To obtain a visa you need to decide the purpose of your visit to Turkey (depending on it: there will be different form of invitation and the procedure for its completion). There are the following main types of visas and travel purposes:
- Tourist Visa – tourism
- Business Visa – conferences, business meetings;
- Work Visa – work in a Turkish company.
Pakistani citizens who are willing to visit Turkey could get a touristic visa in 2 ways. One of them by getting e-visa online, another option is to apply documents to the Turkish Consulate in case if 1st option could not be applicable to this category of people.
İn order to get an e-visa online, the applicant should meet the requirements below as
- To have a valid passport, which will cover the period that will be staying in Turkey.
- Have valid Supporting Document (Valid visa OR valid residence permit from one of the Schengen Countries, USA, UK or Ireland
İn case if the applicant can’t meet the criterias for evisa application, he should apply for touristic visa via Turkish Consulate in Pakistan. Please follow the list of requirement documents which should be submitted to the Turkish Consulate in Pakistan as
- İnvitation letter / İncome status
- Biometric photo
- Flight itinerary reservation
- Hotel booking
- Bank statement
Once the foreigner get a touristic visa, he can come to Turkey and stay here legally for the certain period of time. İf Pakistani citizen would like to extend its visa, he has a right to apply for short term residence permit. The application should be done while visa is still valid. Once the visa will be expired, foreigner cannot apply for residence permit in Turkey. The short term residence permit allow foreigner to stay in Turkey legally, but it doesnt give any right to work in Turkey legally.
The residence permit could be transferred to work permit later in case if the foreigner have a job offer from the employer. Please note that foreign employee cannot apply and get a work permit by himself. The one and only who can get a work permit for employee is employer. Employer should apply for a work permit to the Ministry of Labour. Generally the application process and evaluation takes 30 working days. The initial work permit is granted for 1 year and subsequently is renewable further.
The work permit application and procedure could be found in our website https://expatguideturkey.com/work-permit-applications/
Hi sir im from pakistan in a next week i wil get visa for turkey so i want to apply residance permit how to apply just guid me plzzzzzzzz
Dear Sir,
Thank you very much for your message.
Our company may assist you with the residence permit application procedure. Firstly, you should enter to Turkey on touristic visa and make an application while your visa is valid. For further details you may contact us on info@expatguideturkey.com
Dear Sir / Madam,
As Salam U alekum
Hope You are doing well!
My name is Nausheen and I am from Pakistan, and 39 years old and I’m a female. I need your help to how i get resident or work visa for Turkey ?
I have done graduation and my working experience is 18 years as a Senior Administration Executive.
Now I’m interested diploma in culinary art course and applied in many countries, but due to age factor, I could not successful to get admission at any university. I’m a good cook and make very delicious Pakistani dishes but I do not have any degree or certificate.
I want to start Pakistani food stall business and promote Pakistani food at Turkey. I don’t have huge amount of money, So that’s why I’m requesting you please guide me, I need a place for few months to start my work, Who is near to the market, and as soon as my work will start a little bit, I’ll arrange myself somewhere or any other place. But till then I will need a place that is less expensive and cleaner than all, because I am a Muslim and I have to prayer there too.
You are thinking why I do not do it in Pakistan Start the work?.
The most important reason is that current political conditions are not good in Pakistan, so people are not being able to work, and if some people want to do work, so here bad people are threatened, they want money, and if you don’t give the money they are beaten you or kidnap.
That’s why my mother is so much afraid and she don’t allowed to me to start my catering work at here.
My country is not bad, just some people are bad here. Since 1 year I’m jobless. I searched but not succeed still. That’s why I decided, I start my own work but as I said above, I don’t have huge amount. Therefore, I’m humble request to you, please guide me what I do for staying and work at Turkey,
I appreciate if you resolve my query.
Thanks Regards,
Ms. Ansari
Dear Ms. Ansari,
Thank you very much for your message.
We will advice you firstly to come to Turkey on tourist visa and make a residence permit application. Once you get a residence permit it will allow you to stay here legally and investigate the local market and look for a place for your restaurant or cafe.
Please be informed that touristic residence permit is allowed only to stay and live in Turkey, not working. Once you decide to open a cafe and set up business in Turkey, as an owner of the company, you will be able to apply for work permit if your company’s criteria will fit the Ministry of Labour’s requirements.
