What are the documents required for Turkish citizenship for you and your family

Accurately determining the documents required for Turkish citizenship is necessary for all investors wishing to benefit from real estate investment laws in Turkey to obtain Turkish citizenship.

Obtaining Turkish citizenship by investment

the recent Turkish nationality law has provided the opportunity for thousands of people looking for an alternative nationality, or those who wish to obtain a second nationality, with wonderful advantages that are not comparable with other countries, and at a very reasonable amount globally.

the amount specified for real estate investment in exchange for the opportunity to apply for Turkish citizenship was reduced from 1,000,000 USD to 250,000 USD, with a pledge not to sell the real estate purchased for a period of 3 years.

We have previously reviewed the best answers to the question: How do you obtain Turkish citizenship? We indicated that real estate ownership in Turkey is the easiest

Are the conditions for naturalization in Turkey difficult?

In order for the investor to complete the application for Turkish citizenship easily and conveniently, we always advise him to seek the help of an expert real estate consultant from a reputable real estate company, or a Turkish lawyer with a reputation in investment and naturalization transactions in Turkey.

In general, the more complete and comprehensive the application documents are, the shorter the period of studying the application will be, which speeds up the opportunity for a decision to approve the granting of Turkish citizenship within 90 days or less.

Since the approval of the last amendment to the Turkish naturalization law, the issuance of its implementing regulations, and the related decisions, thousands of naturalization decisions have been issued, and approvals for granting Turkish citizenship to investors who have fulfilled the conditions for naturalization in Turkey, and submitted their documents in an integrated manner, including papers and receipts that prove the purchase of real estate Compliant with the new Turkish naturalization law.

For those interested, we will provide the exact translation of the paragraph on granting Turkish citizenship in exchange for buying a property from the executive regulations of the new Turkish citizenship law.

Translation of the Turkish nationality law in exchange for buying a property

“The value of the immovable property purchased during the period between the date of January 12, 2017 and the date of September 18, 2018 must be not less than $ 1,000,000, as for the immovable property that was purchased on September 19, 2018. And beyond, it should be worth at least $ 250,000.

For the purpose of fixing the value mentioned in the specific article of the aforementioned legal regulation, a report must be obtained to assess the material value of the immovable property, provided that this report is prepared in line with the evaluation criteria, and certified by the evaluation institutions working in this field, according to Article 11 of the regulation Legal V During the submission of the acquisition application, the date of organizing the evaluation report must be 3 months before the date of submitting the application.

Complete the documents required for Turkish citizenship files

In the next lines, we review all the documents and papers required for Turkish citizenship by investment, for the property owner, his wife and his children who are under the age of 18 years.

Benefiting from the experiences and expertise of the specialized legal team at Properties Gate – the real estate portal in Turkey, where we have succeeded in serving hundreds of our generous customers, and providing successful files that have been approved for those wishing to obtain residence in Turkey by purchasing a property, or those who wish to obtain Turkish citizenship in return for a real estate investment in Turkey.

The period of issuance of approvals did not exceed 90 days on average, and this is primarily due to the completion of the files we submitted, including all the documents required for Turkish citizenship, in addition to the experience of the after-sales team of Properties Gate in Istanbul.

What are the documents required for Turkish citizenship?

1. A copy of the title deed of the property that has been purchased and is known in Turkey as: the title deed. Or a copy of the promise to sell contract, certified by a notary in Turkey (Notre) is submitted.

2. The real estate appraisal report, issued by a Turkish institution approved by the Turkish government, provided that its date does not exceed 3 months from the date of submitting the Turkish citizenship application, and the value of the real estate appraisal must be consistent with the amount mentioned in the title deed or sales contract.

3. All original payment receipts from the buyer’s bank account, stamped with a live stamp from the sending bank, provided that the property value is greater than 250 thousand US dollars.

4. All original receipts from the seller’s bank account, stamped with a live stamp from the recipient bank

Note that these receipts are the evidence approved by the Land Registry Directorate, which proves payment of the property value and its transfer from the seller’s account to the buyer’s account.

5. Power of attorney from the buyer to an authorized Turkish lawyer to present the file of Turkish citizenship, and the Power of attorney is being prepared and organized by the notary in Turkey (Al-Nutri) in two copies.

6. If the wife / husband wants to be included in the buyer’s nationality file, a Power of attorney must be presented for each of the spouses

7. A copy of the passport, translated into Turkish by a certified translator, and certified by the notary in Turkey (Notre) for each of the family members: husband and wife, and children under the age of 18 years.

8. Obtaining a tax number from one of the branches of the Turkish Tax Department, for each family member.

9. Receipt of proof of payment of the exceptional Turkish citizenship application tax (the form).

10. The exceptional Turkish “real estate” citizenship application form. The application should be filled out in large Latin letters without shortage, cancellation or errors, and the application should be signed by the person concerned or his agent exclusively.

11. Civil status document: the marriage contract or any other document proving the status of the applicant, whether he is single or married, translated into the Turkish language and certified by the Turkish consulate.

12. If the husband applies for citizenship for himself and his children only, without the wife (if the wife is divorced, for example), then the consent of the mother must be submitted to grant her children under 18 years Turkish citizenship. This document is not needed if both spouses apply for citizenship in a natural situation, that is, when submitting a power of attorney from both the wife and the husband.

13. Birth certificate or any other document proving birth information; Such as obtaining a civil registry record, a person’s registry, or a civil status document, for each member of the family, and the father’s name and the mother’s name must be clearly mentioned in this document. This document must also be translated and certified by the Turkish consulate.

14. A family statement document or family book (family card), translated and certified.

15. 2 recent biometric photos (for each family member).

The papers required to obtain residency before granting citizenship to the investor and his family

1. Residence application form.
2. Certificate of conformity of the property to the conditions of the Turkish Nationality Law, and it is extracted from the Directorate of Real Estate Registry – Tabu.
3. The original passport + a copy of it. The person applying for residency must be present in person, and his agent shall not represent him.
4. 4 Recent biometric photos
5. Valid health insurance.

Authentication of papers issued outside Turkey

• All documents issued outside Turkey must be certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the country from which the document was issued, and by the Turkish representation in that country, that is, the Turkish embassy or the Turkish consulate.
• If the document cannot be legalized by the Turkish representation in the exporting country, it must be certified by the representation of that country in Turkey.
• In any case, the translation of external documents must be done by a sworn translator in Turkey, certified by a notary, and then certified by the governor.

It is worth noting that the wages of the legal team specialized in providing the Turkish nationality file are different according to each case, in terms of the number of documents, endorsements, number of individuals within the file and other factors.