The Turkish population Directorate has set the necessary criteria that applicants must follow in order to be able to obtain Turkish citizenship in the shortest possible period,
while the population Directorate on its website provided a link to track the progress of your file.
Through this article, we will answer all the inquiries that may concern you about the stages of your file evaluation to obtain Turkish citizenship
Turkish citizenship is granted in several ways, including citizenship by lineage and origins, exceptional citizenship, marriage to Turkish citizens, or buying a property at a price that is not less than the price specified by the Turkish government, which is $250,000, or by investing in Turkey.
evaluation of the candidate file for Turkish citizenship, what are the stages?
The application files for Turkish citizenship go through several stages before obtaining it, without disclosing the exact duration between applying and obtaining it.
but from the experiences of some applicants, the expected period ranged from a year to a year and a half and possibly more.
The stages of evaluating the candidate’s file for Turkish citizenship are:
-The first stage: submit the application for Turkish citizenship
After you finish the interview regarding the application file for obtaining Turkish citizenship at the Immigration and Passports Department, your application is officially registered.
-The second stage: the stage of examining and checking the submitted documents in the application file.
In this stage all the submitted documents will be checked that all are correct and official, then the file becomes eligible to move on to the third stage
-The third stage: It is the stage of transferring the application file from the Immigration Department to the Population Directorate.
This stage is considered a short period because it is only transferring the applicant file from the Immigration and Passports Department to the population Directorate (General Directorate of Personal Status) - because the population Directorate in Turkey is the place where the rest of the application stages will be processed at, as well as it is the officially authorized institution to grant the identity card after Turkish citizenship has been granted to the accepted applicant
-The fifth stage: It is the stage of the security study of the file.
This stage is considered the most important stage of Turkish citizenship application. and the longest time, where there were some incidents for rejecting some files.
in this step, the applicant’s file will be searched if he has criminal sentences inside Turkey, or if he belongs to organizations or parties that are considered a threat to national security.
The duration of this stage varies from one applicant to another according to the security research and its complexities, it may reach several months or perhaps a year if necessary.
-The sixth stage: sending the file to the Turkish Ministers Council
. At this stage, the file will be sent to the Turkish Ministers Council in order to officially approve the Turkish citizen application, where the files are usually sent in groups, so the time expected for this stage depends on the number of files in the group, and the duration of the security study for them before being transferred to the Ministers Council
-The seventh stage: announcement of acceptance or rejection of the Turkish citizenship application.
Finally, at this stage, the application file will be presented to the Ministers Council in Turkey, where the acceptance or rejection will be announced.
more often the application file that reaches this stage, will be accepted except in very rare cases.
-The eighth stage: informing the population Directorate with the decision of acceptance or rejection.
After the Ministers Council checks and evaluates the file and takes the decision to accept or reject the application, the file will send back to the population Directorate in Turkey and inform them of their decision, in order to complete the transactions necessary for those accepted and send notifications to those rejected.
-the ninth and final stage: obtaining Turkish citizenship - Identity Card
This is the last stage of the Turkish citizenship application, where the identity card for the accepted applicants is prepared, and a complete settlement file is prepared for them in the population, and the ID cards will send to their owner's address via the Turkish post office.
and now, we can say that the applicant has really obtained Turkish citizenship officially and will be treated on Turkish lands and abroad as a Turkish citizen with all rights applicable to Turkish citizens.
How can I follow up on my citizenship application file?
After you submit your application for Turkish citizenship to the Immigration and Passports Department, you will be given a code for your submitted file with the application number which you can follow the developments of the stages of your Turkish citizenship application file from one stage to another
-Through the Turkish citizenship file link, you can also obtain your file information after registering the following information:
-Application number (Başvuru Numarası), which is a number that is given to the applicant after the first interview.
-The applicant's date of birth (Doğum Tarihi)
-Verify the image (Resim Doğrulama) by clicking on the box.
-Then click on the information “Sorgula” button
Then the result will appear showing the development of the file and the stage that the Turkish citizenship application has reached.
Notes you must know regarding the follow-up to the stages of the Turkish citizenship application file sequence
-The duration of obtaining Turkish citizenship varies from one applicant to another according to the situation of each one.
-The Turkish population Directorate may need to communicate with you to complete some missing documents, if necessary.
You must keep the code of your file. -
-In case that your citizenship file has been deleted, you can refer an objection file to the Immigration Department, and even assign a Turkish lawyer for this issue.
-Maintain the confidentiality of your personal data, your application data, and especially the citizenship application code.
-Do not change your residential address or phone number on your immigration application files
-After obtaining Turkish citizenship, if you are older than 22 years old, you are not required to perform compulsory service in the Turkish army, but you need to refer to the recruitment division of your area of residence in order to obtain an exemption paper, and if you wish to do national service, you can do so.
How does Al-Fanar help you to obtain Turkish citizenship?
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In this article, we provided full answers regarding the evaluation of the Turkish citizenship application, stages, and file processing sequence from the day of application submission at the Immigration and Passports Department till receiving the identity card or the rejection of the citizenship application file from the Turkish population Directorate.
