Address Registration in Türkiye
After you get your residence permit card (the card that lets you live in Türkiye as a student), you register your address at the migration office, the government office for foreigners. You need a registered address to extend your permit.
How Türkiye records your address
Foreigners register their address at the migration office, not at the population office. Your registered address then shows on e-Devlet, the Turkish government website.
Register your address within 20 days after you receive your residence permit card. After a permit extension or a transfer, register within 20 working days (Monday to Friday, not holidays) after your permit is approved.
Provincial migration office
Registers your address. Go to the one that covers where you live.
Your university
Your international office tells you which migration office to use and helps if you are sent elsewhere.
Tax office
Gives you a tax number. You use it for things like opening a bank account, until you get your foreign ID number.
- Tax number: A number from the tax office for money matters. Get it soon after you arrive, online or at a tax office, with your passport. Your name and passport details must be the same as the ones recorded when you entered Türkiye.
- Foreign ID number: It is the ID number written on your residence permit card. Your university needs it to give you grades, certificates and your degree.
Your address, step by step
What to do after your residence permit card arrives.
Get your residence permit card
The card is posted to the address you gave on e-ikamet, the government website where you apply for the residence permit.
Collect your papers
Your card, a copy of it, a copy of your passport photo page, a student certificate (a paper from your university that shows you study there) and proof of where you live.
Go to the migration office
Go within 20 days after you receive your card. Take your passport and student ID card.
Download your address document
After you register, download your address document with a barcode from e-Devlet. It is called Yerleşim Yeri Belgesi.
| Institution | Deadline | Method | Consequences of Missing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provincial migration office | Within 20 days after you receive your card | In person at the migration office | You cannot extend your permit without a registered address. |
| Provincial migration office | Within 10 days if you move to a university in another province (region) | Apply on e-ikamet, then tell your student office | Your new province's migration office handles your permit. |
Tip
Papers for address registration
What the migration office asks for.
- Your residence permit card (valid).
- A dorm certificate from the dormitory office.
- Copies of your residence permit card and passport photo page.
- A student certificate.
- Your residence permit card (valid).
- A notarised rental contract and a water or electricity bill in your name.
- Copies of your residence permit card and passport photo page.
- A student certificate.
Good to know
Needed to extend
Extra papers
Address questions
Short answers for students from India and Pakistan.
Frequently Asked Questions
Myth: My e-ikamet address is enough.
Reality: You still register your address at the migration office after you get your card.
Myth: An Airbnb booking works as proof of address.
Reality: No. Airbnb bookings are not accepted for the residence permit.
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