Turkey International protection application
Apply in person for refugee, conditional-refugee or subsidiary-protection assessment.
- Route type
- Humanitarian protection
- Can bring
- — Not stated in the official source
- Requirements
- 4 each quoted below
Who this route is for
Every item below is the government’s own wording, quoted from the official source. Whether you personally qualify depends on your full profile.
4 requirements quoted from the official source.
- Admission or enrolment requirement
The applicant must apply in person to a Provincial Directorate of Migration Management; a lawyer cannot lodge the personal application.
- Purpose or legal basis
Apply in person for refugee, conditional-refugee or subsidiary-protection assessment.
- Work authorisation requirement
An international-protection applicant may apply for a work permit six months after registration and issuance of the ID card.
Paperwork you prepare — it does not rule you out.
- Passport or travel-document requirement
Any available identity, passport or travel documents should be submitted, but protection registration is not conditioned on having every document.
1 exclusion quoted from the official source.
- Material restrictions or case-specific conditions
The applicant must live in the assigned province, register the address and comply with reporting and interview duties.
- Long-term residence or conversion path
Registration and the International Protection Applicant ID provide lawful stay while the procedure remains active.
- Work rights
Work is lawful only after the required protection-status work permit is approved.
- Dependent-family rights
The applicant may apply on behalf of accompanying family members on the same grounds with adult consent.
via en.goc.gov.tr
Who you can bring
- Dependent-family rights
The applicant may apply on behalf of accompanying family members on the same grounds with adult consent.
via en.goc.gov.tr
What the source prices
- Initial duration or stay ceiling
The law states that assessment should be finalised no later than six months after registration, with notice if delayed.
From here to a yes
Straight answers
01Who qualifies for this route to Turkey?
Apply in person for refugee, conditional-refugee or subsidiary-protection assessment.
02What does this route lead to?
Registration and the International Protection Applicant ID provide lawful stay while the procedure remains active.
Every answer is quoted from the official help.unhcr.org page for this route, last read 2026-07-27.
We checked 9 points against the official source; 9 are quoted on this page. The other 0 are either not addressed by the source or not yet backed by a quote — we would rather show you the edge of the record than fill it with a plausible guess.
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Fees and processing time are not published in the official source for this route. We publish a number only when the official text states that number.
Where every quote comes from
Official government source help.unhcr.orgLast read 2026-07-27 Every quote on this page is from this Turkey government page.Other humanitarian protection routes to Turkey
8 other humanitarian protection routes to Turkey.
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