SUBJECT: REGULATION ON AMENDING THE IMPLEMENTATION REGULATION OF THE LAW ON WORK PERMITS OF FOREIGNERS
The Regulation on Amending the Implementation Regulation of the Law on Work Permits of Foreigners was published on July 31, 2010, and entered into force.
In accordance with the regulation containing the aforementioned changes, applications for work permits, which were previously made in writing, must be submitted electronically to the Ministry within the scope of the Law as of 31.07.2010, and must be delivered to the Ministry in person or by mail within six business days following the application, signed in paper format along with other documents specified in the Annex to the Regulation.
While it was possible to complete the deficiencies in documentation identified by the Ministry and other relevant authorities within 90 days under the previous application, this period has been reduced to 30 days with the amendment.
In the articles titled Calculation of Legal and Continuous Residence Periods of Spouses and Children (Article 30), Calculation of Legal and Continuous Residence Periods of the Foreigner, Their Spouse, and Children (Article 33), and Calculation of Legal and Continuous Residence Periods of the Foreigner, Their Spouse, and Children (Article 38), the condition that they must not be students pursuant to the Regulation on Foreign Students Studying in Türkiye, issued in accordance with Law No. 2922 in order to be able to work, has been removed.
ANNEX: REGULATION ON AMENDING THE IMPLEMENTATION REGULATION OF THE LAW ON WORK PERMITS OF FOREIGNERS
SATURDAY, 31 July 2010
Official Gazette
Number: 27658
REGULATION
From the Ministry of Labour and Social Security:
LAW ON WORK PERMITS OF FOREIGNERS
AMENDMENT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION REGULATION
REGULATION ON ITS IMPLEMENTATION
ARTICLE 1 – The first paragraph of Article 5 of the Regulation on the Implementation of the Law on Work Permits of Foreigners, published in the Official Gazette dated 29/8/2003 and numbered 25214, has been amended as follows.
“Within the scope of the Law, applications to be made to the Ministry must be submitted electronically, and must be delivered to the Ministry in person or by mail within six working days following the application, signed in paper format and accompanied by other documents specified in the Annex to the Regulation.”
ARTICLE 2 – The expression “ninety” in the second sentence of the first paragraph of Article 9 of the same Regulation has been changed to “thirty”.
ARTICLE 3 – The expression “ninety” in the second sentence of the first paragraph of Article 11 of the same Regulation has been changed to “thirty”.
ARTICLE 4 – The second paragraph of Article 30 of the same Regulation has been repealed.
ARTICLE 5 – The second paragraph of Article 33 of the same Regulation has been repealed.
ARTICLE 6 – The last sentence of Article 38 of the same Regulation has been repealed.
ARTICLE 7 – The phrase “for applications to be made within the scope of the Law on Direct Foreign Investments” located in the second line of the “B-Documents Required in Institutions/Organizations Employing Foreign Personnel” section of ANNEX-2 of the same Regulation has been repealed.
ARTICLE 8 – This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication.
ARTICLE 9 – The Minister of Labour and Social Security shall execute the provisions of this Regulation.