A single application framework across two countries for residence, work permit and citizenship.
Work permits for foreign personnel and citizenship by investment in Türkiye; the EU Blue Card and secondment in Germany — from application to appeal, all with a single team.
An integrated legal framework for Residence, Work Permit & Citizenship
In foreign investment, senior employee transfers and family relocation processes, immigration law cannot be addressed in isolation; it must be planned together with corporate structuring, tax, employment law, and compliance.
From application strategy to document preparation, and from the design of internal roles to renewals and family member processes, we manage the file in a manner aligned with your commercial objective.
Services We Offer in This Focus Area
In the Residence, Work Permit & Citizenship focus area, we bring the relevant legal disciplines together into a single work plan.
Work Permit Files
Complete file preparation and ministry follow-up for initial applications, extensions, and exemptions.
Explore →Executives & Key Personnel
Permit planning according to the appointment schedule; advance alignment with employer criteria.
Explore →Citizenship Applications
Coordinated management of the acquisition and application processes for exceptional citizenship through investment and real estate.
Explore →Family Reunification
Planning residence statuses for spouses and children simultaneously with the main application.
Explore →Rejection & Appeal Management
Analysis of the grounds for rejection; strategy for appeal, litigation or a strengthened re-application.
Explore →Corporate Immigration Calendar
Proactive tracking of company-wide permit and extension dates on a single calendar.
Explore →Status security managed in two countries, in two languages
Most delays in immigration files stem from missing documents and the flow of paperwork between two countries. With our Berlin and İstanbul offices, we manage documents in parallel; we give the employee a process in their own language and the employer a single point of contact.
- Command of employer criteria and quota practice
- Parallel document management along the Germany-Türkiye axis
- Integration of the real estate and investment components in citizenship matters
- Effective appeal practice against rejection decisions
- Permit portfolio management at corporate scale
Related Practice Areas
The legal disciplines this focus area draws on.
Related Services
Our services most often engaged in this focus area — together with their scope.
Foreign Direct Investment
For foreign investors, we manage end to end the processes of market entry into Türkiye — strategy, structuring, incorporation, and access to incentives. From permits and licences to compliance, we provide a multilingual, integrated legal bridge at every step.
Explore →Company Formation & Registration
We manage the entire process, from the formation of joint-stock (A.Ş.) and limited liability (Ltd. Şti.) companies to trade registry and MERSİS registration. From the articles of association to the establishment of branches and liaison offices, we lay a solid legal foundation.
Explore →Accounting & Payroll
From full-service accounting and payroll to SGK (Social Security Institution) filings, from periodic reporting to regulatory compliance, we manage the entire financial operation. While you focus on your business, we secure compliance.
Explore →Ongoing Legal Counsel
Ongoing legal counsel provides retainer-based legal support for your company's day-to-day operations — readily accessible and with predictable costs. As your external legal counsel, we stand by you at every stage of your decisions.
Explore →Related Sectors
The sectors this focus area touches often.
Technology
Legal advisory on licensing, SaaS, data, intellectual property, investment, scaling, compliance, and product law for technology companies.
Explore →Real Estate & Construction
Real estate development, construction, leasing, sales, zoning, due diligence, contractor agreements, and dispute processes.
Explore →Hotel & Tourism
Investment, operating agreements, franchise, lease, employment arrangements, and consumer processes for hotel, accommodation, and tourism businesses.
Explore →Banking & Finance
Advisory services in banking, fintech, payments, lending, collateral, investment, regulation and financial dispute processes.
Explore →Related Regional Desks
Our cross-border and specialist desks that run this focus area.
Track Record: Selected Matters
Anonymised examples of our work in this focus area, including the approach, process and outcome.
Assignment of an engineering team to Germany
Relocation of the project team to Germany through an EU Blue Card and assignment structure; including family reunification.
Review the matter →Structuring a citizenship-by-investment application
Structuring a citizenship application via real-estate investment in compliance with the valuation, undertaking, and family-scope conditions.
Review the matter →Resolving a work-permit refusal through appeal
The favourable resolution of a work permit refused for a key position, through grounds analysis, restructuring of the file, and an appeal process.
Review the matter →Team in This Focus Area
Residence, Work Permit & Citizenship and meet our experienced multilingual team.
Related Publications
Residence, Work Permit & Citizenship — latest insights and guides.
The application is made through the employer; capital, employment-ratio, and wage thresholds must be met. Missing documents and an incorrect position definition are grounds for rejection. We build the application strategy according to the company's structure and manage the process end to end.
It is a status granting highly qualified labour and investors the right to indefinite work and residence; criteria such as academic career, investment size, and contribution to employment are considered. We prepare the eligibility analysis and the application file together.
The combination of visa, residence, and work permit varies according to the duration and nature of the assignment; the EU Blue Card and intra-corporate transfer (ICT) are frequently used routes. We plan the correct status while also taking into account the recent facilitations in German immigration law.
With a complete file, the process is generally concluded within a few weeks to a few months; the biggest source of delay is missing documents. We build a timeline backwards from the start date and file the application at the right moment.
In practice, a certain capital/turnover level and the employment of Turkish staff per foreign national are required; there are exceptions depending on the position. We run the criteria analysis before the application and, where necessary, bring the structure into conformity.
Acquiring real property at the qualifying amount, together with a valuation and an undertaking not to sell, turns into an application for exceptional citizenship. We run the title-deed and application stages from a single point, and assess family members within the same plan.
A second application filed without analysing the grounds for rejection will also be rejected. Between a timely objection and a strengthened new application that closes off those grounds, we choose whichever route will produce the fastest result for your file.
Let's build a legal strategy in the Residence, Work Permit & Citizenship focus area.
Let's assess your needs together with the relevant practice areas, sectors, and regional desks.