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Work Permit”You must have a job offer. You and your potential employer apply for the work permit through a double application process. You apply to the Turkish Embassy in your home country and your employer applies to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, Department of Work Permits for Foreigners. Note: Your requests must be submitted within a maximum of 3 days of each other” (Shelter Offshore, n.d.). Therefore, “it may take up to 2 months for your application to be processed, after which you have a maximum of 3 months to travel to the consulate/embassy (or send them your passport) to have the work permit stamped in your passport. Note: It can take up to 3 business days to get your stamp; so many people leave their passport with a stamped, addressed envelope for return. Furthermore, you can then enter Turkey and accept your job offer, but you only have 30 days to apply for your residency visa to complete the extremely long and exhausting process of legalizing your presence in Turkey. Fees are due for application, work permit and residency...