What a Turkish residence permit costs, by nationality

The fee depends on your passport's reciprocity group and the permit length, and half the pages online still show the reversed April 2026 hike. This calculator applies the structure actually in force, exemptions and the under-18 discount included.

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Nationality fee group

Examples: USA, UK, Germany, France, Netherlands, India, China, Iran

Permit duration

Fee-exempt categoryStudents at Turkish institutions, long-term permit applicants, and nationals of: Czechia, Denmark, Ireland, Kosovo, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkmenistan, Northern Cyprus, Palestine.Applicant under 18Minors pay half the fee.

Verified 2 Oct 2026Presidency of Migration Management fee pages and Law 492 Tariff 6

Result

₺4,898total official fees for this application

$80.00

permit fee, charged as ₺3,934

₺964

permit card fee, applies to everyone

Health insurance is the part that trips people up. A permit application needs cover for the whole permit period, and in practice the office looks for a policy from an insurer licensed in Turkey carrying the statement that it meets the regulator's minimum coverage table. Nomad and travel policies from foreign insurers do not carry that statement, so they are not accepted for the permit however good the cover is. The table is set by the insurance regulator rather than the migration office, by SEDDK circular 2024/34, in force since 1 April 2025. It requires an outpatient limit of ₺15,000 a year against a co-payment, and inpatient cover that is unlimited at contracted institutions, ₺250,000 at the listed public hospitals and ₺150,000 elsewhere. Pages still quoting ₺5,000 outpatient and ₺50,000 inpatient are showing the pre-2025 table. One day short of the permit period is a refusal ground, so buy the policy to match the dates you are asking for.

Fees are set once a year. On 30 April 2026 the Presidency of Migration Management confirmed that residence permit fees had not changed; they are set each January under the Fees Law, so this tariff applies through 2026. Dollar amounts are collected in lira at the day's rate (49.1802 here, from the TCMB bulletin of 6 Oct 2026). Application service costs, insurance and translations come on top of these official fees.

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Methodology and sources

The permit fee is the first-month amount plus the per-month amount for each further month, fractions counting as full months, charged in lira at the day's rate. Nationalities outside the dollar groups pay the lira tariff directly. Everyone pays the ₺964 card fee.

2026 card fee and TRY tariff; exempt nationality list · Presidency of Migration Management
Fees unchanged mid-year, as confirmed on 30 Apr 2026; set each January under the Fees Law · Presidency of Migration Management announcement, 30 Apr 2026
Fee mechanics and month rounding · Fees Law No. 492, Tariff No. 6
Minimum health insurance cover for visa and residence permit applications, in force 1 Apr 2025 · SEDDK Genelge 2024/34 (25 Dec 2024), amending Genelge 2016/16

Students at Turkish institutions and long-term permit applicants are exempt from the fee regardless of nationality; the card fee still applies.

Children under 18 pay half the fee.

No nationality is exempt from the TRY 964 card fee.

Temporary protection holders receive a free ID document instead of a fee-bearing permit card.