See exactly what your Turkey Residence Permit Fees are. Find out what Turkish ikamet will cost by nationality, permit type and duration.
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Select your nationality, the permit length you want to request, and how you entered Turkey. The calculator applies the current 2026 official fee schedule under Law No. 492.
The single-entry visa fee is only ever charged once, on a first application — it never applies to renewals, even if you originally entered visa-free.
Estimated fee breakdown
This is an estimate based on the residence permit fee schedule currently published by the Presidency of Migration Management (Göç İdaresi Başkanlığı) and, where available, a live USD/TRY exchange rate. Fees denominated in USD are collected in Turkish Lira at the official rate set on the day of payment, which may differ slightly from this estimate. This tool does not constitute legal advice.
The basics
"Residence permit fee" is not a single charge. Every application is actually made up of up to three separate payments, set out in the Consular Fees Tariff attached to Law No. 492, and each one behaves differently — one scales with your nationality and how long you're staying, one is a flat administrative charge, and one only applies to a specific group of applicants.
İkamet İzni Harcı
A tax charged for every month of the permit, at a rate set by your nationality group. This is the variable part of the bill, and the one most people mean when they ask "how much is a residence permit in Turkey".
Varies by countryİkamet İzni Belgesi Bedeli
A one-off, fixed charge that covers printing and issuing the physical biometric residence card (the "ikamet kartı"). It's the same amount for every nationality and every permit type.
Fixed for everyoneTek Giriş Vize Harcı
Charged only if you entered Turkey visa-free (for example on a passport that grants automatic visa exemption). It's treated as the equivalent of the visa you didn't have to buy at the border.
ConditionalIn short: your total bill is residence permit fee + residence card fee, and + single-entry visa fee if you came in visa-free. The calculator above adds all three together automatically for your specific case.
Step by step
The math behind your bill is simple once you know your inputs. Here's exactly what the calculator above is doing behind the scenes so you can double-check the number yourself, or estimate a renewal in advance.
Turkey groups nationalities into fee tiers, each with its own first-month and additional-month rate in US dollars. A US or German passport sits in a different tier than a Moroccan or Iraqi one — see the full country-by-country table below.
The fee is charged per month, not as a flat annual rate. A 6-month permit and a 24-month permit from the same country are priced completely differently, month 1 always costs more than every month after it.
Fee = first-month rate + (additional-month rate × remaining months), converted from USD to Turkish Lira at the official exchange rate on your payment date. Two nationalities — Serbia and Norway — use a separate Lira-denominated daily tariff instead of a USD rate.
Every applicant, regardless of nationality or permit type, pays the same flat card fee on top of the calculation above. This part never changes based on your country or duration.
If you entered Turkey visa-free, one more fixed charge is added to cover the visa you didn't purchase at the border. If you entered on an actual visa, this line is simply zero.
A US citizen applies for a 12-month residence permit and enters Turkey visa-free.
Calculated using an indicative rate of 1 USD = 47.40 TRY (late July 2026). This is only an example — exchange rates move daily, so use the live calculator above for a rate-accurate figure on the day you apply.
Official clarification
In late April 2026, reports began circulating that residence permit fees had jumped by as much as 930%, and for a short window some applicants were quoted the higher figures. The Presidency of Migration Management (Göç İdaresi Başkanlığı) has since issued a formal, on-the-record clarification and it directly addresses this confusion.
Official position: fee amounts have not changedSeveral news outlets, agencies and law firm blogs reported that a new, much higher tariff had briefly appeared in the e-ikamet system, and that some applicants had paid the higher amounts at tax offices.
In a dated public statement, the Presidency said it was necessary to respond to posts circulating online that claimed residence permit fees had increased. It confirmed that fee amounts are set annually by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance under Fees Law No. 492, and stated plainly that there has been no change to residence permit fee amounts.
Every rate used in this guide and in the calculator above matches the fee amounts the Presidency of Migration Management currently publishes not the higher figures that briefly circulated.
You can read the Presidency's statement directly on their website: "Regarding Residence Permit Fee Amounts", published 1 May 2026, which also links to the current official fee document.
If you were personally charged a higher amount during the period the reports were circulating, keep your receipt it's worth raising with the tax office or a lawyer, since it does not match the government's own published position.
Full reference
Turkey's residence permit fee is set per nationality, not as a single flat number. Find your country below to see exactly which rate applies — tap a group to see the full country list.
These two nationalities are priced directly in Turkish Lira rather than US dollars: up to ₺348.10 per day in month 1 (minimum ₺653.70, maximum ₺3,359.90), then ₺2,232.30 for every month after.
These nationalities skip the residence permit fee entirely under bilateral agreements but still pay the fixed residence card fee below.
