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[Luxe]

Has anyone ever had their residence permit denied? On what grounds would they be denied? I'll be arriving next summer, and I plan to apply for one. I would hate to get over there and have it denied, though, for any reason.

[bulgogiboy]

Is there something on your mind? A criminal conviction? There's no check for that, at least not for people from the UK.

Residence permits are really easy to get, I never knew anyone from among my co-workers who was refused one, and they were a mix of American, Canadian, British, even Indian. You just pay your money, fill in a form, and hey presto, you get it.

Work permits are a different story, and can take quite a few months to process, hence the reason why most people work illegally at least for a few months, if not permanently.

[Luxe]

[bulgogiboy]

I think perhaps you were confusing residence and work permits before?

Almost anyone can get a residence permit, and it isn't tied to a job(like it is in Korea for example). The work 'permit' is just an extra stamp that you get put into your blue residence permit book, after filling out the paperwork, paying the fee, and waiting 3-4 months.

However, if you don't have some relevant qualifications (E.g. BA + TEFL cert or Degree in English/TESOL/etc) then it will be hard to get that work permit stamp for ESL teaching. Language schools seem to be required to have staff with BA + TEFL cert but uni staff are able to get away with a relevant degree on its own. Then you have other, more unique places like cultural associations in Ankara(Turco-British, Turco-American,etc) which have greater leeway with qualifications as well.

Alternatively, keep your head down and work illegally like so many other foreign ESL teachers in Turkey!

Good luck!

[Luxe]

[bulgogiboy]