Foreigners who are seeking work in Marmaris Turkey must obtain a valid work visa from the Turkish Diplomatic Missions in their country before arriving here. The first thing to do is find a job for yourself and apply for a work visa to the Turkish Diplomatic Mission located in your country. People arriving here with their valid work visas will be granted a residency permit for one year in the beginning, then for three and five years if they wish to continue here.
It is advised that you apply sufficiently early so that all the procedures are done within the expected time. Applying at least a month ahead of your expected arrival at Marmaris Turkey would be good enough. You can be granted a work visa only if you submit an application with all the required documents as needed be. You must be able to provide proof of your passport and a letter from your employer in Turkey along with your visa application form. It is expected that your employer would submit a letter and other documents to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security in Turkey within the lapse of three days of submitting your visa application. All such applications will be finalized by the ministry within a maximum time of 90 days. Once you have a one year residency visa remember that you must register with the police near your location in Turkey and convert it into one year residency permit within one month of your stay in Marmaris Turkey.
Foreigners, who had entered Turkey on tourist visas, had been working without valid work permits and would cross over the borders to move to the neighboring Bulgaria and Greece at the end of their visa period. Then they would re-enter Turkey with a new tourist visa valid for 90 days. To plug this misuse, the Turkish government has issued new visa regulations effective from January 12, 2012. As per the new regulation, the 90 day visa can be used in Turkey within any 180-day period. This will avoid anyone crossing over the border and come again applying for another 90 day tourist visa. Instead, you will have to apply for a residence visa at the Turkish consulate well in advance, and then you can arrive here and apply for a residence permit.
Note that once you arrive here with a work visa and apply for your residence permit, it may take about two months before your application is finalized. You are not allowed to leave Turkey unless you have a residence permit with you or you will have to pay some heavy fine. Therefore, it becomes necessary that you plan to stay in Marmaris Turkey for at least two months once you arrive here for work.
