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When did the current work-permit evaluation criteria take effect?

General information, not legal advice. For high-stakes decisions, confirm with the official institution in the next-step below, or consult a qualified Turkish lawyer.

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Different parts of the Çalışma İzni Başvurusu Değerlendirme Kriterleri came into force at different dates:

  • Most criteria: effective 01/10/2024. This includes the standard 5:1 employment ratio, sector-specific rules (including the foreign-student rules in Section 9), the wage criterion, and the exemption categories.
  • Financial thresholds: the paid-up-capital amounts in A Bölümü Section 2 (500,000 TL etc.) and the shareholder-capital amounts in C Bölümü Section 1 — effective 01/01/2025.
  • Animal-husbandry financial-criterion exemption (Section 10.5) — effective 11/03/2026.
  • Tourism accommodation expanded employment rule (Section 8.7) — effective 11/03/2026.

The foreign-student rules in Section 9 have been part of the baseline since 01/10/2024 with no later amendments to date.

Watch-outs
  • If you're reading guides or forum posts written before October 2024, the numbers and rules in them may be obsolete.
  • Even after the 01/10/2024 baseline, the rules continue to receive targeted amendments — check the F Bölümü Yürürlük section of the current Değerlendirme Kriterleri document for the latest effective dates before quoting any specific rule.
  • The brüt asgari ücret used in the wage criterion (fact work-16-wage-criterion) is updated by the Ministry of Family separately and changes on a different schedule — usually annually, sometimes mid-year.
Next step

When verifying any work-permit rule before action, always check the CURRENT version of the Değerlendirme Kriterleri at csgb.gov.tr — the live document supersedes any cached version.

All sources (1)
  • CSGB — Çalışma İzni Başvurusu Değerlendirme Kriterleri — F Bölümü, Section 3 (Yürürlük) ↗

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