Turkey launched its citizenship by investment programme in 2016 following the success of golden visa programmes in Europe. The Turkish Golden Visa programme grants residency, citizenship and a Turkish passport to applicants investing in real estate. Turkey is strategically located as a hub between Europe, Asia and Africa offering strong market links and connections for travel and trade. It is ideally placed for families looking to establish both residency and business.
The real estate route is particularly attractive for investors in Turkey. This requires a property purchase of a minimum of $400,000 + fees, making Turkey one of the lowest cost citizenship by investment programmes on the market.
Turkey offers considerable benefits for applicants looking to invest for Turkish citizenship and residency. Turkish citizenship enables you to live, work or study within Turkey. The Turkish passport allows travel to 125 countries and territories worldwide. Those countries represent more than 24% of the world’s GDP and 37% of destinations by travel popularity. As a Turkish citizen, obtaining a Schengen visa for travel in Europe is straightforward. With Turkish citizenship through investment there is also no minimum stay requirement.
Turkey also holds an E2 Visa Treaty Agreement with the US. This allows citizens of Turkey, who have resided in Turkey for a minimum of three years, to apply for a non-immigrant visa by establishing or investing in an existing business in the US.
Investment from $400,000
Full family residency
Flexible. No residency requirement
Citizenship in 3-6 months
Visa Free Travel 125 Countries
Applicants will need to invest a minimum $400,000 into Turkish Real Estate.
The Turkish citizenship investment programme allows the main applicant to include their family, both spouse and dependent children.
All applicants will need to be of good character and undergo the Turkish government’s due diligence formalities: Investors must provide:
There is no minimum stay requirement to renew and retain citizenship in Turkey.
Good Character
Clean Criminal Record
No Visa Refusals
Include Full Family
Spouse
Dependent Children
No Minimum Stay
No Interview
No Language Test
Applicants Passports
Birth / Marriage Certificates
Investor's Residence Certificate
A Turkish passport allows visa free travel (or visa on arrival) to 125 countries worldwide. Turkey also holds out the possibility of eventual visa free access to the EU. Currently, talks are ongoing, although Turkey has some way to go to meet EU conditions. Turkey holds some good global connections. They have a E-2 Visa treaty with the USA, which means Turkish citizens are eligible to apply for US residency, through the E-2 Visa programme, providing they have resided in Turkey for a minimum of three years.
Book your free consultation with La Vida’s team of experts to discuss and decide which programme and investment route is best suited to you and your family. Our experienced consultants will provide you with a personalised quotation which will cover all applicable fees. They will advise and guide you through the entire process in detail.
For your peace of mind, before you commit, La Vida will run a pre-application background check to ensure your application will meet the eligibility criteria and is then likely to be successful. Once this has been completed and you are happy to proceed, you can formally initiate the process by signing our Client Facilitator agreement and paying the pre-application deposit.
Consult with La Vida and choose a property investment. This can be done remotely, including off-plan or by visiting Turkey. Once you have chosen your property you can then apply for a residence permit for all family members and open a Turkish bank account.
As a foreign investor, once you have completed the property investment, we can submit the application to the government with all relevant documents and certifications. Following a government review of the application citizenship normally takes 3-4 months to be issued.
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La Vida has extensive experience of all the Golden Visa programmes in Europe. In addition to Turkey we can advise on Portugal, Malta, Spain and Greece. We also offer citizenship by investment options in the Caribbean. La Vida has extensive global reach with our expert team having helped clients in over 150 countries worldwide.
La Vida offers Turkey plus Golden Visa programmes within Europe.
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