
  • Ground: emergency, national interest, public order or security — where no other permit is possibleSixth of seven grounds, quoted whole because the "no other permit possible" clause is the limiting one.
    - In cases when foreigners should be allowed to enter into and stay in Turkey, due to emergency or in view of the protection of the national interests as well as reasons of public order and security, in the absence of the possibility to obtain one of the other types of residence permits due to their situation that precludes granting a residence permit;
  • Ground: extraordinary circumstancesSeventh of seven grounds.
    - In extraordinary circumstances
  • Duration: granted or renewed by governorates on presidency approval, limited to times set by the ministryNo fixed period is published and none is invented.
    Humanitarian residence permit shall be granted or renewed by the governorates subject to the approval of the Presidency, provided that they are limited to the specified times by the Ministry.
  • The conditions attached to OTHER residence permit types are NOT soughtThe defining feature of this permit, stated by the authority in one sentence.
    Conditions attached to other types of residence permits shall not be sought while issuing humanitarian residence permit.
  • Cancelled and not renewed once the compelling conditions no longer apply, on ministry approvalThe single cancellation rule.
    The humanitarian residence permit shall be cancelled and shall not be renewed by the governorates in cases where the compelling conditions no longer apply, subject to the approval of the Ministry.
  • May apply for any other permit EXCEPT the long-term one, if the requirements are metThe exclusion mirrors the long-term permit's own bar.
    Foreigners holding humanitarian residence permit, within the duration of this permit, may apply for one of the other residence permits, except for the long term residence permit, as long as they meet the requirements.
  • Time on this permit does NOT count toward the durations the law calculatesWhat makes the long-term exclusion bite in practice.
    Durations of humanitarian residence permits shall not be added to the total duration in calculation of residence permit durations determined by the Law.
  • Those amounts apply to citizens of countries in NO country group — Serbia, Fiji, Norway and the Northern Mariana IslandsThe scoping sentence. Without it the figures above read as universal, and they are not: every other nationality is priced by a country group this page does not reproduce.
    Residence permit fees stated above are applied to citizens of Serbia, Fiji, Norway and Northern Mariana Islands which are not included in any country group.
  • Ten jurisdictions are EXEMPT from the permit fee under reciprocityQuoted whole. Naming some and not others would be the worst possible summary of a list that decides whether somebody pays at all.
    The Czech Republic, Denmark, Ireland, Kosovo, Naples, Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkmenistan, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and Palestine were exempted from residence permit fees in accordance with the reciprocity principle.
  • The Ministry of Treasury and Finance sets these fees on the reciprocity principleWho decides, and on what basis — which is why the amounts above can move without the law changing.
    The Ministry of Treasury and Finance is authorized to determine residence permit fees, taking into account the principle of reciprocity.

Steps in the process

  • Register with the address-based system within TWENTY WORKING DAYS of issuanceWorking days, and a short window.
    Foreigners that are granted humanitarian residence permit should get registered with the address based registration system no later than twenty working days as of the issuance date.

Government fees

  • The permit document carries a fee set annually — with NO exemption for any nationalityResidence permit documents are "valuable paper" under Law 210. The no-exemption clause is in the same sentence and is what distinguishes this fee from the permit fee below, which some nationalities are exempt from.
    Residence permit documents are within the scope of valuable paper in accordance with the Law No. 210 on Valuable Papers and are subject to a document fee, the amount of which is determined annually by the Ministry of Finance. There is no exemption from the document fee for citizens of any country.
  • The 2026 document fee, and the gazette that set itEffective 1 January 2026, from the communique published in Official Gazette 33117 of 24 December 2025. The citation is quoted because it is what makes the figure checkable.
    The residence permit fee, which will be effective as of 1 January 2026, as determined by the General Communique of the Directorate General of Public Accounts published in the Official Gazette dated 24 December 2025 and numbered 33117, is specified in the table below.
  • Residence permit document: TRY 964.00 (2026)TRY 964Quoted with the row label above it, because the amount alone does not say what it buys.
    RESIDENCE PERMIT DOCUMENT ... 964,00 TL
  • The 2026 permit fee basis, and the gazette that set itEffective 1 January 2026, from the circular published in Official Gazette 33124 of 31 December 2025. The authority scopes this to "citizens of countries not included in the list".
    For citizens of countries not included in the list, the residence permit fee amounts—which will take effect as of January 1, 2026, as determined by the General Circular on the Fees Act published in the Official Gazette No. 33124 dated December 31, 2025—are listed below.
  • First month: TRY 348.10 per day, floored at TRY 653.70 and capped at TRY 3,359.90TRY 3,359.9 maximum · TRY 653.7 minimum · TRY 348.1 per dayA per-day rate with both a floor and a ceiling, all three in one sentence. A short stay pays the floor, not the daily rate.
    The residence permit fee is 348.10 Turkish Lira per day for up to one month. (this amount shall not be less than 653.70 TL and shall not be more than 3.359.90 TL for each permit for the first month.
  • Each month after the first: TRY 2,232.30TRY 2,232.3 per monthA flat monthly rate replacing the per-day calculation.
    For each month after the first month, the fee is 2,232.30 Turkish Lira.

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