Visa: Before coming to Turkey, international students should apply to the nearest Turkish Consulate in their country with the acceptance letter they received from the university and obtain a student visa. An acceptance letter is issued to students who are entitled to be placed in the University.
Each student should contact the Turkish Consulate in their country and get information about visa procedures.
Resident Permit: International students who have completed their registration to the university must submit the following documents to the International Students Unit of the Registrar's Office one month after their university registration in order to obtain a residence permit in Ankara.
The documents of the students who will obtain a residence permit for the first time are sent by the University to the Provincial Directorate of Migration Management. Students receive a residence permit after completing their procedures. With a residence permit, a foreign national identity number is assigned to each student and students can perform all their transactions with this YU number.
Students make their own residency extension procedures after that.
You can access the residence permit application screen at https://e-ikamet.goc.gov.tr/.
Documents required by the Provincial Directorate of Migration Management for residence permit applications are as follows;
a.) E-signed/signed and stamped/sealed document to be obtained from provincial social security units, which states that the foreigner is benefiting from the health services in Turkey within the scope of bilateral social security agreements
b.) E-signed/signed and stamped/sealed provision document received from Social Security Institution
c.) E-signed/signed and stamped/sealed document of the application lodged to the Social Security Institution to become a general health insurance holder
d.) Private health insurance (should cover the minimum guarantee structure defined in the Circular on Private Health Insurances To Be Taken Out for Visa and Residence Permit Requests, dated 10.05.2016 and numbered 16.)
a.) Birth Certificate (Apostilled or authenticated by the respective country’s consulate and Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a notarized translation in Turkish.)
b.) Letter of Consent (Appostilled or authenticated)
Note: Birth certificate and letter of consent are not required for those under the age of 18 who hold study visa.