guidelines only residence permit for students holding student visas

 GUIDELINES ONLY (be sure to get up-­‐to-­‐date information directly from İstanbul Police Department website) RESIDENCE PERMIT FOR STUDENTS HOLDING STUDENT VISAS 10 STEPS HOW TO GET AN ONLINE APPOINTMENT* YEDİTEPE UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL OFFICE 2011 NOTICE: This document is prepared in December 2010 to assist you in your online residence permit application. Please make sure that you follow the right steps on the actual web-­‐page, and give the correct information! *Images in this document are taken from the website of the İstanbul Police Department Branch of Foreigners ONCE YOU HAVE ENTERED TURKEY WITH YOUR STUDENT VISA è YOU ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO GET A RESIDENCE PERMIT WITHIN 30 DAYS *** DO NOT WAIT TOO LONG TO SCHEDULE AN ONLINE APPOINTMENT -­‐ AVAILABLE DATES ARE LIMITED YOU NEED TO FIND A DATE BEFORE YOU LEAVE TURKEY (Even For Holiday Trips) WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU SCHEDULE THIS APPOINTMENT ON YOUR FIRST DAY OF ARIVAL. EACH STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO MAKE AN INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT THROUGH THE INTERNET. THE PROCESS IS FAIRLY EASY – BELOW IS A SAMPLE FOR YOUR REFERENCE: STEP 1 -­‐ GO TO http://iem.gov.tr/iem/ THEN CLICK ON E-­‐RANDEVU AND SELECT “YABANCILAR ŞUBE MÜDÜRLÜĞÜ” or go to the English webpage http://www.iem.gov.tr/iem/en-­‐us/ THEN CLICK ON E -­‐APPOINTMENT AND BRANCH OF FOREIGNERS STEP 2 – CLICK ON “RANDEVU AL” STEP 3 – SELECT ENGLISH LANGUAGE STEP 4 – CLICK ON NEW APPOINTMENT !!! YOU MUST WRITE DOWN THE APPOINTMENT REFERENCE NUMBER RIGHT AWAY BEFORE YOU GO TO PRINT OR LEAVE THE WEB PAGE. OTHERWISE YOU CAN NOT GO BACK TO FIND OR CHANGE YOUR APPOINTMENT
STEP 5 – PLACE OF APPLICATION IS YABANCILAR ŞUBE MÜDÜRLÜĞÜ ( VATAN)
STEP 6 -­‐ YOU NEED A COLOUR PRINTER TO PRINT THE DOCUMENTS IN THE FINAL STEP ONLY COLOUR HARD COPIES ARE ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT. COLOURED PRINTING IS DONE OFF CAMPUS AT “FOTOKOPİ” SHOPS STEP 7A – SCROLL DOWN THE PAGE TO FIND A CONVENIENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT FAILURE TO FIND A SUITABLE DATE FOR APPOINTMENT IS DUE TO SO MANY APPLICATION REQUESTS. THEREFORE, CONTINUE TO TRY TO GET INTO THIS WEBSITE ONLINE -­‐-­‐-­‐ BE SURE TO FIND A DATE!!! THE DATE YOU ARE GIVEN MIGHT BE MORE THAN A MONTH LATER. NO PROBLEM. BUT, THE IMPORTANT POINT IS YOU GET THE ONLINE APPOINTMENT NOT LATER THAN 30 DAYS AFTER YOUR DATE OF ENTRY IN TURKEY!!! STEP 7B – ALSO SELECT THE APPOINTMENT TIME AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STEP 8 – SELECT YOUR REASON FOR APPLICATION CLICK ON “STUDENTS” STEP 9 – CHECK ALL THE REQUESTED DOCUMENTS ***DO NOT FORGET TO TAKE ALL OF THE REQUESTED DOCUMENTS WITH YOU ON YOUR APPOINTMENT DATE*** (print this page, and keep it to remember what you will take to the Police Department) !!! THE LAST DOCUMENT ENLISTED IS NOT A TRANSCRIPT; THEY WANT YOU TO BRING A RECENT LETTER ISSUED IN TURKISH BY YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICE INDICATING THAT YOU ARE A REGISTERED STUDENT !!! The Yeditepe University Student Affairs Office is located in the Rectorate Building, on ground level, located in the corridor on the right hand side. *MAKE SURE THE SIGNATURE AND STAMP ON THE LETTER YOU TAKE FROM THE STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICE ARE ORIGINAL, NOT PRINTED ONES. Step 10 A – FILL IN ALL THE REQUIRED DATA (INDICATED WITH *) SELECT “ FIRST APPLICATION” AS YOUR PURPOSE OF YOUR REQUEST FOR A RESIDENCE PERMIT STEP 10 B – FILL OUT YOUR HOME ADDRESS IN TURKEY STEP 10 C – FILL IN ALL THE REQUIRED (*) DATA *PORT OF ENTRY either İSTANBUL SABİHA GÖKÇEN HAVALİMANI (AIRPORT) or İSTANBUL ATATÜRK HAVALİMANI LAST STEP-­‐ PRINT DOCUMENTS !!! YOU MUST WRITE DOWN THE A PPOINTMENT REFERENCE NUMBER RIGHT AWAY B EFORE YOU GO TO PRINT OR LEAVE THE W EB PAGE. OTHERWISE YOU CAN NOT GO BACK TO FIND OR CHANGE YOUR APPOINTMENT DO NOT MISS YOUR APPOINTMENT DAY AND BE THERE ON TIME AS THE PROCEDURE FOR RESCHEDULING IS NOT EASY. DO NOT LOSE YOUR REFERENCE NUMBER! SAMPLE LAST STEP-­‐ PRINT DOCUMENTS AND * TAKE THEM WITH YOU ON YOUR APPOINTMENT DAY! SAMPLE YOU WILL NEED TO PICK UP YOUR RESIDENCE PERMIT IN PERSON (1 TO 3 WEEKS LATER) LAST STEP-­‐ PRINT DOCUMENTS AND * TAKE THEM WITH YOU ON YOUR APPOINTMENT DAY ! SAMPLE YOU WILL NEED TO PICK UP YOUR RESIDENCE PERMIT IN PERSON (1 TO 3 WEEKS LATER) LAST STEP-­‐ PRINT DOCUMENTS AND * TAKE THEM WITH YOU ON YOUR APPOINTMENT DAY ! SAMPLE YOU WILL NEED TO PICK UP YOUR RESIDENCE PERMIT IN PERSON (1 TO 3 WEEKS LATER) HOW TO GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHORTEST WAY... Take BUS 256 FROM YEDİTEPE-­‐>TO TAKSİM Take BUS 89T FROM TAKSİM-­‐>TO EMNİYET EASIEST WAY... FROM YEDİTEPE-­‐> TAKE BOSTANCI BLUE MINI BUS (DOLMUŞ) FROM BOSTANCI-­‐>TAKE KABATAS SEABUS TAKE TRAM T1 FROM KABATAS-­‐> TO YUSUFPASA TAKE METRO M1 FROM AKSARAY-­‐>TO EMNİYET FATIH The Police Department is located across the metro station.