For further information, you may contact us via info@expatguideturkey.com
Kind regards,
ExpatGuideTurkey team.
Dear Sir / Madam,
As Salam U alekum
Hope You are doing well!
My name is Nausheen and I am from Pakistan, and 39 years old and I’m a female. I need your help to how i get resident or work visa for Turkey ?
I have done graduation and my working experience is 18 years as a Senior Administration Executive.
Now I’m interested diploma in culinary art course and applied in many countries, but due to age factor, I could not successful to get admission at any university. I’m a good cook and make very delicious Pakistani dishes but I do not have any degree or certificate.
I want to start Pakistani food stall business and promote Pakistani food at Turkey. I don’t have huge amount of money, So that’s why I’m requesting you please guide me, I need a place for few months to start my work, Who is near to the market, and as soon as my work will start a little bit, I’ll arrange myself somewhere or any other place. But till then I will need a place that is less expensive and cleaner than all, because I am a Muslim and I have to prayer there too.
You are thinking why I do not do it in Pakistan Start the work?.
The most important reason is that current political conditions are not good in Pakistan, so people are not being able to work, and if some people want to do work, so here bad people are threatened, they want money, and if you don’t give the money they are beaten you or kidnap.
That’s why my mother is so much afraid and she don’t allowed to me to start my catering work at here.
My country is not bad, just some people are bad here. Since 1 year I’m jobless. I searched but not succeed still. That’s why I decided, I start my own work but as I said above, I don’t have huge amount. Therefore, I’m humble request to you, please guide me what I do for staying and work at Turkey,
I appreciate if you resolve my query.
Thanks Regards,
Ms. Ansari
Dear Ms. Ansari,
Thank you very much for your message.
We will advice you firstly to come to Turkey on tourist visa and make a residence permit application. Once you get a residence permit it will allow you to stay here legally and investigate the local market and look for a place for your restaurant or cafe.
Please be informed that touristic residence permit is allowed only to stay and live in Turkey, not working. Once you decide to open a cafe and set up business in Turkey, as an owner of the company, you will be able to apply for work permit if your company’s criteria will fit the Ministry of Labour’s requirements.
For further information, you may contact us via info@expatguideturkey.com
Kind regards,
ExpatGuideTurkey team.
Dear Expat Guide Team,
Thanks for replying and give good advise. Few thinks i ask you.
How long period I can stay on tourist visa in turkey ? and if I travel on tourist visa and after that I’m apply for resident visa, so are you sure I will getting the resident visa easily ? Can you tell me please. Because as I said in to my earlier email that ” I dont have huge amount of money” that’s why I’ll start from small food stall or find a job for saving some money for start my work properly. What you suggest ? Please advise me and tell any other ways to come. Please it’s my request.
Thanks & Regards,
Nausheen
Asalam u alikum
I want to come to Istanbul Turkey along with my wife and one sister and start a business over there like food. So tell me one thing that once if I got work permit whether my wife and sister will get too, this is the main question which I want some one to give me answer. Thankyou. I am living in Lahore Pakistan. An early reply will be appreciated
Dear Mr. Mozzammil,
Thank you for your comment.
First of all, in order to be able to apply for a residence permit in Turkey, you must have a tourist visa to apply for it. In addition, you need to rent a flat in your name and have $ 500 for each month of your stay in Turkey. To set up a company in Turkey, you must have own contribution of 100,000 TL. In a foreign company founded by a foreigner, there must work at least 5 Turks with all benefits. If you would like to work in a Turkish company, please remember that the employer applies for a work permit.
Kind Regards
Thanks for reply. Its mean if I invest 100000 turkish lira in Istanbul I can get work permit and after 5 years I will get the Turkish passport is it true, and another thing what whould happen with my wife and one sister they also get work permit on my investment or they invest seperatly. Thanks
My boyfriend is in Turkey and his Visa has expired. We can’t afford to pay the penelties right now. Can he leave and pay his fines when he returns home?
Dear Sir/Madam,
Unfortunately if Foreign Citizens who do not pay the penalty at their exit of territory will get an entry ban. If they dunnot pay the penalty at their exit of territory they can checık their ban status at the Turkish Consulate in their native country. We strongly advice to pay the penalty at the exit of country otherwise the process to lift the ban can be much more complicated.
