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Student residence — primary or secondary education

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What education or training is this pathway designed for?

This is the student residence permit for primary and secondary education. It applies to foreigners who will receive primary or secondary education and who do not hold a family residence permit. Without a residence permit, foreigners can continue studying until they are 18 in primary and secondary education; a student over 18 who is still in secondary education is required to take a residence permit. It is regulated by Articles 38-41 of the Law on Foreigners and International Protection No. 6458.

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  • Section 3 STUDENT RESIDENCE PERMIT
    - Foreigners who shall receive primary or secondary education and who do not hold a family residence permit (Without taking residence permit, foreigners can continue studying until they are 18 (for primary and secondary education). However, when they are over 18 and still go on taking secondary education, those students are required to take residence permit.),
  • Section 3 STUDENT RESIDENCE PERMIT
    Student residence permit is regulated in Articles 38-41 of the Law on Foreigners and International Protection No. 6458.

What type of institution/course must accept or enrol the applicant?

The page identifies the education level - primary or secondary education - rather than a named institution type. A separate rule states that a family residence permit itself entitles the holder to education in primary and secondary educational institutions until the age of 18 without obtaining a student residence permit, which is why this permit is for those who do not hold a family residence permit.

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Limits of the record
  • The page does not name the schools or institution types that must enrol the child, nor any enrolment document.
  • Section 3 STUDENT RESIDENCE PERMIT
    - Foreigners who shall receive primary or secondary education and who do not hold a family residence permit (Without taking residence permit, foreigners can continue studying until they are 18 (for primary and secondary education). However, when they are over 18 and still go on taking secondary education, those students are required to take residence permit.),
  • Section 2 FAMILY RESIDENCE PERMIT
    Family residence permits shall entitle the holder right of education in primary and secondary educational institutions until the age of 18 the without obtaining a student residence permit.

What are the most important financial or study-related conditions: tuition, funds, insurance, full-time study, attendance or equivalent?

The Article 39 conditions apply: submit supporting information and documents related to the aim of stay in Türkiye under Article 38; not fall within the scope of Article 7; and submit information on the address of stay in Türkiye. The permit for primary and secondary education is granted subject to the consent of the parents or legal guardian. On health cover, the page states for students that no separate health insurance is required if general health insurance is requested within three months from the date of admission, and that private health insurance is required otherwise. The official source does not state tuition or funds conditions.

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Limits of the record
  • The page states no tuition, funds or maintenance condition for primary or secondary students.
  • The page does not state whether the health-insurance rule written for higher-education students applies to primary and secondary students.
  • Section 3 STUDENT RESIDENCE PERMIT
    Foreigners are required to fulfil the conditions set out in Article 39 in order to obtain student residence permit.
  • Section 3 STUDENT RESIDENCE PERMIT
    -to submit supporting information and documents related to aim of stay in Turkey (Article 38);
  • Section 3 STUDENT RESIDENCE PERMIT
    -not to fall within the scope of Article 7;
  • Section 3 STUDENT RESIDENCE PERMIT
    -submit information on their address of stay in Turkey.
  • Section 3 STUDENT RESIDENCE PERMIT
    Foreigners who shall receive primary and secondary education, subject to the consent of their parents or legal guardian a one year student residence permit may be granted and renewed throughout the course of their study.
  • Section 3 STUDENT RESIDENCE PERMIT
    Another health insurance is not required if the students request the general health insurance within three months from the date of admission according to the rules of Social Insurances and General Health Insurance Law. However, if they lose the right of carrying insurance by not requesting within three months, private health insurance is required.

Can the student work? Under what major restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

The work right stated on this page is limited to foreign students attending an associate, undergraduate, graduate or postgraduate programme, who may work only with a work permit obtained from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. On family, a student residence permit allows the holder to be a sponsor only for a spouse and children in family residence permit applications and gives no residence right to other relatives; the permit for primary and secondary education is granted subject to the consent of the parents or legal guardian.

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Limits of the record
  • The page does not state whether a primary or secondary student may work; the work rule it gives is written for associate, undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students.
  • Section 3 STUDENT RESIDENCE PERMIT
    Student residence permit ensures the student to be only the supporter of spouse and children in family residence permit applications. It does not provide any right to the other relatives about residence permit.
  • Section 3 STUDENT RESIDENCE PERMIT
    Foreigners who shall receive primary and secondary education, subject to the consent of their parents or legal guardian a one year student residence permit may be granted and renewed throughout the course of their study.

How long does the status last, how is it renewed, and what officially documented post-study work or residence possibilities exist?

If the period of study is less than a year, the student permit cannot exceed it. A student residence permit is not issued, is cancelled or is refused renewal where its requirements are not met or no longer apply, where studies are possibly not to be continued, where it is used for another purpose, or where there is a current removal decision or entry ban. Longer term, a long-term residence permit is issued by the governorates, upon approval of the Ministry, to foreigners with at least eight years of continuous residence on a permit, and only half of student permit durations count towards those eight years.

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Limits of the record
  • The one-year permit renewable throughout the course of study is cited in this route's other answers and not repeated here.
  • The page states no post-study work or residence possibility for primary or secondary pupils.
  • https://en.goc.gov.tr/residence-permit-types
    If the period of study is less than a year, the duration of the residence permit shall not exceed the period of study.
  • https://en.goc.gov.tr/residence-permit-types
    Under the following cases a student residence permit shall not be issued, be cancelled if has been issued, be refused renewal when: - The requirements for issuing a student residence permit are not met or no longer apply; - Evidence exists that the studies are possibly not to be continued; - It is determined that the student residence permit has been used for a purpose other than it is issued for; - There is a current removal decision or an entry ban to Turkey with respect to the foreigner
  • https://en.goc.gov.tr/residence-permit-types
    - A long term residence permit shall be issued by the governorates, upon approval of the Ministry, to the foreigners that have continuously resided in Turkey for at least eight years on a permit or to foreigners that meet the conditions set out by the Ministry.
  • https://en.goc.gov.tr/residence-permit-types
    - Having continuous residence in Turkey for at least eight years (In calculation of continuous eight years, half of the duration of student resident permits, as stated in Law Article 38, and the full duration of all other types of residence permits shall be taken into account.);

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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