Turkish Council

How to Apply for Turkish Language Course Student Residence Permit in 2026

You can apply to Turkish Language Course Residence Permit if you come to Turkey with the same type of visa. You need to make an online application for residence permit on the website of immigration office https://e-ikamet.goc.gov.tr/.

On the online residence permit application, you need to choose appointment location and appointment time. You need to prepare your files and go to the appointment at immigration office.

You will submit your Turkish Language Course Residence Permit file and you will give your finger prints at the immigration office. Usually, the result comes in 2-3 weeks. You can track your status online. When residence permit is approved, your card will be printed and it will be sent to you with PTT.

You can apply for Turkish language course student residence permit for renewal in the next year.

You need to provide the required documents to the Turkish Embassy in order to get a Turkish Language Course Visa. The required document is a visa invitation letter from a Turkish university or from a school that is accredited to the Ministry of Education.

The visa invitation letter can be from the TÖMER program of a Turkish university. Also, many foreigners apply to Turkish Language Course Visa with a visa invitation letter from private schools that are accredited to the Ministry of Education.

In addition to the visa invitation letter, you also need to submit some documents for the Turkish visa application such as passport copy, biometric photo, flight reservation, hotel reservation and financial documents. Sometimes, Turkish embassies might ask for your diploma, transcript, criminal record, birth certificate or even health report as well.

You need to get a visa appointment from the Turkish consulate. The visa appointment website of Turkish embassy is https://www.konsolosluk.gov.tr/. Some Turkish embassies work with 3rd party visa agencies, you can make your application to them directly and submit your required documents to apply for a Turkish Language Course Visa.

Student residence permit and short-term Turkish Language Course residence permit are very different and you need to be careful which one you are applying to. Student residence permit is only given to foreigners who study at a university for a higher education degree (undergraduate, masters, phd). On the other hand, Turkish language course is a type of short-term residence permit and it is given to foreigners who study at TÖMER or at private Turkish language schools that are accredited to the Turkish Ministry of Education.

Making a student residence permit application while you are in Turkey with Turkish Language Course Visa is wrong and it may result with rejection of your residence permit. You should apply to student residence permit only if you are enrolled to a university program in Turkey.

If you come to Turkey with Turkish Language Course Visa, you have to choose Short-Term residence permit and you should apply to Turkish Language Course Residence Permit.