Best Regards,
ExpatGuideTurkey Team
asalam ao alikum sir,
i was working as a lawyer in pakistan and from july 2017 i am working in dubai . can i live and work in turkey along with my family and what expences will occur and what incomes can be made, or i can get any other job there to live in turkey . my family is pertaining of my wife and two daughters both are under six years of age. if any work is permited for a pakistani lawyer or any other feild in which i can earn and live , i would love to spend my life there. will be waiting for your reply.
Dear Mr Malik,
Unfortunately we cannot give any information concerning employment or revenue. However we can proudly say that Turkey is a very dynamic and growing economic. For this reason we truely believe that you can find a suitable oportunity for you.
There is no restriction concerning legal work that foreign citizens can do. However you should still note that Foreign Citizens cannot work in Governmental Institutions.
Best Regards,
ExpatGuideTurkey Team
Dear Sir:
I am a retired old man of age above 72 years. I want to live in Turkey for my remaining lifeor/5-6 years .Can I get resident permit if I comeon tourist visa to Turkey?
Appreciate your early response,
Khalid Khawaja
Dear Mr Khalid,
If you come to Turkey with a Valid touristic Visa we can make all the necessary application for a Residency Permit without any problem.
For further information about our fee for the Residency Permit please contact us by mail.
Best Regards,
ExpatGuideTurkey Team
Dear Sirs, I intend to invite my Pakistani spouse to Turkey. Should he apply for a tourist visa? And I’m not a resident of Turkey, but a Turkish national living in Europe, could I still invite him to Turkey if we book a hotel for the time he will stay in Turkey? Thank You very much.
Dear Mrs Zehra,
Your spouse can apply for a touristic Visa in oder to enter the Turkish territory. However if you invite him you will be required to show an adress and might also be required to go to the immigration office with him.
Best Regards,
ExpatGuideTurkey Team
dear sir
i have visited Turkey once on a visit visa. how can i get a work permit ? i am from Pakistan. i intend to visit Turkey and Germany in Dec 2017 again.
regards
Farooq
Dear Mr Muhammad,
In order to get a Work Permit Foreign Citizens are required to first find an employer in Turkey since the Work Permit is delivered on the basis of an employer.
The Work Permit application can be both made from the inside of Turkey and from abroad. You should also note that in order to make a domestical application you are required to have a valid Residency Permit.
Best Regards,
ExpatGuideTurkey Team
Im black african can i aply for resident permit in turkey by coming there with a tourist visa ? But im in russia
Dear Sir/Madam,
You can apply for a Residency Permit if you enter the Turkish territory with a valid touristic Visa.
Best Regards,
ExpatGuideTurkey Team
Dear Sir/Madam,
Hope you are fine.
I am from Pakistan and came here at the university in Ankara in August 2016 for the purpose of carrying out my Ph.D. research work. I was given 3 months researcher visa. Since I intend to stay in Turkey for one year, I applied for a Short-term residence permit. I got my permit for one year (12 months) which is valid until August 2017. Now, I want to extend my residence permit because I am seeing that my research work will require more time to complete here. I have a couple of queries in this regard:
1. How much amount should be in my bank account so that I can finance myself here for further 10 months? Please note that funding agency only funded for the first year of my stay in Turkey. Any other expenditures incurred during my stay of more than 1 year will be borne by me.
2. In the case of applying online for an extension of the short-term permit and sending documents to Immigration Office, which document can be used as a temporary ID that will allow me to departure from and re-entry to Turkey while the permit validity is being processed by Immigration office?
Waiting for your reply.
Thanks.
Haris Mahmood
Dear Mr. Haris,
Thank you very much for your comment.
Please find the answers to questions below;
1. The bank statement should be 6000 USD per year ( 500 monthly)
2. İn extension application procedure, there wont be any temporary residence permit as you should wait for the card itself which will be delivered to your home address within max. 3 months. ( please dont forget that application form for extension should be sent by PTT cargo witihn 5 days) İn case if you are planning to leave the country while your current RP will be invalid, we suggest you to go to İmmigration office and get a temporary residence permit paper which should be stamped and signed by office. This paper will allow you to leave the country and stay outisde for 15 days.
if there will be any questions, please feel free to contact me.
est regards,
ExpatguideTurkey team
Thank you very much for your response. Appreciated.
Regards,
Haris.