Who must have a student visa?
A student visa is required to register as
a student in Turkey. Exceptions are those who are legal dependents of someone in
Turkey on a diplomatic visa or with a work visa. Students who come to Turkey
without student visa will not be able to register as a student nor will get
residence permits.
How do I get a student visa?
Student visas must be obtained from a
Turkish Consulate, generally the one nearest your place of residence. Student
visas cannot be obtained within Turkey. You must take, or mail, a copy of your
"Letter of Acceptance" from Turkish Naval Academy and a completed visa
application form to the Turkish Consulate. They will provide you an application
form upon request.
It takes around eight weeks from the time
you submit your application until you receive your visa. The visa will be
stamped in your passport. When you receive your visa check to see that it is a
"student visa".
What about the Acceptance?
The Registrar’s Office sends a Letter
of Acceptance, in English, to applicants who have been accepted to Turkish Naval
Academy.
How long is a student visa
valid?
Although a time limit will be stamped on
your visa, the student visa will be valid as long as you are enrolled in school.
What is a Residence Permit?
All international students in Turkey,
regardless of status, must register with, and obtain, a Residence Permit
from the Bureau of Foreign Residence Registration at the provincial Directorate
of Security . You can be required at any time to show your Residence Permit.
Turkish Naval Academy also requires that you give a photocopy of the first seven
pages of the Residence Permit to the Registrar’s Office as soon as you have
it.
When must a student register
with the Directorate of Security?
Students must register within one month
after entering Turkey.
What documents are required
for the Residence Permit?
When you have all the following
documents, you will submit them, including your passport, to the Bureau of
Foreign Residence Registration. You will be given a receipt indicating the date
you can pick up your passport and residence permit booklet. It usually takes two
to three days. You must pick up your own documents.
How long is the Residence
Permit valid and how are they extended?
Students enrolled in a degree program at
Turkish Naval Academy are usually given residence permits that are valid for one
year. Exceptions are students enrolled in their final semester. You may be
given an extension only for the time to cover the semester.
Special students and exchange students
are given residence permits for the period of time they will be studying at
Turkish Naval Academy as indicated on the student visa. If the Student Visa
states the student will be coming for six months, then the residence permit will
be for 6 month. Such students can extend their residence permit if they extend
their enrollment in Turkish Naval Academy.
Residence permits are extended by
providing all the above documents with the exception you will need only two
photographs and one copy of application form. Please note, you must submit a
student’s certificate to renew your residence permit and student’s
certificates can be issued only after you have registered at the university.
For more information please visit http://www.iem.gov.tr/yabancilar/ybn_foreign.asp
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