Can your company sponsor a work permit in Turkey?
Sponsoring a foreign hire requires passing a financial test and employing five Turkish citizens per foreigner. Enter your company figures and get a pass-or-fail verdict with the itemized official fees, or the standard alternative if you fail.
Your company
Any one of the three financial tests is enough.
Verified 2 Oct 2026CSGB criteria · Fee Communique No. 98
Assessment
Fees are the standard one-year application; longer permits scale the permit fee. Legal and translation costs come on top.
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Methodology and sources
The standard evaluation criteria for private-sector employers: paid-in capital of at least ₺500,000, or annual net sales of at least ₺8,000,000, or annual exports of at least $150,000, any one of which suffices, plus 5 Turkish employees per foreign worker at the sponsoring workplace.
- Employer evaluation criteria (capital, sales, exports, 5:1 ratio) · Ministry of Labour (CSGB), International Labour Directorate criteria
- 2026 work permit fee: ₺12,575 for one year, plus ₺964 card fee · Fees Law General Communique No. 98, Official Gazette No. 33124 (31 Dec 2025)
- Work permit framework · International Labour Law No. 6735
The financial tests are alternatives: paid-in capital, net sales or exports. Meeting any one of them satisfies the financial criterion.
Certain workplaces are exempt from some criteria: liaison offices, sectors with special arrangements, and foreign shareholders above set thresholds follow their own rules.
A foreign partner who owns at least 20% of the company with capital of at least ₺500,000 falls under partner-specific criteria instead.
Fees scale with permit duration; the figures here are the standard one-year application.
Since 3 August 2026 the ministry waives the employment and financial criteria for up to three foreigners who have lived in Turkey lawfully for at least one of the last three years, and until the end of 2027 in listed manufacturing sectors; the tool shows the standard case.