You need to provide an address document to apply for Residence Permit in Turkey and notarized rent contract is the most accepted address document type for Turkish immigration office. Here is the guide on how to get a notarized rent contract that is accepted by the Immigration Office in Turkey.
Notarized rent contract is different than a regular rent contract. In order to get a notarized rent contract, the tenant and the landlord (or their legal representatives) need to go to a notary public office in Turkey and they need to make the rental agreement in the notary format. Notary officers prepare the rent contract in their special format and notary public also stamps the rent contract.
For the Turkish residence permit application, you need to provide a notarized rent contract from an address which is open for residence permit applications for foreigners. Some neighborhoods and districts are closed for residence permit applications. Even if you provide a rent contract notarization from these areas, the immigration office will not accept it. The closed districts for residence permit in Istanbul are Esenyurt, Fatih, Küçükçekmece, Başakşehir, Bağcılar, Avcılar, Bahçelievler, Sultangazi, Esenler and Zeytinburnu. You can also find the list of closed neighborhoods from the official website of Immigration Office https://www.goc.gov.tr/mahalle-kapatma-duyurusu-hk2.
There are two types of rent notarization and only one of them works at the immigration office. If you make the rent contract outside of the notary and bring the contract just for notary stamps, that document is not accepted by the immigration office for the residence permit application (onaylama şeklinde noter onaylı kira kontratı). The right notarized rent contract is the one that is prepared by the notary public, signed by parties at the notary office and then stamped by the notary (düzenleme şeklinde noter onaylı kira kontratı).
If one of the tenant or the landlord doesn’t speak Turkish, then the notary will ask you to bring an official Turkish translator with you to complete the rent contract notarization. And finally, if the tenant is a foreigner, then the tenant needs to get his passport translated to Turkish and notarized. Without passport translation, the rent contract notarization cannot be completed.
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