Turkish Worker Visa
The Turkish Worker Visa allows Turkish nationals who have legally worked in the UK, the option of applying to extend their stay in the UK to live and work. Applicants can apply for a Turkish Worker visa if they have legally worked in the UK for at least 1 year as either the spouse of a British or settled person without any restrictions on working in the UK; a holder of a work permit allowing work in the UK; or a student allowed to work 20 hours a week during term time and full-time during vacation periods.
Turkish Worker Visa Basic Requirements
To apply applicants must be a Turkish national who have legally worked in the UK for at least 1 year and have worked for the same employer for the period quoted in their application.
Applicants can’t apply for this visa if they have broken any immigration laws while in the UK. Instead, such applicants may need to apply for another work visa.
Turkish Worker Visa Entitlements
Applicants who are granted a Turkish Worker Visa are allowed to live and work in the UK for a term of up to 4 years. There is no processing fee for this visa and applicants must apply from within the UK before their current permission to stay expires.
Successful applicants will be free to undertake any type of employment throughout their stay in the UK. Applicants can include their dependents on this extension if they’re already in the UK and include their partner and children and applicants can switch into this category from another visa.
You can apply for permission to stay in the UK as a Turkish Worker if you’re a Turkish national and have legally worked in the UK for at least 1 year as:
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the spouse of a British or settled person without any restrictions on working in the UK
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a holder of a work permit allowing you to work in the UK
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a student allowed to work 20 hours a week during term time and full time during vacation periods
How long you can stay
The length of time you can stay and what job you can do depends on how long you’ve legally worked in the UK.
How long you’ve worked in the UK |
Length of permission to be in the UK |
What you can do |
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1 to 3 years |
Up to 2 years |
Continue to work for the same employer |
3 to 4 years |
Up to 1-year |
Change employer, but in the same occupation |
4+ years |
Up to 3 years |
Work in any occupation for any employer |
Related FAQ's
Our speciality lies in the field of Immigration, Nationality and EU Law, so it means we always are dealing with this side of the law. We are able to support you in making a correct decision, avoid delays on your case, save money and time, not forgetting the stress of any doubts with your application.
There are many routes available to come to the UK, extend or switch, some of them do not allow extension or even switching. Knowing what is right can be a difficult task and this is why we are here. Simple task of not using the prescribed forms can mean your application is invalid, which means if you have no valid stay, you would have to return back and there is no appeal rights.
Our initial consultations are a chargeable service. We initially discuss the requirements of the application to ensure you meet the requirements and have the documentation required at hand for the submission. It gives you an opportunity to meet us and ask questions.
Each case will be checked thoroughly, everything will be cross referenced so guidelines are met and we will also add our legal document which would outline the Immigration Rules and how the client has satisfied the rules. We use documents that are used by Home Office case workers, so we know exactly what they would look for in your case.
The most important fact is that law constantly changes, policy guidelines and requirements are always changing, so it is best that you always use specialised services to support you. We never compromise our services, our fees remain very competitive but our expertise is at the very highest standard.
We place our clients first, so when you sign the customer care letter and we go through your case file, and we believe that the case would not be successful, we will terminate the agreement and return your documents. We will also provide alternative solutions with no added costs. We also have a cancellation period should you feel you want to withdraw your file.
Please note that all cases cannot be guaranteed as circumstances depends and whether you met guidelines, however the Home Office caseworker can still refuse cases on the balance of probabilities and other factors. Our job would be to prepare your case in the best possible way.
1) You contact us through e-mail or phone.
2) We take some basic information, we ask some relevant questions to understand the type of query and what type of support is required.
3) Your case then gets passed to a case worker.
4) Case Worker would contact you to set up an initial meeting.
5) You attend a consultation, an action plan is drawn up and we find out whether ICS Legal can support your case. A report would be sent where there is a requirement to outline what was discussed and what to do next.
6) You authorise us to be your legal representative by signing our customer care letter.
7) We will then start to request documents and information about your case this will build up your case pack.
8) We will then write our legal report and use Home Office caseworker’s documents to ensure everything has been checked and all requirement have been met.
9) Where possible we will go through every aspect of your case before case submission.
10) We will continue to update you throughout the case life cycle .