Visas & Customs Requirements

Students:

A student visa is required to register as a student in Turkey. Exceptions are those who are legal dependents of someone in Turkey on a diplomatic visa or with a work visa. Students who come to Turkey without student visa will not be able to register as a student nor will get residence permits.

Student visas must be obtained from a Turkish Consulate, generally the one nearest your place of residence. Student visas cannot be obtained within Turkey. You must take, or mail, a copy of your "Letter of Acceptance" from Turkish Naval Academy and a completed visa application form to the Turkish Consulate. They will provide you an application form upon request.

It takes around eight weeks from the time you submit your application until you receive your visa. The visa will be stamped in your passport. When you receive your visa check to see that it is a "student visa".

Although a time limit will be stamped on your visa, the student visa will be valid as long as you are enrolled in school.

Residence Permits for Students

All international students in Turkey, regardless of status, must register with, and obtain, a Residence Permit from the Bureau of Foreign Residence Registration at the provincial Directorate of Security . You can be required at any time to show your Residence Permit. Turkish Naval Academy also requires that you give a photocopy of the first seven pages of the Residence Permit to the Registrar’s Office as soon as you have it.

When you have all the following documents, you will submit them, including your passport, to the Bureau of Foreign Residence Registration. You will be given a receipt indicating the date you can pick up your passport and residence permit booklet. It usually takes two to three days. You must pick up your own documents.

List of universities in Turkey:

• Çukurova University
• Ankara University
• Gazi University
• Hacettepe University
• Middle East Technical University
• Atilim University
• Baskent University
• Bilkent University
• Çankaya University
• TOBB University of Economics and Technology
• Ufuk University
• Akdeniz University
• Adnan Menderes University
• Balikesir University
• Abant Izzet Baysal University
• Uludag University
• Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University
• Pamukkale University
• Trakya University
• Firat University
• Atatürk Üniversitesi
• Anadolu University
• Eskisehir Osmangazi University
• University of Gaziantep
• Giresun University
• Süleyman Demirel University
• Bogaziçi University
• Galatasaray University
• Istanbul Technical University
• Istanbul University
• Marmara University
• Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts
• Yildiz Technical University
• Dokuz Eylül University
• Ege University
• Izmir Institute of Technology
• Kahramanmaras Sütçü Imam University
• Erciyes University
• Gebze Institute of Technology
• Selçuk University
• Kütahya Dumlupinar University
• Inönü University
• Celal Bayar University
• Mersin University
• Mugla University
• Sakarya University
• Gaziosmanpasha University
• Black Sea Technical University