By nationality
The country tables above cover every nationality, but these six are where most of our clients and readers come from. Each row below breaks the total down into its three parts, assuming a typical visa-free tourist entry and today's exchange rate (1 USD ≈ 47.40 TRY).
US passport holders enter Turkey visa-free for tourism (up to 90 days), sit in fee Group 1 ($25 for month 1, $5 for each month after), and will typically owe all three fee components below.
| Permit length | Fee | Card | Visa | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 months | 2,370.00 TRY | + | 964.00 TRY | + | 9,376.40 TRY | = | 12,710.40 TRY |
| 12 months | 3,792.00 TRY | + | 964.00 TRY | + | 9,376.40 TRY | = | 14,132.40 TRY |
| 24 months | 6,636.00 TRY | + | 964.00 TRY | + | 9,376.40 TRY | = | 16,976.40 TRY |
Note: the visa column applies if you entered visa-free, which is the case for most US tourists. If you entered on an actual visa, subtract that column from the total.
British passport holders also enter Turkey visa-free for up to 90 days and sit in the same Group 1 tier as US citizens, so the totals below are identical.
| Permit length | Fee | Card | Visa | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 months | 2,370.00 TRY | + | 964.00 TRY | + | 9,376.40 TRY | = | 12,710.40 TRY |
| 12 months | 3,792.00 TRY | + | 964.00 TRY | + | 9,376.40 TRY | = | 14,132.40 TRY |
| 24 months | 6,636.00 TRY | + | 964.00 TRY | + | 9,376.40 TRY | = | 16,976.40 TRY |
Note: the visa column applies to the typical visa-free tourist entry most UK applicants use.
As an EU passport holder, you enter Turkey visa-free for up to 90 days and fall into Group 1 — the same rate as US and UK citizens, alongside most other EU nationalities.
| Permit length | Fee | Card | Visa | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 months | 2,370.00 TRY | + | 964.00 TRY | + | 9,376.40 TRY | = | 12,710.40 TRY |
| 12 months | 3,792.00 TRY | + | 964.00 TRY | + | 9,376.40 TRY | = | 14,132.40 TRY |
| 24 months | 6,636.00 TRY | + | 964.00 TRY | + | 9,376.40 TRY | = | 16,976.40 TRY |
Note: most German applicants enter visa-free, so the visa column will normally apply.
Russian passport holders enter Turkey visa-free for tourism purposes, for up to 60 days, and sit in Group 4 ($7 for month 1, $1.50 for each month after) — a noticeably lower rate than Groups 1–3.
| Permit length | Fee | Card | Visa | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 months | 687.30 TRY | + | 964.00 TRY | + | 9,376.40 TRY | = | 11,027.70 TRY |
| 12 months | 1,113.90 TRY | + | 964.00 TRY | + | 9,376.40 TRY | = | 11,454.30 TRY |
| 24 months | 1,967.10 TRY | + | 964.00 TRY | + | 9,376.40 TRY | = | 12,307.50 TRY |
Note: the residence permit fee itself is lower than for Group 1 nationalities, but the fixed single-entry visa fee still applies if you entered visa-free.
Iranian nationals enter Turkey visa-free for tourism and sit in Group 1, the same tier as US, UK and German applicants.
| Permit length | Fee | Card | Visa | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 months | 2,370.00 TRY | + | 964.00 TRY | + | 9,376.40 TRY | = | 12,710.40 TRY |
| 12 months | 3,792.00 TRY | + | 964.00 TRY | + | 9,376.40 TRY | = | 14,132.40 TRY |
| 24 months | 6,636.00 TRY | + | 964.00 TRY | + | 9,376.40 TRY | = | 16,976.40 TRY |
Note: the visa column applies to the typical visa-free entry most Iranian applicants use.
Ukrainian passport holders enter Turkey visa-free for up to 90 days and sit in Group 1, the same tier as most Group 1 nationalities.
| Permit length | Fee | Card | Visa | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 months | 2,370.00 TRY | + | 964.00 TRY | + | 9,376.40 TRY | = | 12,710.40 TRY |
| 12 months | 3,792.00 TRY | + | 964.00 TRY | + | 9,376.40 TRY | = | 14,132.40 TRY |
| 24 months | 6,636.00 TRY | + | 964.00 TRY | + | 9,376.40 TRY | = | 16,976.40 TRY |
Note: the visa column applies to the typical visa-free entry most Ukrainian applicants use.
By permit category
Mostly no but two permit categories are the exception, and getting this wrong is one of the most common ways applicants overpay.
The most common category used for tourism-based stays and property ownership. You pay the full residence permit fee for your nationality group, the card fee, and the single-entry visa fee if you entered visa-free.
