What does Turkish citizenship provide and how to obtain it?
What privileges does a Turkish passport provide, and what steps must be taken to obtain it? These questions were answered in detail by experts from a real estate agency in Alanya.
Obtaining Turkish citizenship opens up a wide range of benefits, including access to healthcare and social benefits in Turkey, convenient opportunities to open a business and accounts in European or American banks, visa-free entry to 118 countries, and a simplified procedure for obtaining a visa to the USA or UK.
How to obtain Turkish citizenship?
Investing in real estate represents the fastest, easiest and most transparent route to obtaining Turkish citizenship. This is a kind of investment approach that provides the opportunity to acquire Turkish citizenship through real estate investments.
The cadastral value of such real estate must be at least $400,000. It should be noted that the cadastral and market values often differ greatly: in order for the real estate developer to save on taxes, he understates it.
In order to use real estate as an investment for obtaining Turkish citizenship, it must be owned by a Turkish individual or legal entity. Real estate owned by a foreigner cannot be used for this purpose. Also, real estate that has already been used for obtaining citizenship is not suitable for re-requesting this status.
After purchase, the property is encumbered. You can live in it, you can rent it out, but you can only sell it after 3 years.
In case of purchasing a property at the construction stage, it is important that the seller has the right of ownership of this property. If we are talking about purchasing a finished property, the property must be owned by the seller for at least 3 years in order to be suitable for obtaining Turkish citizenship.
The process of buying real estate and obtaining citizenship
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First, you need to notify the agency that the purpose of purchasing real estate is to obtain citizenship. This will allow the manager to effectively select properties that meet all the requirements and criteria of the Turkish citizenship program.
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After choosing the option you like, the agency will once again check all documents for compliance with the requirements for obtaining citizenship.
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After this, the contract is concluded and the payment is made exclusively by transferring funds from the buyer's account to the seller's account with the correct comment. At this stage, the lawyer from Uptrendhomes joins the process and deals with the citizenship arrangements for the buyer. The lawyer provides advice on every detail of the comment accompanying the payment in order to prevent possible errors that may make the property ineligible for Turkish citizenship.
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An examination of the property is carried out and the right of ownership is registered. Then the buyer can begin the procedure for obtaining citizenship. It will be necessary to make a power of attorney for a lawyer who will professionally handle the process of obtaining citizenship.
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After the procedure for obtaining ownership of real estate is completed, a certificate is issued confirming that the property meets all the necessary requirements. This government document certifies that the transaction was carried out in accordance with the law, and that the property gives the right to obtain Turkish citizenship.
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A lawyer, acting under a power of attorney, issues a residence permit for an investor.
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The lawyer submits the investor's package of documents for consideration of the case for granting Turkish citizenship. The case is assigned a number by which the stage of its consideration can be tracked.
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In 3-6 months, the President of the Turkish Republic will sign a decree granting Turkish citizenship to the investor.
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A citizen of the Turkish Republic receives an ID card and a foreign passport. The finished original Turkish passports will be sent to the mailbox specified when applying for a residence permit.
Package of documents for obtaining Turkish citizenship
— passports and translations of passports of those applying for citizenship: the investor – the person in whose name the property is registered, his or her spouse, as well as minor children;
— birth certificates of all those applying for citizenship, with an apostille and translation into Turkish;
- marriage certificate with an apostille and translation into Turkish;
— 12 biometric photographs;
- a certificate of family composition with a translation into Turkish;
— a certificate of no criminal record for all family members over 16 years of age.
The process of obtaining citizenship through the purchase of real estate has become a well-established and optimized to perfection process in . Our specialists save investors time, effort and money by taking on all bureaucratic procedures. It is enough to notify the agency of the intention to obtain citizenship and have the necessary amount to purchase real estate, and all stages of document preparation will be taken under the control of experienced experts.
An always up-to-date list of properties suitable for obtaining citizenship can be viewed on the Uptrendhomes channel
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