Spouses, children and other eligible family members of a Turkish citizen or resident pay the same fee structure as a short-term permit priced by the family member's own nationality, not the sponsor's.
Foreigners enrolled at a Turkish school or university are exempt from the residence permit fee entirely, regardless of nationality. You still pay the fixed card fee, but the variable, nationality-based charge doesn't apply.
Granted after at least 8 years of continuous, legal residence in Turkey. Like the student permit, it's exempt from the residence permit fee only the fixed card fee is charged.
The single-entry visa fee is only ever collected once on your first residence permit application. If you're renewing an existing permit, that line item drops off your bill entirely, even if you originally entered visa-free.
The full picture
The calculator above covers the harç, card fee and single-entry visa fee the amounts you pay directly to the state. In practice, almost every applicant also pays a handful of smaller, unavoidable costs outside the government fee. None of these are optional if the underlying document applies to your case.
Mandatory for applicants between 18 and 65. The exact premium depends on your age and the insurer younger applicants typically pay toward the low end, older applicants toward the high end. The policy must cover your full permit duration. Applicants over 65 with reciprocal coverage from their home country are often exempt.
Any supporting document not already in Turkish a birth certificate, marriage certificate, passport copy needs to go through a certified sworn translator before it's accepted. The price scales with page count and document type.
Translated documents, and in most cases your rental contract, need to be notarized to be accepted by the Migration Directorate.
Not required by law, but a common line item in practice. A lawyer charges a service fee on top of the government costs above in exchange for handling the appointment, paperwork and any complications, which reduces the risk of a rejected application and a lost, non-refundable fee.
On top of the government fee shown by the calculator above, budget an extra 5,000–15,000 TRY for insurance, translation and notarization on a typical first application and more if you're renewing multiple documents or your policy premium runs on the higher end.
Practical steps
Once you submit your application through the e-ikamet system, you'll get a reference number for the residence permit fee and the card fee. You have two ways to pay them.
Pay by credit or debit card through the Revenue Administration's Interactive Tax Office using your reference number. Available around the clock, and the fastest, most commonly used option.
RecommendedPay in cash or by card in person at the tax office desk located inside the Migration Directorate building.
In personAll fees must be settled before your scheduled appointment date, or your application may be delayed or not processed at all.
Bring your payment receipts to your in-person appointment, your file isn't considered complete without them.
You're paying for the right to apply, not a guaranteed outcome, if your application is refused, the fee itself isn't returned.
Avoid these
Most residence permit fee problems aren't about the rules being complicated, they're about applicants working from outdated numbers, missing a small line item, or being unsure which of two similar rules applies to them. Here's what we see most often.
Search results for residence permit fees are full of numbers from different points in 2026, some reflecting the brief, unofficial spike reported in late April, others years out of date. Budgeting from the wrong one can leave you short at the tax office or make you think you're being overcharged when you aren't.
The residence permit fee, the card fee, and where it applies the single-entry visa fee are three separate payments. Paying only the one your appointment confirmation happens to show first is one of the most common reasons applications stall.
This fee is only ever charged once, on a first application. Some applicants budget for it again at renewal time out of caution, or are incorrectly billed for it a second time.
Online payments through the Digital Tax Office don't always issue a receipt automatically, and even when they do, it's easy to misplace. Without it, you have no easy way to prove the payment was made when you need it for your appointment.
Being exempt from the residence permit fee as students, long-term residents, and a handful of nationalities are only waives that one component. The fixed residence card fee still applies to every applicant, with no exceptions.
The calculator above covers most situations, but nationality exceptions, permit-type exemptions and edge cases can change your total. Kaymaz Law Firm can confirm your exact fee and handle the application for you.
Sources
This guide is built directly on the following official government pages, rather than second-hand reporting. We link to them so you can verify any figure yourself.
The official document setting out current residence permit fee amounts by nationality.
en.goc.gov.tr/documents-for-residence-permit-fee-amountThe clarification confirming that residence permit fee amounts have not changed, published 1 May 2026.
en.goc.gov.tr/regarding-residence-permit-fee-amountsThe Official Gazette publication setting the 2026 fee amounts referenced throughout this guide.
resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2025/12/20251224-6.htmThe regulation setting out the detailed procedures behind the Law on Foreigners and International Protection.
resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2025/12/20251231M5-28.pdfThe primary law governing residence permits in Turkey, including the fee exemptions covered in this guide.
mevzuat.gov.tr — Law No. 6458The consolidated regulation text on mevzuat.gov.tr, referenced alongside the Official Gazette publication above.
mevzuat.gov.tr — Implementing RegulationThe consolidated text of the underlying Fees Law on mevzuat.gov.tr.
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